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Collabor8 Recruitment technology is nothing without the right people

We came across an excellent article on RecruitTech - a great Australian Conference Group focussed on Recruitment, Technology and People:

All the new technology in the world will not replace the critical element of personal contact in the recruitment process, says recruitment trainer Ross Clennett.

Clennett, who wil

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Added by Collabor8 on March 1, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Collabor8 What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is all the rage. "It's become the phrase du jour," says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers.

The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition.

As a metaphor for the Internet, "the cloud" is a familiar cliché, but when combined with "computing," the meaning gets bigger and fuzzier. Some analysts and vendors define cloud computing narrowly as an updated version of utility computing: basically virtua

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Added by Collabor8 on February 26, 2010 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Jen Carpenter Las Vegas Construction Jobs Decline 27.2 Percent Over the Year

As the area's unemployment rate increased at the end of last year, Las Vegas construction jobs took the biggest hit. During December 2009, the Las Vegas-Paradise area's unemployment rate increased from 12.1 percent to 13.1 percent, following a decrease from 13 percent during November. This increase keeps the city's unemployment rate higher than the national rate of 10 percent. The… Continue

Added by Jen Carpenter on February 3, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Jen Carpenter Colorado IT Jobs Training through Microsoft

Anyone with, or training for, Colorado IT jobs may soon have the chance to enhance their skills. Gov. Bill Ritter recently announced the launch of Microsoft Elevate America. The new training program created through a public-private venture will of… Continue

Added by Jen Carpenter on January 28, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Jen Carpenter Denver Finance Jobs Created by Scottrade

One company's expansion will help create more Denver finance jobs. Scottrade recently announced its plan to open a new office building in Wesminster, Colo., a suburb of Denver. That move is expected to create 285 jobs during the next five years. According to an article by the… Continue

Added by Jen Carpenter on January 27, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Jen Carpenter Recruitment Outsourcing Will Benefit Companies After Recession

Companies looking to hire as the current economic recession comes to an end can greatly benefit from recruitment outsourcing (Click here). Shared Services & Outsourcing Network recently released its Year in Review report, in which it asked network members for their thoughts on what characterized 2009 in shared services and outsourcing. Z… Continue

Added by Jen Carpenter on December 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Jen Carpenter Outplacement Assistance Offered to Displaced Healthcare Workers

Several laid off healthcare workers in the Chicago area will soon receive outplacement assistance (Click here to learn more) from local organizations.

This week, the Cook County Health & Hospitals System is providing outplacement services to about 1,000 employees who recently learned they would lose their jobs after… Continue

Added by Jen Carpenter on December 14, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Collabor8 Gartner's Technology Trends for 2010

Gartner, Inc. analysts have highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2010. Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on businesses in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. These technologies impact the organisation's long-term plans, p… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on December 9, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Jen Carpenter Shaker Consulting Group Named to Weatherhead List of Top Upstarts

Shaker Consulting Group, an Ohio-based company that provides pre employment testing services, was recently named to Weatherhead's list of the top upstarts for 2009. The company was named 21st out of the 32 fastest-growing companies in Northeast Ohio. The award is meant to recognize companies based on sales and employee growth during the last five years. Shaker Consulti… Continue

Added by Jen Carpenter on December 8, 2009 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Collabor8 5 Rules to deliver Projects Successfully

70% of projects fail due to poor project management, and poor requirements gathering. If you are about to start a project within your Recruitment company, then there are 5 Golden Rules that will help you deliver your project successfully. Rule 1: Time Management is Critical To deliver your project on time, you need to manage time carefully. To do this, make sure every task is listed in a Project Plan and that they are scheduled to occur precisely when they need to. Every week, up… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on December 3, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Collabor8 Social Media Recruiting on the up, or not?

Tate, specialists in office recruitment, surveyed 400 people revealing that 70 per cent of jobseekers would always rely on recruitment agencies when applying for a job. This is despite Facebook having more than 300 million active users and LinkedIn recently celebrating its 45th million member. However, 30 per cent of the sample surveyed by Tate would not solely rely on an agency for employment, suggesting that other platforms such as Facebook or LinkedIn would be used. The above highlights… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on December 2, 2009 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Jen Carpenter ATS and HR Software Webinar

Companies looking for advice on the best way to implement an ATS (Click here) or other human resources software could benefit from an upcoming Webinar. Cezanne Software recently announced that it will present a free Webinar entitled "How to achieve a successful roll-out of global HR software solutions" at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The company has more than 20 years of experience in rolling out international HR systems to many of the world'… Continue

Added by Jen Carpenter on November 23, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Collabor8 Mobile Recruiting on the increase

Recruiting is all about the ability to communicate and share information with potential candidates and clients directly. In today's technology-centric world, recruiters have numerous channels they can use to communicate directly with candidates ranging from face-to-face visits to video chat. However, the one tool that provides a “single point of contact” allowing the use of e… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on November 22, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Collabor8 Profits due to increase in Cloud take on?

Over the last couple of weeks we have noticed many Recruitment Software Companies announcing increases in revenue. Whilst this is great news for the industry as a whole, we did a little research into the companies making such announcements. What we found backed up our thinking in terms of the future - Cloud Computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). We have been talking about Cloud Computing and SaaS on numerous discussions, blogs and communities, however the acceptance of SaaS based s… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on September 18, 2009 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Collabor8 Twitter Recruitment #FridayFollow

Following in the footsteps of a few others, here is a detailed #FollowFriday: @animal Host of the Recruiting Animal Show - tells you how it is - but I can see he is a very intelligent individual. @BillBoorman Very engaging, and a great resource. Radio Show every Monday 12pm GMT and 6pm GMT. Twitter doesn't seem the same when he's not tweeting.… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on August 21, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Collabor8 Recruiter Mobilisation

There has been a lot of talk recently about Recruitment Technology, pros/cons, and how to make it more effective. One area that we need to consider is Recruiter Mobilisation. What is this? - I hear you ask. The term Workforce Mobilisation has been around for a while and has increasingly become a priority for organisations over the past few years. Originally, it primarily referred to providing your employees with mobile phones followed by access to corporate email and calendars. Today, t… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on August 10, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Collabor8 Recruitment in the cloud

It's no secret that we at Pan Eight are big fans of Cloud Computing. In-fact, all of our in-house applications are within the cloud. This includes: - CRM - Project Management Tools - Email - VoIP - Virtual PA - Invoicing - Community - Fax - Document Library - Instant Messaging

What this allows us to do is operate our business from an Internet Cafe, or even… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on August 6, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Collabor8 Front Office or Back Office - which comes first?

Ah yes, the raging internal debate continues: Which do you implement first, the front office to manage your candidates, clients, jobs and placements, or the back office to manage your payroll, billing and financials? It is a debate we have heard many times between Recruiters and Payroll Administrators, between Operations Directors and Finance Directors, even between CEOs and CFOs! The answer is simple: FRONT OFFICE. And here is the justification to what we believe is best practic… Continue

Added by Collabor8 on July 17, 2009 at 11:14am — 3 Comments

Shane McCusker If you thought the recession was bad, just wait til you see the recovery!

I have a worrying theory that a fast recovery is likely to be more damaging to many businesses than the market collapse we have seen in the past nine months. In November 2008 a tap was turned off. The whole recruitment industry was badly hit and permanent recruiters in particular, whose income depends on constantly making new placements, found it very difficult to survive. Temporary recruiters also struggled but if they maintained a reasonable proportion of their temporary placements they maint… Continue

Added by Shane McCusker on July 10, 2009 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

Collabor8 Pan Eight for Dummies

At Pan Eight, we are always getting asked: "What is it exactly that you do?". The reason for this is simple: There are not too many companies out there that provide the type of service that we do. So for us, this is an educational process. To that end, here is the Pan Eight for Dummies overview! (Please don't take the 'dummies' part personnally!)

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Added by Collabor8 on July 10, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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