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"Preparing for baby-boomers in the workplace - and retiring out of it"

by Head2Head July 30th, 2011

Today, Baby Boomers - people born between 1946 and 1964 - represent 30% of the population, and the majority of managers in North American businesses.  While there's been a lot of attention paid to attracting, recruiting and retaining Gen Y employees, Baby Boomers present different challenges.  Some studies suggest that baby boomers are headed for retirement en masse, while other studies say that, thanks to the fact that we're living longer, healthier lives, baby boomers are interested in working past retirement age.  How can organizations prepare for this demographic shift?

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"Does the world really need LinkedIn, BeKnown & BranchOut? "

by Head2Head June 30th, 2011

This week, Monster launched its new Facebook application, BeKnown, designed to allow people to use Facebook for professional networking.  When LinkedIn abruptly cut off BeKnown's - as well as rival BranchOut's - API access, effectively preventing users of the apps from importing information from their LinkedIn profiles, everyone started talking about the effects of data-sharing across applications.  

For recruiters, however, the other big question right now is:  Do we really need more than one major professional social networking site?  Facebook has 7 times as many users as LinkedIn - does this make a Facebook-based application a better long-term play than LinkedIn, or will Facebook be undone by its own privacy problems? 

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"How to Write a Fabulous Job Post (Even When You're Tired) "

by Head2Head May 31st, 2011

All of us like to look at - and admire - those lists of '10 Greatest Job Ads'.  We forward them to our (recruiter) friends, and we know that they attract better applicants, faster.  But sometimes it's 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, you've got to get a couple of jobs posted in time for the weekend browsers, and seems easier just to copy and paste whatever the hiring manager has sent you.  

Don't let that happen to you!  With a little bit of advance planning, a few simple rules, and a handy thesaurus, you too can write a job ad that has originality and sex appeal, even on a Friday afternoon!

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"Are you building great relationships with clients?"

by Head2Head April 28th, 2011

There's a lot of information out there about managing relationships with candidates, but recruiters have another, equally important set of relationships to manage:  Relationships with clients.  Whether those clients are internal (for corporate recruiters) or external (for agency recruiters), successful client management is crucial to recruiting success.  In this month's article, we discuss ways to improve your relationships with clients, in terms of specific job requirements and long-term.

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