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A lot of the stories you read about individuals applying for jobs talks about dishonesty on the resume or attempting to cheat a drug test. It is very rare to see a story about an applicant’s honesty (though extremely refreshing).

What would you do to influence Gen Y to work for you? Gen Y is the only generation known for more frequent job hopping than previous generations due to economic conditions. Employers who are interested in great talent need more than high paying salaries to keep the attention of Gen Y. Recent college grads are worried about employment as well as employment perks offered by employers. As asked in the beginning of our article, what would you do to influence students to work for you? Click the title to read more of the article.

There is no excuse for this. Putting people into harms way is unacceptable, negligent and lucky for everyone no one got hurt. The story refers to some states that require a background check during the licensing process via the State Board.

Listen as Gautam Banerjea describes this consulting practice for Financial Management as he delves into his role, their interview process and why you should consider a career at IBM. To apply send an email to hire1@us.ibm.com.

One-third of the sites with the most votes are general-purpose job boards that serve a broad cross-section of industries, professions, and locations. The other two-thirds are niche sites that focus on

40+ Recruiters and HR professionals attended the Minnesota Recruiters April 28th event with Jason Alba of JibberJobber.com hosted by JobDig. Post has information on the event with a few pictures and short video.

This law new law affects New York employers who collect Social Security Numbers on their job applicants and employees; in other words, every New York employer.

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IT positions are the hardest to fill and the new wave of talent seems to make them easier for high tech recruiters to fill. With over 3,000 new IT grads entering the market, high tech recruiters are fumbling over highly talented candidates waiting for employment. So, what is the best thing for the recruiters to do? Click the title to read more of the article.

Nearly one in two human resource directors from Swedish companies report encountering job candidates who have lied or withheld relevant information during the recruiting process, a new study has found

Generation Y'ers will be in demand - but not at the moment for some companies. Maybe they have to grow up a little first?

As a recruiter, these won't be any surprise for you. But it amazes me that they are a surprise for employers!

Russ Stough, a Regional Business Director with the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies stops by to talk about the career path of their sales people. He'll tell you what inherent attributes you'll need to succeed in sales and how they create a small company feel inside such a large company.

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This company learned the hard way what can happen when an employee consumes alcohol on the job. A New Mexico man fell 20 feet to his death after slipping on a plank at a construction site.

Way back in the dot com era the talk in corporate boardrooms often centered on creating buzz as the solution to any business problem:

* Revenues of $1,000 and expenses of $1,000,000 per month? Solution: more buzz!

Since the beginning of the year we’ve been barraged with forecasts and articles predicting anywhere from relatively short-term to a prolonged and a very severe recession in 2008. The experts almost all concur (even Fed Chief Ben Bernanke recently said as much) that the present day Mortgage Crisis is almost certainly going to drag the once robust US economy into a recession that could last as long as two years. The Conference Board just released April’s Consumer Confidence figures and they’re presently at a 30 year low. Heck, other than our President I don’t think there’s a single public figure not willing to go on the record and state that we’re headed for a recession. Yet, curiously there’s been little evidence of a slowdown in the I.T. employment marketplace.

You may remember that about two weeks ago, we blogged about this story. When perusing our local news affiliate’s website, I ran across this updated piece.

The Chicago Tribune published a great article, Honesty Always the Best Policy When Writing Up Your Resume, offering cautionary advice about (pick one) stretching details, lying, fudging, taking liberties with the truth, padding and, or embellishing your resume.

Without drastic action, the gap between demand and supply will continue to widen.

We may be in the midst of a recession with increasing unemployment and fewer jobs, but that's not likely to have much long-term effect on shortages of talent.

This is what Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos recently said in an interview with Business Week. He says, “I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do.”

If I may take the liberty to relate this message (which was in fact in relation to queries about his and his company’s approach to innovation) to the present times when recession if the buzz word and layoffs are rampant all over - would that mean when in a layoff it is time to innovate, reinvent oneself or try to be your own boss?

What "Gadget" would make you the coolest recruiter in the office?

I put 3 of my own ideas on the site.

Employee referral programs are a lot like bottles of wine. Most companies have at least one, the vast majority of which are average or less than average, and only a few ever truly become exceptional. But the similarities don't stop there...