We’ve been working on Search Engine Optimization during the last three months. You will notice many changes on the IRES insurance recruiting site as a result of our tweaking it to rise highly in search results. Read the rest of this post »
This is but one of dozens of similar articles I have read http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/109701/placing-the-blame-as-students-are-buried-in-debt?mod=edu-collegeprep
The story is always the same. Kid goes to college. Kid apparently was average student and had to pay 100% of tuition. Kid/Student pursues a useless major which any idiot could have told you is not worth the tuition costs. Now student is $100,000.00 in debt and has no clue how to repay.
As some of you may know one of my largest areas of concentration personally within IRES has been in the role of not only an insurance recruiter but also managing a significant insurance recruiting specialty at our IRES, Inc search firm.
Recently a recruiting trainer seemed to believe the insurance industry was immune to the recent 2008-2009 downturn. He was of course, dead wrong. Read the rest of this post »
Here’s an article on how H.R. departments (Human Resources) can work against its own employees. Nothing knew to those of us that are executive recruiters or in the staffing industry. The only difference is Smart Money now comes forward with it. http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109371/10-things-human-resources-wont-say?mod=career-worklife_balance
When I think about the National Association of Realtors® (which won’t even let anyone use the word “realtor” without the “registered service mark” character), I think of a powerful, effective trade group that sends a clear message on the advantages of using a professional Realtor ®. Same goes for the RIAA (Recording Artists Industry Association) which has fought fiercely to protect against pirated music and scored numerous headlines while promoting education of artists and copyright laws.
When I turn my thoughts to recruiting and staffing associations … well … I fail to come up with similar comparisons.
I want to know YOUR thoughts. I am compiling comments and need plenty of them.
Finally something I can agree with on Yahoo. It seems instead of re-pasting Associated Press news releases – (which Yahoo often does) it came up with some news of its own in this rare instance.
As I have been saying all along in our newsletters (for those of you that subscribe) there are plenty of growth businesses out there – even the aforementioned for-profit schools in our last article.
Here’s the link to today’s growth companies http://customsites.yahoo.com/financiallyfit/finance/article-109065-4445-4-best-companies-for-job-growth?ywaad=ad0035
First it was predatory lenders.
But for the past year, my team and I have noticed an enormous surge of for profit educational enrollment.
These are mostly the “ONLINE” colleges, like Kaplan, ECPI, Phoenix, etc. etc. They advertise aggressively on TV. On billboards, and all over the internet. Finally a Yahoo article is confirming what we’ve noticed for over one year. Read the rest of this post »
The recruiting-specific publications won’t let me mention “Monster” or “Hotjobs” by name due to the fact these companies provide most of the sponsorship to most state, regional, and national recruiting conferences and trade shows.
But that’s what my little “Corner” is for … speaking up on that which others won’t allow me to speak up on.
These sites, in particular monster.com – have become mind-numbingly frustrating to use. If you really want to experience waterboarding-like torture – try posting an ad on Monster! Read on learn why these sites risk being extinct. Read the rest of this post »
Here’s a great video on the proper way to use skills and profile assessments.
I’ve always been a believer that the right individual with the right attitude can be trained as to deficient skills, while the most competent individual can be impossible to work with attitude-wise. This video (by a phd in industrial psychology) underscores what we have determined via common sense for decades.
Frank Risalvato and Spyder
There’s no point in working hard as a recruiter, unless you practice what you preach as a recruiting trainer ought to do.
I believe in rewarding yourself for your hard work. This weekend my son (17) and I went Supercar Racing at Concord, N.C. raceway.
We got to play with and race several supercars including a Ferrari Spyder, Lambo Gallardo, and a 5.4l v8 Mercedes AMG. Read the rest of this post »
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