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60.6% of companies plan to cut their bonuses: 60.6% of companies plan a reduction in salary merit increases (from 3.6% to 2.2% on average). 45.3% of companies expect bonuses for 2008 (for payout in 2009) to be lower by as much as 20% to 25%. 19.5% of companies are considering salary freezes. 31.6% of companies are currently considering...; Tags: Hiring, Freeze, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, AM; Blog posts 2008-11-21
Desperate times, desperate job hunting tactics: In a recent post about tactics to help land a job in an uncertain economy I included a cartoon of a sorry-looking fellow wearing a "Will work for food" billboard as he paced the sidewalk and said it "hopefully wouldn't come to this". I was just joking, you know. ...; Tags: Hiring, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-10-13
No company-wide hiring freeze (yet) at Microsoft: No company-wide hiring freeze yet at MicrosoftSooo..With world markets tanking, the stock market being smacked around and currencies bouncing around like ping pong balls - when venture loans are harder to get than copy/paste added to the iPhone firmware...You're surprised that Microsoft is being prudent about unbridled hiring... in *some*...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, hiring, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-10-06
No company-wide hiring freeze (yet) at Microsoft: Is Microsoft slowing its seemingly never-ending hiring or actually putting a halt on it? It sounds like certain groups inside the company have been told to stop hiring, at least for now. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Hiring, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-10-06
Wall Street woes? Silicon Valley is hiring: I caught a great post by Claire Cain Miller on the New York Times' Bits blog last night about the upswing, so to speak, of the current economic crisis: that is, that if you can't keep a job on Wall Street, Silicon Valley will take you: ...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Hiring, Wall Street, Recruitment & Selection, Venture Capital, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-09-18

Foiled by Facebook? Mangled by mailing lists? Employers do take note: If this hasn't sunken in, yet please take note -- what you do online will haunt you. But it's not just social networks that open sourcers have to worry about. Participants in open source communities are subject to even closer scrutiny, because employers can simply follow the...; Tags: Hiring, Facebook, Mailing List, Recruitment & Selection, Social Networking, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Joe Brockmeier; Blog posts 2008-09-14
22% of hiring managers check out candidates’ social networking profiles: A survey by CareerBuilder.com found 22% of hiring managers screened potential staff via social networking profiles, up from 11% in 2006. by AM; Tags: Hiring, Network, Social Networking, Recruitment & Selection, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, AM; Blog posts 2008-09-11
Fourth quarter IT hiring outlook: The helpdesk is hot: Eleven percent of CIOs plan to add IT workers in the fourth quarter, 3 percent plan cuts and help desk and technical support are the hot categories as customer and user support trumps projects focused on growth. Those are a few of the notable takeaways in an...; Tags: Hiring, CIO, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Help Desk, Call Centers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-03
The Irregular view of all things 'green': One of my Irregular colleagues received a pitch from GreenJobInterview.com describing a new video service but using the 'green' moniker as a way of injecting novelty. He wasn't impressed. The first remark: That noise in the background was me throwing up.Â A job board now positioning themselves as "green?"...; Tags: Hiring, Job, Toilet, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-27
IT is shedding jobs--should you worry?: Recent IT employment reports have been grim. What does this mean for your employment situation? by Deb Perelman; Tags: Hiring, Job, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-08-14
Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source: Risks, real and perceived, are key drivers in the open source versus proprietary decision - and boil down to this: making an open source decision for mission critical software is also a decision to develop at least some in-house expertise with respect to the application's internals. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Hiring, Wintel, Data Center, Open Source, Information Technology, Environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sun Ray, Development Environment, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Help Desk, UNIX, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-14
Gartner's grim IT hiring outlook: Gartner's grim IT hiring outlookFire ManagementThe biggest problem in IT is the bloated management salaries. I would get rid of all CIOs. There's no Open Source or Internet "CIO". There should only be project managers. If you're not working on a project, then hit...; Tags: management salary, IT Hiring, Gartner Inc., information technology; Discussion threads 2008-08-01
Gartner's grim IT hiring outlook: Gartner released its 2008 IT market compensation study this week and the news was anything but upbeat. A decline in IT hiring is anticipated, and according to one analyst, pure tech workers are going to have the hardest time. by Deb Perelman; Tags: Hiring, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-08-01
Hilton Hotels Corporation Effectively Manages Millions of Resumes Annually and Streamlines Hiring Process: Hilton Hotels Corporation wanted to streamline the hiring process, enabling the company to effectively assess viable candidates from among hundreds of applicants for specific positions and ensure that the company enforces consistent hiring practices in compliance with federal regulations governing contractors. The challenge was to reduce administrative burden of entering...; Tags: Hiring, Oracle Corp., Hilton Hotels Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies 2008-08-01
Five realities of Google or any other Workplace Wonderland: Have you heard about working at Google? Every new hire gets a pony. by Deb Perelman; Tags: Hiring, Job, Google Inc., Workplace, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-02
TechRepublic's Project Manager Hiring Kit: Updated with all new content! Our IT Hiring Kit for Project Managers will help you interview, evaluate, and select suitable candidates for a Project Manager position. This kit comes with a detailed job description, interview questions, a candidate assessment spreadsheet, classified ad text, and offer and rejection letters....; Tags: Hiring, TechRepublic Inc., Project Manager, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Download resources 2008-04-30
Google to ramp up hiring in China: Google to ramp up hiring in ChinaClash of ideologiesWill be interesting to see what happens ...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, hiring, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-20
Google to ramp up hiring in China: Google will be hiring a bunch of new employees in China, in an attempt to increase competitive pressure against Baidu. Most of the jobs will be in technology and sales and marketing -- and half going to new university grads. Google China currently has around 600 employees, but...; Tags: China, Hiring, Google Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-04-20
2008 Guide to Effective Hiring And Interviewing (zip): 2008 Guide to Effective Hiring And Interviewing ebook gives you up a complete up to date guide to hiring and interviewing staff. Comes with hundreds of of forms, letters, and checklists to save you hours of time and frustration. Also contains a full free trial to Interview Creator Online 2008....; Tags: Hiring, Onlinepokergenius, Recruitment & Selection, E-books, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-04-03
Hiring IT management: Hiring IT managementBackwards..."In choosing a CIO, the cardinal rule is to pick someone whose skills align with the technology you have or want."I wouldn't call that a cardinal rule, but it certainly is important."There is a significant proviso: it’s technology that counts, not its application."That makes me shudder..."Since the CIO...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, hiring, Murph, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-03-14