CollegeRecruiter.com President Selected as Judge of Candidate Experience Awards

Organizations Assembles Panel of HR and Talent Acquisition Thought Leaders to Select Companies that Best Exemplify a Positive Candidate Experience 

SAN FRANCISCO – September 19, 2012 – The Talent Board, a non-profit organization focused on the elevation and promotion of a quality candidate experience, today announced the members of its panel of independent judges who will select the winners of the Second Annual North American Candidate Experience Awards.(known as “The CandEs”). The judges include: Joseph P. Murphy, vice president of Shaker Consulting Group; Steve Rothberg, president and founder of CollegeRecruiter.com; Jeremy Tipper, founder of the Talent Collective, a U.K.-based talent acquisition advisory firm; and John Vlastelica, managing director of Recruiting Toolbox, Inc.

Founded by the industry’s leading authorities on candidate experience, the CandEs are designed to recognize organizations that produce outstanding candidate experiences. The program consists of three survey rounds that capture and evaluate employers’ recruitment processes and practices through the entire recruitment cycle and candidate experience. With the first and second employer and candidate survey rounds now closed for North American employers, companies identified with unique and innovative efforts will be advanced to the final round, where they will be interviewed by the CandE judging panel using HireVue’s digital interviewing solutions to determine areas of distinction. Continue Reading

College Grad Job Search – The Dog Days of Summer

“Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.” – Unknown

Half way through the summer and no job prospects? Parents on your back (of course they are thinking about your $200,000+ college education)? You are not alone. Some of my friends’ kids are now home from college having graduated a few short months ago. With very few exceptions, most of them have jobs (at the moment) that do not require a college degree. Jobs like, working in the local movie theater, working in a liqueur store or working for a local retail store. Of course all of these jobs are better than not working at all. But I suspect that these individuals are not focused in their job search. Even in the most difficult of times, there are many more entry level jobs then there are experienced hire jobs. So what’s the point? Looking for a job is not easy. For many, it is more difficult than college. The truth is that for most of us, we really have no clue how to look for a job. In reality, the time you put in is directly related to what you will get out of it. Like most things in life, you need to invest some time and effort to see the results. Job search is much the same. Lots of time up front but results start to come in after the initial investment. Continue Reading

CollegeRecruiter.com is Going Social

Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone, but CollegeRecruiter.com is just days away from re-launching as a Web 2.0 (user generated content) job board rather than the old Web 1.0 (staff and employer generated content) job board.

For the first time, users of all types will be able to easily connect and converse with each other, includes job seekers to job seeker, employer to employer, career service office professional to career service office professional, admissions office professional to admissions office professional, and one type of user with another.