Posts by Wendy Weber

Just came across a piece which struck a chord with me. It’s about Anti-Social Recruiting. “Social,” as defined by Merriam Webster, is “…the interaction of the individual and the group,” and “tending to form cooperative and interdependent relationships.” To be antisocial is to not be interactive, and to not form relationships. Here are a few…

Here’s a satisfying recruiting story: We were engaged to conduct a search with a new client. A very challenging search. An established agency in Northern VA was creating a new division, and the required background and skill set were very unique. It looked like it would be near-impossible to identify qualified candidates, but then again,…

Nice piece by Katie Meeker about recruiting utilizing Google+. Click here.

From a piece in the July 20th issue of the New York Times: Companies have long used criminal background checks, credit reports and even searches on Google and LinkedIn to probe the previous lives of prospective employees. Now, some companies are requiring job candidates to also pass a social media background check. A year-old start-up,…

Branchout.com is the official website of BranchOut, an emerging application on Facebook which allows users to connect with other Facebook users for professional networking & career growth. The concept is to use this tool to branch out from their present networks and open new avenues for career opportunities by simply connecting with the most number…

Interesting piece in the Sunday NY Times… More than 90% of the locksmiths listed as “local” to Seattle are not actually located in Seattle. They are phone banks, typically set up in far-off places, often in other countries. Call them and they’ll dispatch a locksmith. Some are legitimate, but others may all too often do…

According to a piece in today’s Digital Insider, the 2011 SEMPO Salary Survey reports that the average salary of today’s search marketer stands at $75,542, a 20% decline from 2009. Chris Boggs, president of SEMPO and director of search and media thought leadership at digital agency Rosetta, said the drop in search marketers’ average salary…

We are seeing an interesting trend…Direct Marketing Operations professionals making a transition to Ecommerce. It seems like an unusual transition to me, going from being a Director of Operations to a VP of Ecommerce, but I’ve encountered 3 people who have done so!

What’s going on? In the last week or so, I have been made aware of 5 new social networking options. As a recruiter, I’m all about networking, online and off, but I question the need for additional online social networks . . . and from what I have been able to research about these, I…

Picked up from BusinessInsider.com: Exactly What You Need to do After Losing Your Job. Day 1: Do Nothing. Day 2: Get your paperwork in order. Day 3: Reassess your career goals. Day 4: Cut your expenses. Day 5: Make a Job-Seeking plan.