Archives for: October 2006
AY Recruiting Solutions is among the fastest growing companies in America!

PRESS RELEASE AY Recruiting Solutions Ranked Number 318 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500 (Attributes its 428% Revenue Growth to a Strong Commitment to Innovation and Service) FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ — AY Recruiting Solutions, the pioneer of recruitment and enrollment technology for higher education, today announced that it ranked Number 318 on [...]

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Why? Just because I can… Why aren’t you?

Why am I showing a retro video on my blog? First of all, because I can. Why are you NOT? Is it because your blog is HR related and as such, only HR stuff is allowed on it? Is it because you are not a big fan of Queen? Why are you blogging about the same kind of stuff, doing [...]

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COMIC: The Recruiting Life – What’s the status of my resume?

Check out: The Day in Recruiting – a homepage for the busy recruiter. Related PostsCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Who is looking at your resume?COMIC: The Recruiting Life #2COMIC: The Recruiting Life #3COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Waiters and SourcersCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – I don’t think they understand her roleSend article as PDF to

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AUSTRALIA – Spook staffing on the rise

THE heads of Australia’s spy agencies made a rare appearance in public yesterday to explain their expanded role and systems of accountability in a post-September 11 world. More accustomed to secrecy than the glare of the public eye, the top spooks deflected questions from journalists with efficacy, referring them instead to a small brochure that spells out what their agencies [...]

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HR in India: “Workplace Problems” and “Effective Communication”

Introduction Well, don’t go by the phrase in the title “Effective Communication”, we are not going to discuss things like types of communication, communication cycle, channels of communication, barriers in effective communication or other related things. Did you ever realize that 80% of your problems be it at professional front or personal front, could be solved by “Effective Communication” or [...]

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Google can’t find talent in India?

There might be more than a billion people in India, but even an internet superstar such as Google has trouble recruiting talented locals in its South Asian operations, a board member said. “I know first hand that we’ve had a bit more of a challenge trying to hire engineers for Google in Bangalore compared to other parts of the world,” [...]

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UK bans certain words from job descriptions

A major British job recruitment agency has banned the use of 27 flattering adjectives in job descriptions to avoid breaching a new discrimination law. An internal memo circulated among the Robert Walters’ staff of 1,300 employees in 14 countries has forbidden further use of such words as vibrant, dynamic, ambitious and hungry, The Telegraph reported Monday. Other banned terms include [...]

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INDIA: Beware fake recruiting agencies

“The Indian government will take stern action against unscrupulous agents harassing Indian students in Australia.” Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi who is on a 10-day tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, gave this assurance at a reception in Melbourne, organised by the Federation of Indian Association of Victoria (FIAV). During his interaction with the Indian community, the [...]

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The Air Force is taking the paper out of its recruitment processes

Air Force Recruiting Command is spending millions to advertise on hip Web sites that put the Air Force message just a “click� away, and the recruiting process � beyond the face-to-face talks with the recruiter � is largely electronic today. Yet when it comes to security clearances and background checks, the system still requires paperwork and signatures � sometimes multiple [...]

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My witchdoctor said I should take the day off

In Zimbabwe, workers can claim official sick days with a note from a tribal healer, also known as a witch doctor. Only members of the state-approved Traditional Medical Practitioners Council can grant sick leave of up to one week, the country’s deputy health minister Edwin Maguti recently told a gathering of traditional healers and herbalists. The council has 1,500 members [...]

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