Hire Intelligence - "Look Inside Your Own Company to Start Solving the Talent Gap" by Erika Weinstein

Hire Intelligence (Issue 64)

"Look Inside Your Own Company to Start Solving the Talent Gap"
By Erika Weinstein, President and Co-Founder, Stephen-Bradford Search

In the fast-moving digital advertising ecosystem, companies struggle to find the most talented employees, and prospective employees without relevant experience struggle to find jobs at all. The expectations of too many new workers are a material element of the unemployment drama we read about in the news today, at all levels The bad news from the front lines is that the firms that are growing in the digital media landscape need more and more from what increasingly feels like fewer and fewer candidates, primarily because of this skills gap.

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HIRING!!! Clerical/General Office Duties

Clerical/General Office Duties

Howard-Sloan Professional Search, founded in 1957, has an exciting opportunity to join a terrific Administration that offers outstanding training and mentoring in an environment where everyone looks forward to coming to work.

Why Howard-Sloan?

• No ceiling on opportunity
• Average tenure 10+ years
• Great learning experience
• Wonderful culture and high ethics

Duties Include:

• Transcribing references
• PowerPoint presentations (creating, printing, binding)
• Responsible for populating and updating database with current information
• Responsible for scheduling candidate/client interviews for the recruiters as needed
• Conducting research of companies, candidates and industries from various sources, i.e. Web, job boards, Linked-in, etc.

Required Skills:

• 1+ years experience
• Must have stellar communication skills, verbal and written
• Must type 65wpm+ accurately
• Must be able to keep multiple balls in the air at once
• Pays attention to detail
• Has super listening skills
• Proficient with Outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality

This is a unique opportunity for the correct candidate.  If you are interested and appropriate, and in order to be immediately considered:

• Kindly forward your resume to desireeg@howardsloan.com
• Call 646-728-2320 to discuss the opportunity.

Talent Management Trends

ROI and Mobile Assessments are Important to HR Professionals in 2012, Says market research firm SIS International Research

Among our interesting observations, we are hearing more companies are using data mining tools and analysis to better predict an applicant’s prospects for succeeding in a new company.  In addition, our respondents report a significant increase in the use of social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, etc.) and mobile platforms (laptops, tablets, and smart phones) to not only connect with a larger applicant pool, but also to administer initial applicant assessments.  At the same time, respondents observe that companies are looking to improve significantly the return on investment of the talent assessments and recruiting tools.

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