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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Walk for Lupus Now!

Greetings to you,

However you may know me is irrelevant, because the only person I am today is one trying to support an important cause. One that's near and dear to me. Thank you for taking a few minutes to read! 

It is estimated that 1.5 million Americans have a form of lupus, an acute and chronic (lifelong) autoimmune disease in which the immune system is improperly regulated, causing inflammation and tissue damage to virtually every organ system in the body. The effects of Lupus can range anywhere from a seemingly innocuous rash to sever and often fatal damage to organs such as the liver, kidneys, nerves and even brain.

If this was not enough, the most common drugs prescribed for the treatment of Lupus tend to be highly toxic and dangerous in their own right, causing side effects like reduced quality of life, cognitive impairment, and severe, irreversible, damage to otherwise unaffected organs like the bones (avascular necrosis) and blood vessels (renaud’s syndrome).

In spite of this, November 2008 marked 50 years since a drug has been approved for the treatment of lupus. New treatment options are needed, but research requires funding. And that’s where we come in.

Money raised by the Walk for Lupus will be contributed to valuable research dedicated to developing better methods of detecting, treating, and hopefully eradicating Lupus once and for all. There is hope on the horizon, and with your help we can find better treatments and a cure.

Making a difference starts with one step. Thank you for taking this step!

With that said:

Please visit my WALK FOR LUPUS NOW page! I hope you will consider making a secure online donation to help me reach my gosl! It's easy to do - just click on the link to support me and complete the donation process. Or, sign up to join my team and walk with us on May 21st by following the links. I really appreciate your help!

Kati - Save the Children

Kati - Age 4

On December 1, 2010, I finished reading "What Is The What" by Dave Eggers, and it changed my life. War, starvation, poverty, illness... through the eyes of a child; horrors that no one, not even an adult, and especially not a young person, should ever have to live through. I decided that although I often find myself living check to check (as do most people in our current economy) I could easily save extra money every month to aid a child in need. 

That's when I met Kati.

Save The Children -
El Salvador

As soon as I saw her face on the Save the Children website, my mission became clear. I began sponsoring her immediately. I am proud to be apart of her life, and I hope every day that she will grow up with the desire to be all that she can - and the skills to make her dreams come true, despite all hardships she faces daily.

Kati is 4 years old, and she lives in Sonsonate, El Salvador (South America). She is very friendly and enjoys sports. She hasn't started school yet. The poverty conditions in her community are extreme, and I am grateful to be able to help in any way that I can. My monthly contributions are $28, and I have the opportunity to send extra gifts if I choose to do so. I look forward to developing a friendship with her that will last a lifetime.      

Click here to be directed to "What Is The What" on Amazon. [From Publishers Weekly] Starred Review. Valentino Achak Deng, real-life hero of this engrossing epic, was a refugee from the Sudanese civil war-the bloodbath before the current Darfur bloodbath-of the 1980s and 90s. In this fictionalized memoir, Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) makes him an icon of globalization. Separated from his family when Arab militia destroy his village, Valentino joins thousands of other "Lost Boys," beset by starvation, thirst and man-eating lions on their march to squalid refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, where Valentino pieces together a new life. He eventually reaches America, but finds his quest for safety, community and fulfillment in many ways even more difficult there than in the camps: he recalls, for instance, being robbed, beaten and held captive in his Atlanta apartment. Eggers's limpid prose gives Valentino an unaffected, compelling voice and makes his narrative by turns harrowing, funny, bleak and lyrical. The result is a horrific account of the Sudanese tragedy, but also an emblematic saga of modernity-of the search for home and self in a world of unending upheaval. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Emergency Service at Arlene's Grocery

One thing about New York City that most can agree with: it is more likely to run into someone you haven't seen in years on the train than it is to find a cheap pack of cigarettes from someone other than the "Five Dollar Newports" guy on the corner.

Google Maps - Arlene's Grocery

I mention this because on Friday evening, venturing home on the train with my boyfriend, I suddenly found myself face to face with a friend from high school that I hadn't seen in at least 6 years; George Oberndorfer, the bassist of New York City band Emergency Service. He was carrying his bass guitar, on his way to a late night gig at Arlene's Grocery. So, I did what any spontaneous person would do...  I went to to the show!

Emergency Service - Image Copyright: Peace Belt Productions

For an incredibly full house, Arlene's Grocery bartenders are quick, generous, and friendly. We ordered  a few rounds of the "Special" (a PBR & a shot of Jack) to start off, and quickly headed to the stage in the lower level to watch George and Emergency Service perform! E.S. is a groovy blend of reggae, hip hop, funk and (in my opinion) a little ska. They have a singer, guitarist, bassist, drummer, keys and trumpet  player. Their songs are easy to listen to and beautifully composed, however they perform with such ease, you'd think they were just jamming out. 

We sang along, danced a little, and found ourselves genuinely disappointed when the nearly hour long set came to an end. I immediately bought a CD, and will make a point to attend more of their gigs in the future. I'm glad I ran into my old friend. It set us on the right path for an awesome evening.