The eagerly awaited — or dreaded, depending on who you are — release of Google for Jobs is finally out there. For better or worse, Google is now in the job board business. Unless you’ve been living under a rock,
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Why can’t I apply to a job by tapping on my wrist?
The much awaited Apple Watch is out! At Nexxt, we don’t want to waste a second, so we’ve already started designing our Smartwatch Smartalerts. It may take a little while for technology and the market to catch up, but why
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The Much Maligned ATS: The Secret Weapon to Screening for Dedicated Talent?
Years ago, in those grim days after the .com bubble imploded, I worked with an insanely talented and dedicated head of engineering. One day the fire alarm in our building went off. While most people scurried to grab their phones
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Recruitment Marketing: We’re the Cool Kids Now.
The Recruitment technology ecosystem is changing, and it was more than evident based on the 286 interesting companies who displayed their wares at the recent HRTech event in Las Vegas earlier this month. Retargeting, Cost-Per-Applicant models, HR analytics…HR is catching
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When Sourcing Candidates, Don’t Rely on your Gut
It was one of those calls. We were talking with a client that’d purchased a Job Slot and Premium Search package with Nexxt about a month prior and wasn’t happy with the response. I began by taking the “seek to
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Always Tell Your Candidates Why They Didn’t Get Hired
Looking for a job can be stressful, exciting and cumbersome. I’m an internal recruiter for Nexxt. Having been in the recruitment industry for 18 years, I’ve seen applicants make some pretty bad moves that reduce their hiring appeal. The hardest thing
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Which is Better? Obamacare or The Affordable Care Act?
As the hordes of procrastinators rush to Healthcare.gov today to beat the deadline to purchase their healthcare and avoid the individual mandate penalties, the site–which was down earlier today–broadcasts the following message: “During times of especially high demand, you may
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Employment Data – how to make sense of it all?
After a long winter, we will finally get a glimpse into where the employment market is headed. Here’s how to come to your own conclusion. Unless you have living in Miami or Honolulu, this was probably one of the longest
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Comic Relief: I Am THE Best Person For Your Job!
Confidence is great, but there is such a thing as TOO confident. It’s fun, however, to imagine an interview in which we say whatever we feel like. . . If you’ve noticed, I am the first person to arrive at
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Is the Best Candidate the one Who’s Good at Getting Hired?
Are you hiring the best candidate for the job, or are you hiring the candidate who sold him/herself the best for the job? We perform over 10,000 resume critiques daily, and conduct research and surveys to better understand candidate attitudes
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