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December 18, 2013 Joe Stubblebine

Nexxt HR Survey Says…2014 Employer Outlook Still Foggy.

As 2013 comes to a close and we look towards 2014, overall signs of changes to the employment marketplace indicate that there may be a better picture for workers in 2014. But, upon closer inspection, the results appear to be

TV show Friends dinner thanksgiving scene

November 27, 2013 Joe Weinlick

This Thanksgiving, Remember to Give Thanks for the Jobseekers

Are you preparing to enjoy a Thanksgiving feast? Perhaps you aren’t even working the day before Thanksgiving, taking off an extra day to prepare. Not to put a damper on the holiday, but it’s worth remembering that while we are

November 21, 2013 Joe Stubblebine

The ‘Sultan of Sourcing’ has Spoken!

OK, he’s finally done it. Shally Steckerl, the Jedi master of all things recruiting and sourcing, has spewed out his vast knowledge into 488 pages of pure sourcing joy. Earlier this month, Shally released his new book, The Talent Sourcing

September 24, 2013 Joe Stubblebine

Facebook Skills: Another Shot Across the Bow

Seventy-two billion dollars. That’s what corporations spend to find, hire and manage talent. That’s a lot of money. And there’s literally tens of thousands of job boards, ATSs, CRMs and RPOs out there that are clamoring for a piece of

August 20, 2013 Joe Stubblebine

Job Postings: Lease or Buy?

When it comes to buying job postings, companies are just now starting to dip their toes in the Cost-Per-Click (CPC) water, but is CPC-based job advertising really better than the traditional bulk-buy and all you-can-post-models?

August 1, 2013 Julie Shenkman

The Top US Cities to Get Hired & The Top US Cities to Make a Hire [Infographic]

Nexxt’s Q2 2013 Career Trends Report Welcome to our latest analysis of the real best places to hire and get hired nationwide. See which metro areas came out on top in Q2 2013. This Nexxt employment data report analyzes where

June 6, 2013 Joe Stubblebine

Making Sense of the Recruiting Ecosystem: An Infographic

CRM, ATS, JADs…the dizzying array of acronyms in the HR products and services ecosystem is overwhelming, and with the addition of new and unique players who are cropping up every day, the delineation between who vendors are and what they

Millennials putting post-it notes on the glass

May 28, 2013 Julie Shenkman

Nexxt Survey Uncovers How Veteran HR Professionals Really Feel about Job Seekers from Millennial Generation

Millennials struggle to overcome stereotypes to find employment. Nexxt, a recruitment media company, announced findings from a national survey conducted among 6,000 job seekers and veteran HR professionals, finding that Millennials (Generation-Y) have a pretty serious image problem. According to

May 6, 2013 Joe Stubblebine

I’m Not in the Mood: Measuring Employee Happiness

“Feelings….nothing more than feelings…” The song “Feelings”, written in 1974 and performed by many artists since that time, is running through my head as I pen this post. And now, with the addition of some new “human capital emotional monitoring tools”

February 25, 2013 Joe Stubblebine

Facebook Graph Search: Don’t Get Caught with Your Pants Down

OK, so it has finally happened. We’ve talked about it for years, we’ve argued about it in the bar and in the board room: “Facebook will always be for my personal stuff and LinkedIn is always for my professional stuff.”