Next month the final issue of Business 2.0 comes out. It's one of only 2 magazines which I've religiously read since the late 90's. (the other is Entrepreneur). TechCrunch has the skinny on the end.

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Yesterday's Wall St Journal had a terrific piece on recruiting written by Ron Alsop. It was entitled "The New Battle for MBA Grads" but the advice is relative to ALL companies and their recruiting efforts. Here's a couple of the key quotes:

"it is a seller's market out there, making it tough for many companies to meet hiring quotas using old tried-and-true recruiting methods"

Clearly the job market is changing. Blogs, podcasts, video and social networks are the new battleground for recruiting.

"What's more, some also are breaking from the traditional routine of on-campus presentations and cocktail receptions and trying something new: virtual recruiting. They are mining for résumés online, arranging video interviews and using instant messaging to cast a wider net and connect more effectively with today's tech-savvy students."

It's time recruiters start engaging candidates using the tools they have already integrated into their online lives.

"To be successful in the future, recruiters will need a different skill set. Rather than being event planners who are transaction-oriented, they'll need to become more adept and comfortable with technology and the online world."

So if you're a recruiter who hasn't stepped into this brave new world. Start a blog like this guy, do a jobcast, upload a video, or advertise where the candidates are.

Only the strong will survive.

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Ok, somebody tell me what a chick in a mini-skirt has to do with mortgages?

Found yesterday on Monster.com

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Its amazing how the success of Craigslist has spawned sites with copycat names. Perhaps the most famous is Angie's List which is a growing collection of homeowners' real-life experiences with local service companies. There's also Cyndi's list, The List, and now there's Your List: a new job and local classifieds site in 945 U.S. towns and cities.

There's no MyList yet but I'll bet one day there will. For a list of other sites with 'list' in their name just do a search in Google by adding an asterisk before the word like this: *list.com

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My local bank recently set up part-time hours for moms so they could be home in time for the kids when they get home from school. But few employers actively try and recruit this untapped workforce. I believe the world of work is evolving and with a labor shortage, companies need to start offering lifestyle work hours. Moms are dying to get back into the game on a part-time basis. So whats your company waiting for?

I also wanted to point out a 2 new social networks that aims to match moms with opportunities. MomSpace & ClubMom.

Veteran women's publisher and affiliate marketing site ClubMom hopes to answer that question with a social networking play geared toward America's mothers.

Called The MomNetwork, the service lets women connect based on geography, life challenges, interests and the ages of their kids.

"This is taking human behavior to scale, with user generated content and community connections around the experience of motherhood," said Andrew Shue, a co-founder of ClubMom and member of its board. "It brings in the MySpace and the About.com value propositions that moms desperately need."

"From a business standpoint, it's a huge opportunity," he said. "Moms have not been aggregated on the Web. They are the CEOs of America's households."

Momspace connects women with businesses in their geographic area that have been rated by other local moms. "It's formalizing the bus stop talk," says Colleen Devine, publicist for the site, "but it's not just for the new mom. It's used by moms with teenagers and even empty-nesters."

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Thanks to Jason Davis for putting together a list of the top 25 recruiting blogs. We made the list!

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Just a reminder that RecruitingFly.com is not just a directory of recruiting blogs. It's a vertical search engine for all things recruiting. Things like: Background Checks, Job Descriptions, Recruiting Software, RPO, Sourcing, Passive Candidates, Screening, HR Metrics, SEO, ATS, job boards.

Just enter your search term in the search box located in the upper right corner of our site. You'll get back fast, relevant results from all the important recruitment sites & blogs. Give it a try.

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The fly just returned from his vacation at Disney World with the family. Mrs Fly and Little Fly went too. While there, he couldn't help but notice what a massive undertaking staffing a bunch of theme parks and resorts must be.

He was impressed by the "cast members" who served and pampered him. They were all polite and their service was top notch. But where do you find almost 60,000 hourly workers in such a small region of Florida?

The answer: anywhere and everywhere.

The fly asked around. Many were local folks but a lot were college students, International workers and a variety of contractors. Disney has a large college internship program so they bring in kids by the truck loads. A student can literally do any job imaginable from manning a cash register to waiting tables to working on a boat. One night he ate at a Canadian Steak place in Epcot. The waitress from was from Nova Scotia.

Can you say global recruiting?

The fly was curious. How long have you worked here he asked? Do they give you room and board?

Yes she replied. She's part of a year long international work exchange and they give her a place to live (10 mins away) and feed her. She took the job for little adventure and meet new people and she loves it.

On the Disney web site you can read more about their internship programs and such. The fly also found some buzz on one person's experience working there. Interesting read.

Would you want to recruit for Disney? It must be difficult and rewarding at times. At least that's what this fly heard on their walls.

Blogosphere request...anyone out there know a Disney recruiter? If so, send them my way. Would love to talk to them.

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You Know the Drill

...or do you? The latest training tools might surprise you.
By Mark Henricks
Entrepreneur Magazine - April 2007

A couple of weeks before starting work, each of Hugh Braithwaite's new hires receives an iPod loaded with greetings from some of the other 14 employees of Braithwaite Communications.

The unexpected gift energizes people new to the $3 million Philadelphia marketing communications firm. "They come in the door with much higher morale and positive energy," says Braithwaite, 46.

Podcasts, blogs, wikis and even video games can create, organize and disseminate internal training, says Anders Gronstedt, a training consultant in Broomfield, Colorado. The emerging channels address shortfalls of conventional training techniques and are more portable, flexible and fun than memos and lectures. Blogs, for instance, can be set up behind a company's firewall to encourage internal dialogues with employees. "A lot of companies are finding that tremendously valuable," Gronstedt says.

continue on magazine website

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I love this post by Your HR Guy. Not only is it refreshing to hear the truth but it cuts down the interview process to its core meaning. I too wish there could be more honesty in the interview process. As he says, many people are in denial of their deficiencies. I suspect the quick fix American Idol route to success may be partly to blame.

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