April 25th, 2012 → 3:27 pm @ Carissa Crittenden
I ran across an article this morning about some tips on how to use LinkedIn to its best advantage. The article is fairly short and sweet, so if you’re interested I’ll let you check it out for yourself.
As we always say at BirdDog, people drive business success, and one of the best way to find those people is by networking. LinkedIn provides a phenomenal tool for doing just that, so give this article a look-see and put a few things into use to help grow your business – and your network.
Just remember one thing when you hit slide nine – that’s one area where BirdDog can offer more cost-effective solutions.
Without further ado, here it is: How To Make The Most Out Of LinkedIn
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February 29th, 2012 → 9:49 am @ Tom Mileham
“We began using BirdDog because we were expanding nationally into markets where we did not have a presence and needed an easy resource to quickly identify candidates in those new markets.
Since we made the move to BirdDog we’ve been able to easily diversify how we build our candidate pool. We are able to attract some great people and have been able to seek out candidates with various skill sets in a very easy manner and have made 27 hires through BirdDog in 2011. We love the flexibility of the system and that we can change our direction easily based on our needs, easily adjust focus fast so that we can continue to grow into the markets we are targeting.”
Zach Wingerter, Deem, LLC
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February 28th, 2012 → 8:01 am @ Bryan May
San Jose, CA–February 28, 2012 —LONMARK® International, a non-profit association for the certification, education and promotion of interoperability standards for control networking, today announced a partnership with talent acquisition company BirdDog. The company offers both recruitment software and services. These solutions provide a pro-active, diversified recruitment approach that makes it easy for companies to find the right candidates quickly and cost effectively, ultimately fueling economic recovery.
Economists and U.S. job statistics have reported trends showing market stabilization. In the month of January alone, the unemployment rate hit the lowest level since March of 2008 and job gains have exceeded 200,000 for two straight months. As the economy continues to grow, so does the need for companies to find talented and experienced candidates. BirdDog’s talent acquisition offering allows companies to take control of their job hunts by leveraging four resources proven to provide good hires; the employer website career page, Internet job boards, word-of-mouth referrals and social media.
“At BirdDog, we believe that people drive business success and unfortunately, locating them is harder than ever,” said Bryan May, executive vice president of business development, BirdDog “We promote an ‘always-on recruitment’ mentality to employers that share our philosophy, and our partnership with LONMARK International and its members will make it even easier for them to find the best candidates for their companies.”
“As the economy continues to strengthen, companies will need to hire new employees to support growth,” said Barry Haaser, executive director, LONMARK International. “With BirdDog, we now provide our members with tools that will let them quickly hire qualified employees, while having the option to track, store and communicate with applicants throughout the year.”
Register today for a free webinar, Building Automation to Control Hiring Success – A long-term strategy to an age-old problem! The session is scheduled for Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Register for the BirdDog webinar here!
For more information on BirdDog please visit BirdDogHire.com
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About LONMARK International
LONMARK International is a non-profit corporation supporting the testing and certification of products, people and companies supporting the ISO/IEC 14908 body of standards. Its nearly 400 members manufacture, distribute, develop, install or use systems based on these standards. For more information about LONMARK International, please visit LonMark.org.
LONMARK and the LONMARK logo are registered trademarks of LONMARK International in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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February 7th, 2012 → 4:12 pm @ John von Harz
Construction employment rose by 21,000 to a two-year high of 5,572,000, following an upwardly revised gain of 31,000 in December. The January total was up 116,000 (2.1%) from a year earlier but still 28% below the peak set in April 2006 and no higher than in 1996. Heavy and civil engineering construction employment grew by 2.6% or 21,000 jobs; nonresidential building and specialty trade contractors by 2.0 % (17,000 jobs); and residential building and specialty trade contractors by 2.1% (41,000 jobs). The unemployment rate for construction workers was 17.7% in January, not seasonally adjusted, vs. 22.5% in January 2011. (BLS does not seasonally adjust industry unemployment rates.)
Engineering & Architecture employement rose by 7,000 last month and 31,000 over the last year. Design firms have added employees 16 out of the last 17 months.
January 26th, 2012 → 5:30 pm @ John von Harz
What do you feel is the most important factor when considering a possible employment opportunity?
• Growth Potential 52%
• Salary 21%
• Company Reputation 21%
• Benefits 3%
• It’s a job 3%
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January 26th, 2012 → 4:31 pm @ John von Harz
Economic data released today continues to support an expansionary
outlook for the Construction industry in 2012. According to the AGC of America,
Construction spending in November reached a 17 month high, up 1.2% from October
and 0.5% from the previous November. All major segments rose in November
including residential building, non-residential building, and public
construction (year over year public spending was down).
Additionally, the Construction industry added 26,000 jobs between
November and December, that according to the ADP National Employment Report. In
what many of the industry pundits would consider gratification, the Financial
Services industry dropped 1,000 jobs over that same period.
Happy New Year! It’s time we started behaving like a growth
industry again.
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November 17th, 2011 → 2:59 pm @ Gabe
Did you know that by a margin quickly approaching 2-1, job seekers are crediting Facebook with helping them land their latest gig?
In the article, “Job Seekers Turn to Facebook for Job Hunting” by John Zappe on ere.net we find out that according Jobvite’s Social Job Seeker Survey 2011, LinkedIn is actually in a distant second with 46 percent of job seekers attributing their new position to that business-oriented network. It is important to note as well that because most job seekers use more than one social network the numbers add up to more than 100 percent.
According to Dan Finnigan, Jobvite president and CEO, “Our new national survey shows that socially savvy job seekers have an advantage over their fellow job hunters and it’s paying off. While referrals are still the top source of new jobs, online social networks play an increasingly important role in job hunting today.”
Jobvite reports that more than 22 million workers said they found their job through social networking, which is an increase of 7.6 million since last year’s survey.
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November 8th, 2011 → 10:08 am @ Gabe
The latest development for employers and job seekers alike is the creation of the virtual job fair. The digital nature saves both parties time and money. With the virtual job fair an employer can easily broaden the candidate pool at no extra cost.
Many virtual fairs feature booths organized by company or job field. Some booths offer video or even live one-on-one chats with recruiters and executives. Currently candidates are learning about upcoming virtual fairs through social media, word of mouth, and company web pages.
The fairs last anywhere from several hours to a couple of days. They are primarily used to generate interest among candidates. Employers can easily weed out candidates early on as well as target good candidates to schedule in-person interviews with.
Amy Ng, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Citigroup finds the events to be especially useful for reaching out to passive job seekers. To read more, check out this article from the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Virtual Fairs Offer Real Jobs” by Emily Glazer.
Do you plan to look into virtual career fairs?
Do you think job seekers will find virtual career fairs to be more favorable than their traditional counterparts?
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October 13th, 2011 → 4:02 pm @ Gabe
There is some good news for grads from Forbes.com today. 2012 graduates that is. According to an article by Susan Adams entitled, “Finally, Some Good News About Hiring” the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) said results of a new survey show that hiring for the college class of 2012 will be up in all areas of the country.
According to NACE, a non-profit group that links college career placement offices and employers, the Midwest will do the most hiring. Employers in the Midwest are expecting to increase new hires by 19.5% over last year. The West projects an 11.5% increase. The southeast is expecting hiring to be up 8.6% and 6.9% in the Northeast.
NACE administered the survey to its employer members between August 3 and September 23 and had a 26.8% response rate. Other findings include that employers will be looking to hire graduates with business, engineering, or technology focused majors.
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October 6th, 2011 → 3:04 pm @ Gabe
According to a survey conducted by Forbes, 69% of employers surveyed have rejected a candidate because of what they saw about them on a social networking site.
When asked why they had rejected those candidates 13% said it was because they lied about their qualifications.
95% of employers say they use social media sites to find out more information about job candidates.
Remember all the people who may see your postings besides your friends. Would your grandma or future employer be put off by your profile? These are things to think about and take into consideration.
Click here to view the original article from The Atlantic
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