Entries from August 2008

August 30, 2008

Business Continuity Planning: What Human Resource Professionals Need to Know

Event Details   Event Title: September – Business Continuity Planning Event Date: 9/8/2008 Event Time: 5:30 PM – 7:15 PM Event Location: Marriotte Executive Park Hotel     Business Continuity Planning: What Human Resource Professionals Need to Know   Business continuity planning includes many facets and touch points. From policies and procedures to logistical issues, [...]

August 30, 2008

10 Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities

Presentation and interactive panel discussion by the Disability Resource Center Lillian Burch, Executive Director of the Disability Resource Center, and Alan Muir, Executive Director – Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities, University of Tennessee, along with other staff members, will lead the panel discussion   Topics will include ADA, EEOC regulations, EEOC complaints, recruiting, and hiring [...]

August 29, 2008

Employment brand recruiting through video

Need talent? Why not make a video to recruit them Technology has come along way, have you? It may come as no surprise to you that a lot of companies today still use the good old classified ads to type essentially the same thing as everyone else, but with a video camera and little creativity [...]

August 28, 2008

CareerBuilder Ends Video Resume Experiment

Little more than a year after introducing video resumes, CareerBuilder has discontinued the service. It was quietly taken offline in June. The company won’t say how many jobseekers posted videos, but it seems the participation rate wasn’t high enough to warrant CareerBuilder’s effort. Job board spokesperson Jennifer Grasz told us, “We’re always testing the market [...]

August 28, 2008

Newspaper Revenues Are Plummeting As Attention Moves Online

November 21st, 2007 The latest numbers from the Newspaper Association of America show that newspaper advertising revenue is plummeting as attention and ad dollars move online. The numbers are downright ugly: Total advertising expenditures at newspaper companies were $10.9 billion for the third quarter of 2007, a 7.4 percent decrease from the same period a [...]

August 28, 2008

Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Selects LOCALJOBS.COM to Power New Job Board

Awarded just days after the Asheville Chamber of Commerce did the same thing, LOCALJOBS.COM has secured it’s second Chamber account in a week with the final approval from the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce committment this week. The objective is to build and host a Job Board which in the words of Chamber President Bill [...]

August 25, 2008

Asheville Chamber of Commerce Selects LOCALJOBS.COM to Power New Job Board

LOCALJOBS.COM LLC (parent company of this blog) was selected as the vendor of choice to power their new job board. This selection was based on the experience, technology and track record brought to the table by our company.  Already a success in the Asheville market where it got started, the partnership with the Asheville Chamber [...]