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• 2009 Small Business Hiring Guide

  BNET - 2009-07-16

  CareerBuilder works with both the world's largest companies and smallest businesses, providing resources for everything from employment to talent acquisition and best-practice trainings. It is important to start thinking about your hiring in terms of a talent life cycle. You must dedicate resources, time and care...

  Tags: Talent, CareerBuilder, Brand, Small Business, Workforce Management, Human Resources

• 5 Ways To Battle Job Search Rejection

  BNET - 2009-01-12

  Success in a job search is easy to deal with; a job offer feels good, validates us and allows us to move forward in life. We all want it and strive for it. Nevertheless, for most job seekers, our successes are infrequent. They're sandwiched between boatloads of indifference, rejection and...

  Tags: Job, CareerBuilder, Rejection, Job Search, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Recruitment Site CareerBuilder Lays Off 300

  Content Next - 2008-12-11

  A bit ironic, but certainly not unexpected? Help-wanteds site CareerBuilder has cut 300 jobs—its own—mostly in its small business unit, Chicago Tribune reported. The company wouldn't tell the Trib its current headcount, though its website does say it has 2,000 employees, suggesting that roughly 15 percent of its workforce...

  Tags: Advertising, CareerBuilder, Classifieds, Companies, David Kaplan, Finance, Gannett Co. Inc., Human Resources, McClatchy Co., Media, Newspapers, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Tribune Co., Workforce Management

• 6 Ways to Create Interview Chemistry

  BNET - 2008-11-23

  Interviewing is a lot like dating. When two people agree to go to dinner or watch a movie with each other, it's generally because they had something in common, found each other interesting and wanted to spend time together. When interviewing job candidates, interviewers are looking for these same things....

  Tags: Job, CareerBuilder, Chemistry, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Career Builder, Monster And Indeed: Top 3 Job Search Sites

  BNET - 2008-11-21

  Looking for a job can be a tough task, especially if you are living in a new area. Waiting for the local weekly paper leaves you sitting at home stressing over where your next check is going to come from. Online job search sites have up-to-date job information, and you...

  Tags: Job, CareerBuilder, Monster, Job Search, Associated Content, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Layoff Worries? 5 Conversations You Should Have

  BNET - 2008-11-11

  As the economy continues to take a downturn, more and more American jobs are at risk. The unemployment rate hit a 14-year high this October with 1.2 million jobs lost in 2008 alone. As it turns out, people are doing very little to secure their jobs in this weak economy....

  Tags: Job, Layoff, CareerBuilder, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Human Resources

• Factors To Consider Before Accepting A Job Offer

  BNET - 2008-08-21

  Searching for a job is hard work. Scanning help-wanted listings, researching companies, sending out customized cover letters and résumés and attending interviews can be tiring and time-consuming. If you're like most job seekers, you're excited - or at least relieved - when your efforts result in an employment offer. In...

  Tags: Job, CareerBuilder, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Manufacturing

• A Quarter of Women Report Workplace Discrimination

  BNET - 2008-08-11

  The Find: When CareerBuilder.com asked nearly 4,000 American women if they felt they have equal opportunities for career advancement compared to men, 26 percent said no. The Source: A recent CareerBuilder.com survey. The Takeaway: It may have been a break-through year for...

  Tags: CareerBuilder, Workplace, Women, Career Advancement, Gender And Diversity, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Career, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman

• Mistakes Preventing You From Securing Employment Interviews

  BNET - 2008-07-30

  No matter how strong your skills or experience are, you won't land a new job without first securing an interview with a prospective employer. Job seekers often consider this step of the hiring process the most difficult - and perplexing. After all, how many times have you considered your qualifications...

  Tags: Hiring, Job, CareerBuilder, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• 10 Real-Life Interview Mistakes

  BNET - 2008-07-22

  Hiring managers don't want to hear a lot of things during an interview - confessions of a violent past, a cell phone ring, a toilet flush. Yet job seekers have committed these interview gaffes and worse. Odd behavior isn't the only way to ruin your chances of landing a job....

  Tags: Hiring, CareerBuilder, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management