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Analyzing Companies Ongoing Quest for the Perfect Candidate

I’ve recently blogged about the fact that more companies are mandating that they’ll only consider employed job seekers for their open positions and that they’re using credit checks more frequently when deciding which job seekers to hire and which to not. What these developments represent are clues as to what is

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Top Echelon Chief Content and Communications Officer Matt Deutsch

Know How Good Your Candidate’s Credit Is? You Should

It’s bad enough that many companies are taking the stance that they will no longer consider unemployed job seekers for their open positions.  Now it appears as though a growing number of them are using credit checks more frequently when deciding which job seekers to hire and which to not.

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Todd Bossler with his back to a brick wall

The SEO Series: Choose your Keywords Wisely

When you get right down to it, at the root of all this Search Engine Optimization stuff are your keywords.  That is, what words and or phrases do you want to be found under?  This may seem easy on the surface, but you should analyze what’s going on in and

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Todd Bossler with his back to a brick wall

Recruiting Tip: Google Search String for LinkedIn.com

LinkedIn is the premier professional social media site out there.  And the beautiful thing about it is that is all but “complete publish.”  This means that search engines have most of that data in their indices for you and I to sift through and find what is useful to us.

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Top Echelon Chief Content and Communications Officer Matt Deutsch

Unemployed Job Seekers and the Companies Who Hate Them

Okay, maybe “hate” is a bit of a strong word.  But still. Some companies are mandating they will only consider candidates who are employed for their open positions. As the Communications Coordinator for Top Echelon’s recruiting network, the leading split placement network of recruiters, I help conduct a weekly online survey

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Top Echelon Chief Content and Communications Officer Matt Deutsch

What the National Unemployment Rate Means to Recruiters

The numbers get thrown around in the national news media all the time.  Nearly eight million jobs lost during this recession… with only about 600,000 of those jobs recovered… and the national unemployment rate expected to hover around 10% for quite some time. But what exactly does all of that

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