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by Steven Rothberg

Unemployment Rate Tops 10% - 26 Year High


One Speaker and Exhibitor's Impression of OnRec / Kennedy Information 2009 Fall Conference
I had the good fortune of attending the OnRec / Kennedy Information recruiting conference in Chicago this week. I was both a panelist on a session about how employers can use mobile marketing for recruiting and CollegeRecruiter.com had a booth...

Report: 2009 Grads Who Interned 64% More Likely to Have Received Permanent Job Offers
It is probably of no surprise to anyone involved in college recruiting that new college graduates who had internships prior to or even after graduation fared far better in their efforts to find permanent employment after graduation than did their...

Another Job Board Hacked
The job board operated by U.K. newspaper The Guardian was reportedly hacked this past weekend and about 500,000 resumes and other information valuable to identity theft scum walked out the door. The response from The Guardian? Pathetic. They recommended that...

5 Advantages of Attending Brand-Name College
Attending a name-brand college or university will give you the following professional advantages over those who attended schools which are less well known: It will be easier for you to get interviews and job offers at prestigious big companies. Big...

Hispanics Respond to Cell Phone Ads 5-10 Times More Than On-line Ads
One of the under reported aspects of cell phone text messaging (SMS) and other forms of mobile marketing is that it is not a level playing field. The conventional wisdom is that younger people tend to use their cell phones...

Free Admission to OnRec / Kennedy Information Recruiting Conference
OnRec and Kennedy Information have teamed up to produce one of the biggest recruiting events of the year. The OnRec and Kennedy Recruiting Expo is being held in Chicago from Monday, November 2nd through Wednesday, November 3rd, 2009. Monday is...

Video: Overview of CollegeRecruiter.com for Advertisers


Free Job Posting Options Slowly Taking Root
A question was recently posted to one of the discussion lists operated by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The college career service office professional started by writing that she remembers from the Golden Parachute books that about 10...

Four Tips for Reaching College Students Through Email Marketing
Email marketing is regarded by many as the real killer application when it comes to social networking. Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and the other so-called titans of social media have no where near the number of users and amount of...

Teenager Fired Because She Wrote It Was Boring on Facebook
Employees need to be careful about what they posted to Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites. It amazes me how many will complain about their bosses, places of work, etc. and then are shocked when they're disciplined and sometimes...

10 Ways Twitter, Facebook Use Can Get You Fired
Friending your manager on Facebook and then complaining about your job. Putting your personal brand in front of your company's brand. Complaining that your company blocks social networking sites. Attracting the wrong attention to your company's brand because of...

10 Least Stressful Jobs
Education / Training Consultant Physical Therapist College Professor Software Developer Technical Writer Telecommunications Network Engineer Speech-Language Pathologist Software Architect Occupational Therapist Civil Engineer Source: CNN Money...

Cell Phone Text Messaging (SMS) Campaigns Watched by Direct Marketing Association
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is finally acknowledging that many of their members market products, services, and other opportunities to businesses and consumers and that those advertising and other marketing campaigns should and now do fall under the purview of...

Lack of Preparation for H1N1 and Other Disasters
My wife and I have three kids, one of which attends an elementary school and the other two attend a middle school. Both schools recently notified the Minnesota Department of Health and the parents that at least five percent of...