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All posts by Kathleen Smith

• When Is a Job Board Not a Job Board? When It Is an Influencer

  The most recent Career Xroads Sources of Hire survey was released recently. If you are not familiar with it, Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler have been conducting this study for over a decade. The survey looked at data from 36 companies with over 200,000 job openings to determine th… more

• Job Seekers and Recruiters Miracle on 34th Street

  The classic message of “Miracle on 34th Street” still resonates more than 50 years after the holiday classic aired. No matter the version you prefer you can still hear the central message: Help your customer even if it means sending them to your competition. By helping them y… more

• Charlie Brown and Your Job Search

  Many of our childhood memories of the holidays come from the TV shows that we looked forward to and watched. For many of us, there was only one night during the holiday season when we could watch a holiday special. This was before VHS, DVD, Netflix and Hulu. You could always coun… more

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  Do You Have the Right Skills to be Hired

  Many companies say they aren’t hiring because they’re not finding people with the right skills. This was a hot topic of discussion at the FedTech Outlook 2012 conference. The keywords of mobile, cloud and social were also topics of key interest for the panel of senior women t… more

• Recruiters: How to Manage Your Talent Pipeline

  With year-end budgeting and the uncertainty of government task orders, you never know if you should be recruiting or updating your resume. Great recruiters know that you are only as good as your most recent hire, and even if you are in a lull, you never let your talent pipeline g… more