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Recruiting Trends Positive in 2010!

The 2010 Benchmark Pro survey involving nearly 4000 employers from about 15,000 locations across the country has revealed that 93.4% of organizations have started to actively look for qualified candidates. This is slightly up when compared to 91.1% reported in 2009. This is an indication that companies are slowly recovering from the economic catastrophe to make a gradual comeback. The survey reveals the following: Employers use various methods to recruit new employees. Advertising on the Internet tops the chart at 81.1% followed by newspaper advertisement at 63% and employee referral programs & job fairs at 54%. Almost half of the companies use Internet resume database and over 30% of the companies use sign-on bonuses or trade and professional association advertising. Recruiting methods differ based on the industry. Job fairs are used by 75.6% of hospitality organizations, 70% of healthcare organizations, 64.2% of banking and finance, 51.6% of insurance and

CareerTV launches "Celebrities' Job News" to attract more young professionals to its site

CareerTV the leading provider of recruitment videos launched a "Celebrities'Job News" series. clipped from www.hrmarketer.com CareerTV's target audience is young professionals. To ensure that the tone and content meet their expectations, CareerTV recently launched the "Celebrities' Job News" series which includes interviews with well-known celebrities like Jerry Seinfeld. "Our goal in interviewing celebrities is simple – young people generally look up to these people and want more information about them. Our audience wants to know how famous people started their careers and what they did before their careers took off. Many of these celebs were very creative in what type of work would allow them to pursue their goals," says David Wheeler, President and Executive Producer at CareerTV.

Ladders.com moving away from a free system for recruiters

ERE.net reported that Ladders.com has made a transition from free system - Effective November 1, Ladders.com will be offering two different services: Premium and RecruitLadder Enterprise - both offer unlimited job posting and candidate database searching. clipped from www.ere.net Months after TheLadders.com first announced that it was moving away from a free system for recruiters, the $100K jobs website has officially made the transition to an exclusively fee-based suite of online recruiting solutions. Effective November 1, the company says all new recruiters will choose from two service options: RecruitLadder Premium and RecruitLadder Enterprise, both of which offer unlimited job posting and candidate database searching.