They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In today’s economy, it’s more like 20 or 25.

If you choose them efficiently, that should be enough. See if you can come up with a caption for this office photo – bonus points if it’s HR-related – and you could win a $50 Gift Card to Barnes & Noble!

We will be selecting a winner on Monday October 3^rd – keep checking back to read the entries and to see who is the lucky winner.

This week’s winner of the “Picture This” caption contest and lucky recipient of a $50 gift card to Barnes & Noble is: Kathleen Osterhoudt, with the entry, “The concept of recruitment is alien to me. Tell me how to hire the best people.”

It’s concise, funny and totally recruitment. Congratulations, Kathleen!

Thanks to everyone for their great captions - you can click here to view them all. If you missed this contest, don’t worry, we’ll be back with more.

At times, what happens in the office seems like, well, science fiction and you think, “You can’t write this stuff.” …or can you? Write a witty caption for this photo and you could win a $50 gift card to Barnes & Noble!

Extra points for it being recruitment related. The winner will be announced next Wednesday, 3/9/11.

In this age of iPhones, iPads and i-Gotta-Have-Its, techno toys are becoming a necessity rather than a luxury. They are an integral part of the way we ‘NET work–both professionally and socially–every day.

Try your hand at writing a creative headline/caption for this photo and it could win you a $25 iTunes Gift Card. (Extra points for relevance to employee recruitment or anything HR.)

The winner will be announced on Monday, 8/30/10 – good luck!

It doesn’t take sophisticated surveillance equipment to find out that Alstin is giving one lucky blog visitor a chance to win a $50 gift card to Amazon.com with this month’s “Picture This” contest.

Use you ingenuity to come up with a clever caption/headline for this photo – as always, bonus points if it’s recruitment/HR related! The winner will be announced next Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

Update: Congrats to Michele Meehan – this month’s winner!

Is this cat just crazy?…or crazy like a fox? Ever walk away from your laptop and come back to find disaster and your cat looking pretty pleased?

“Paws” to write a caption for this photo (more points if it’s recruitment/HR related) and if we deem yours the best, you’ll WIN a $50 gift card to Starbucks.

Caffeine junkies unite – bring us your best.

Update: Congrats to Tonya Sanchez for her winning entry, selected on Tuesday, March 9th. A “Picture This” contest will be back to the blog in April, so keep coming back for more.

You never know what’s on someone’s mind… We’d like to know what YOU think would make a catchy, memorable headline if this photo were a recruitment ad. Think outside the bubble!

Ever feel like your computer has a mind of its own?

“Google” your brain to see if you can come up with an interesting, workplace-related caption for this photo.

Looks can be deceiving. This guy seems pretty pumped for being in a deserted old office.

Spin a caption for this photo that is, surprisingly, not a downer and is actually a positive message about the current employment climate.

So you think writing, clever, catchy headlines is kids’ stuff? Play around and write a headline/caption for a recruitment employment ad that goes with this picture.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In today’s economy, it’s more like 20 or 25.

If you choose them efficiently, that should be enough. See if you can come up with a concise, comical recruitment-related caption for this “unusual” photo.

Sometimes finding the right words is challenging for even the most creative minds.

See if you can rival Alstin’s top copywriters by coming up with a caption for this photo if it were in an employee recruitment ad.