The Daily Update Archive
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A Not So Guilty Pleasure – The Pitch
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsSeveral of us here at Alstin have recently given up space in our Sunday night TV lineups to watch a delightfully different reality show – The Pitch. The show itself... -
What a Working Mom Wants
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsSkimming Twitter this morning I came across a tweet to this blog on What Moms Really Want on the Job. It’s a good post-Mother’s Day topic. As a working mom,... -
Can we please fix the candidate experience? Pretty please?
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsIn the last few years I’ve probably written about the candidate experience more than any other topic (although my love of iced tea is a close second). If you’re a... -
Surprising Job Interview Sting – Fun Park Nabs a Job Seeker for Traffic Violation
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 1 CommentHave you ever thought for a second that there would be a chance that that unpaid parking ticket or some other unresolved fine you have yet to take care of... -
Congrats to Alstin’s Top Dog – Mike Schluth
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 2 CommentsOn Monday, May 7th Alstin’s President and Owner, Mike Schluth, was honored as a nominee at The Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year Award ceremony. The awards connected to this... -
Google Alerts: Still A Great Tool
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsFor some reason, you don’t hear much about Google Alerts anymore. I’m not sure if it’s because they’re so ingrained into our workplace culture, or because everyone interested in them... -
The Cost of a Bad Hire
Posted on May 2, 2012 | 1 CommentGreat hires are … let me see … how can I phrase it? Great hires are, well they’re just great. That about sums it up. Alstin just made two recent... -
Take a Second and Third Look at Your Careers Page.
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsAre candidates not completing your online application? Is it that the position with your company is undesirable, or that the application process is to long? Well, it could be even... -
The Evolution of Corporate Career Sites
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsIn honor of the 20 year anniversay of hypertext markup language (HTML–the computer language that made the graphical web what it is today) I thought it would be an interesting... -
Doodler Wanted
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsI love when there’s a Google Doodle. We’ve got one today in honor of Gideon Sundback. Gideon who? To find the answer to that one, all you have to do... -
Hello employer branding, meet our new friend Instagram.
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsAs I am sure you have all heard the buzz last week, (which sounded something like an agitated hornets’ nest) our favorite social media site Facebook has acquired the feisty... -
Meet Janelle Setzer – Recruitment Advertising Coordinator
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No CommentsI’m Janelle Setzer – one of Alstin’s newest team members, and I look forward to working in the recruitment advertising industry from an agency perspective. I worked in this field... -
The warm and fuzzies from a job well done
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsI can remember when I was a little kid creating mini-books – typically illustrated stories about a girl and her horse (how original!) and even mocking up pages of pretend... -
Thoughts on IMAGINE: How Creativity Works
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsPerhaps you’ve heard the buzz about Jonah Lehrer’s new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works. I just finished it a few days ago, and I highly recommend it as an accessible... -
Did you hear about the new account we landed?!
Posted on April 16, 2012 | 1 CommentAside from picking the winner of the Final Four three weeks in advance (nope, I didn’t, though I was the leader in my husband’s mainly male office pool for about... -
Spring Break on the Alstin Blog
Posted on April 5, 2012 | No CommentsWe’re taking a Spring Break from the Alstin blog and will be back with new posts on Monday, April 16th. Be sure to stop on by, you will notice some... -
If Facebook existed in 1995…
Posted on April 3, 2012 | No CommentsAfter talking about the Facebook password controversy for about two weeks (which continues to escalate with the recent firing of a teacher because she did not hand over her Facebook password) I... -
Never Can Say Goodbye: The Art of the Resignation Letter
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsResignation letters can be tricky. Do you pretend that the job you’ve decided to leave was a little slice of heaven and you’re going against your will, or do you... -
BMP in the Road: Go, Go, Logo!
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsWe’ve had some fun projects passing through Alstin in the past couple of months and some of them involved logo design. I LOVE logo work! Sure, these days, there are... -
Private Parts (Part Two)
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsLast week I brought up the controversial NY Times article in my blog post, where an employer asked an interviewer for their Facebook log-in. Facebook got wind of the news pretty... -
Take Your Parent to Work Day: Helicopter Parents Coming Soon to a Workplace Near You?
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 1 CommentAggressive parents force egg hunt cancellation. Yes, that’s a real headline. For one Colorado town, their annual egg hunt is now one for the memory books because an event reserved... -
What’s the Word on the Street?
Posted on March 23, 2012 | No CommentsIn my little world, it’s been a wild, wonderful last few months. I’ve been traveling all over the Delaware Valley, as well as into Maryland, North Jersey, Harrisburg and... -
A Story from a Stickler for Service: Don’t drive me to Stickler-ville!
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No CommentsI don’t know if it’s because my job is what it is, or the fact that outside of my work bubble I too often have a negative experience, but I... -
Privacy Parts: The Right to be Forgotten: Forgiveness or Censorship?
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No CommentsSo are you a deletionist or preservationist when it comes to your online history? A highlight of this years South By Southwest Interactive Conference attempted to address the controversial issue of... -
Invasion of Privacy or not?
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 5 CommentsWould you give your Facebook password and email during an interview? -
Happy Healthcare HR Week!
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsWhy do we love Healthcare HR Week? Because it gives us a special opportunity to tell our wonderful healthcare clients just how much we appreciate all the work they do. -
Infographics made easy.
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No CommentsStartup design community Visual.ly launched a new tool on Monday that aims to generate custom infographics on anything from sports to the economy — in one click. Visual.ly, which usually... -
When work doesn’t feel like work.
Posted on March 13, 2012 | No CommentsThere are many aspects of my job that I really love. What’s that Disney quote: “If you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life.” Definite words of... -
Stress in a Strained Economy
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsIs the daily grind literally grinding your joints by the end of the day? Have you noticed any recurring headaches, fatigue, muscle aches, maybe a sudden increase in weight? The... -
Hello Timeline for Pages!
Posted on March 6, 2012 | No CommentsTimeline for Facebook pages is finally here! Although they don’t go live until March 30th, you can set it up now and publish it for all to see. Many big... -
Best recruitment video ever?
Posted on March 2, 2012 | 4 Comments"We make it happen" -
The next big thing: skillpages
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsAlways looking for the next big thing in recruitment to pass along to our clients, I stumbled upon a site called SkillPages (formerly weedle). Interesting concept, sort of like a... -
JIBE: Find jobs based on your social connections!
Posted on February 28, 2012 | No CommentsI recently had the opportunity to chat with the fine folks over at JIBE and was really excited to learn all about the offerings that they had for employers Below... -
How to Hire the right Talent
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsAn article posted to Inc.com titled, “How To Spot Innovative Hires” reveals some suggestions on how to make sure your company chooses the right candidate for any position, including some... -
What we can learn from the 2012 CareerXroads Sources of Hire Survey
Posted on February 24, 2012 | 2 CommentsThose of us in the industry wait each year for the 2012 CareerXroads Sources of Hire survey. The survey is conducted by the highly respected team of Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, and... -
The Long-Term Unemployed Finally Get a Break
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsIs the light at the end of the great recession’s tunnel getting brighter? When it comes to the long-term unemployed, four million Americans out of work for a year or... -
Getting Linked with the right candidates.
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsTips for human resources professionals to create and maintain a tip-top LinkedIn profile! -
Using Pinterest to Reinforce your Brand
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsTwo weeks ago our very own Dalia Gonzalez covered Why Women Love Pinterest on our blog, but did you know that the Army does too? And it wouldn’t be a... -
Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsValentine’s Day is the day that people either look forward to or totally dread. Girls are to be wined, dined and on a perpetual sugar high while the guys stress about the... -
The Interview Blues: A List of Things you are Doing Wrong During Interviews
Posted on February 13, 2012 | No CommentsYou’ve submitted a countless number of resumes and cover letters, stumbled your way through phone screenings and met potential employers during interviews time and time again, but still haven’t managed... -
Who Won the Super Bowl of Advertising?
Posted on February 10, 2012 | 2 CommentsFor us advertising professionals at Alstin, the Super Bowl has always been as much about the great ads that are launched that day as the game itself. Actually, for those... -
So bad it’s … bad. (The bad cover letter hall of fame has a new entry.)
Posted on February 9, 2012 | 4 CommentsLast week, Alstin’s Dalia Gonzalez wrote up a blog on a Twitter recruiting video that is so bad, it’s good. (It’s hilarious, you should check it out if you missed... -
Why women love Pinterest.
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough men are also using this social platform (20%) Stats last week shared something most of us already knew, 80% of women are using Pinterest (pin-ter-rest). If you are a... -
Why You Should Be Using Facebook In Your Recruiting Efforts Now
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsWhile we tend to stress the importance of social media in HR, some companies and organizations still aren’t interested or come up with the same excuses on why they don’t... -
The State of Recruiting for 2012
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsFor my blog post this week I wanted to include an infographic (what did we ever do before them?) on the state of recruiting that was done by Talent Technology.... -
So bad… it’s good!
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsRecruitment goes back to an old school basic. Cheese. -
Should your company be sharing more?
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsInformationWeek.com has presented us with an unusual study that proves that utilizing social media is actually better for gaining control over your privacy than not. But how is this possible,... -
When it Comes to the Candidate Experience, There’s No Easy Fixes.
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsIf you really want to see a VP of HR get nervous, ask him or her about the candidate experience at their organization. Like profanity-laced tirades and red faces? Ask... -
Bringing home the bacon, frying it up in a pan.
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 2 CommentsFlexible schedules: the recipe for happiness? -
The Benefits of Blogging
Posted on January 25, 2012 | 1 CommentSo you’re in the middle of your professional career and you want to sharpen your skills, or maybe, you’re a job seeker and you happen to find yourself with some...
