Recruiting in 2.0 World
Recruiting is not the same anymore, atleast it should not be the same anymore but are you keeping up with the changing landscape. In a 2.0 world, sourcing possibilities increase exponentially.
StaffITNow Press Release
NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & WEB 2.0 DEVELOPMENTS
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ATLANTA, GA., November 2006âStaff It Now, an innovative job sourcing and job marketing solution, has created an unique artificial intelligence program. This program, when combined with blogging and other Web 2.0 developments, will enable technology-based employers and better qualified candidates to effectively find each other.
The technology is named Odin after the chief god in Norse mythology. Odin was god of the hunt, and this intelligent matching was created specifically to improve the job recruitment process for both the recruiter and the job hunter. Odin provides more advanced searching. Where as current technology uses keywords, Odin uses an advanced language processing mode to actually read the employersâ requirements and the candidatesâ resumes, just as a person would. Odin differentiates between primary and secondary skills, sifts and picks relevant data and then matches the candidates to requirements. Odin then ranks the results from most suited and presents it in a single-screen, user-friendly automated dashboard. This results in an accurate match for both employer and job seeker.
The creator of Odin, Naveen Bala, has over ten years of experience architecting intelligent decision support systems. He has worked with data optimization for IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center, i2 and Forest Products. The Staff It Now team also includes co-founder and Operations Manager Siva Ramamurthy (formerly of Intellisys, State Farm, Applied Materials and Workscape) and J. Carl Williams III, Chief Marketing Executive.
Staff It Now offers access packages for recruiters and companies of all sizes. Service packages range in price from the $25 Job Marketing Package to the location-based unlimited-use Platinum Package. Partnership programs are also available and those prices range as well.
Visit the Staff It Now website at www.staffitnow.com
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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Naveen Bala, please contact Carl Williams at 770-783-1401 or cwilliams@staffitnow.com.
Posted by Carl Williams Posted at 04:32PM Feb 08, 2007 by Carl Williams
How To Find Talented Tech Employees
How To Find Talented Tech Employees
Finding and recruiting top tech talent is a top priority for all companies and organizations from Fortune 100 to the smallest start-ups. We are all aware of the shift to outsourcing overseas, but many companies can't afford to do so or they need their talent here in an corporate office to add to strategy and implement tactics. With the development of the Internet, newspapers are now basically an obsolete form of advertising quality job positions. However, even the great online behemoths like Monster and Careerbuilder have quickly become rather ineffective and very expensive. The normal online job boards are not targeted or proactively helping organizations find the much needed talent to take their business to next level.
This trend can actually be a good trend, especially for small and mid-size enterprises. The playing field is becoming even in finding talent. Today Fortune 1000 companies as well as small businesses have the ability to recruit talent with equal ease because of the second generation of web applications, known as Web 2.0. According to Wikipedia, Web 2.0 is a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004 refers to a supposed second generation of Internet-based servicesâsuch as social networking, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomiesâthat emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users. The Web 2.0 world allows businesses to share information and communicate directly to potential employees.
Web 2.0 allows much easier communications. The real exchange of information allows talent to learn and establish expertise as well as gain creditability publicly. Everyone loves to give their opinion. Heck thats the basis of AM talk radio. Everyone also loves to talk about their favorite subject: themselves. Blogging allows them to do both. Tech experts visit tech blogs to keep up with their field and interact with other experts in blogs. Eventually, many of these experts may set up their very own blog.
Unlike job boards, Web 2.0 is fun! The best talent already have a job so they are not actively looking for a job. But most know that job security is rare and they may be downsized without much notice. They need to be aware of the job market and they may not be working in their ideal job or for the ideal company. They enjoy participating in the web 2.0 world. Blogs, forums, newsgroups, rss feeds, and other new methods communications give professionals something to look forward to when they come online.
Finally, there are key methods to leverage recruiting efforts and web 2.0 applications. One company specializing in helping hiring managers and recruiters find top talent in technology is Staff It Now. Staff It Now gathers resumes and job descriptions from around the net and active markets job opportunities to specific targeted groups. For example, if you need to hire someone that knows Oracle like the back of their hand, Staff It Now will market and advertise the job opportunity in several blogs dealing with Oracle programming. The site also give you an unique technology service to accurately match and prioritize resumes to job descriptions. Staff It Now brings together everything you need to find great tech professionals.
In conclusion, the static job boards and job posting sites are not getting the quantity nor the quality they use to just five or six years ago. The rapid growth of Web 2.0 and the changing global economy will force HR recruiters, headhunters, hiring managers, and small business owners to change the way they recruit talented employees. In fact, it may force them to recruit faster, more effective, and more efficiently.
Posted by Carl Williams Posted at 04:30PM Feb 08, 2007 by Carl Williams
New Technology Helps Organizations Accurately Match Job Descriptions To Resumes.
New Technology Helps Organizations Accurately Match Job Descriptions To Resumes.
I do not envy HR people and recruiters. People who have to make decisions on screening, interviewing, and hiring others usually do not have enough hours in a day. They may advertise in local newspapers and become overwhelmed with resumes, most of which are not qualified for the job. These professionals use a lot of hit or miss tactics to achieve very exact and precise goals. Nowadays, people whose jobs is to ultimately hire others use job boards such as Monster, Careerbuilder, and HotJobs to post their job description. The problem is that they are totally relying on the right person discovering the position before it is lost in the shuffle within the next 5-7 days. Slim chance.
What is the answer to this dilemma? Odin is the answer to this mystery. Odin is a proprietary engine of staffITnow. In Norse mythology, Odin is the god of knowledge and skill. In job-hunt terminology, Odin is a resume match engine that ensures you the right candidates. Odin, is a new, one of a kind matching engine designed to find you the right candidate. Odin helps saves tons of time and money by more accurately matching resumes to job descriptions than using keywords. Keyword based matching is ineffective and Odin is a much more effective method. Odin is available at only one company and that is Staff It Now.
First of all, keyword matching sucks. Recognizing the limitation of keyword searches, not to mention the frustrations of all concerned, Staff It Now has developed Odin. Perhaps you don't have to deal with keywords daily in the capacity of going through stacks of resumes. But you probably have used Google or another search engine and you didn't find exactly what you were seeking. You have spent several minutes for no results.
Next, the matching technology available at www.staffitnow.com, Odin, matches in an improved way. It does it by using a language processing mode that actually reads your job requirement when you add it on staffITnow.com. It identifies the primary and secondary skills and matches it with candidates of the same skill set.
For example, a recruiter of an IT corporation is looking for a professional with 3 years of experience on database projects. When a qualified, available and interested candidate puts their resume online and searches for a job, Odin places that job right on top of the results. The system will also automatically send an email to the qualified candidate to peak and measure their interest.
So how does this technology help in the recruiting and hiring process? Odin can play a significant role in job sourcing & recruiting. Instead of spending hours attempting to sort through resumes that are poorly written or not qualified for the job position, recruiters and HR professionals are able to generate a list of potential job candidates that is prioritized by the most qualified individuals. This matching allows you to contact the best person first, which increases the likelihood of making a placement or hiring the right professional.
To conclude, Staff It Now aim at being the ultimate sourcing solution. Thanks to Odin, the company's web site can sift through thousands of resumes and requirements from multiple online sources and reduce it to meaningful and efficient results for both employers and job seekers. This means significant time and money savings for all involved parties.
Posted by Carl Williams Posted at 04:27PM Feb 08, 2007 by Carl Williams