Volume 3, Issue 4/5
May 1, 2002

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
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HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


In the beginning, there was a little-known company called NHC Group,
Inc. run by a group of people who liked to imagine and apply their
new ideas to old problems. They created and sold job site services
to companies, associations and trade sites on the Web. They called
their services JobMark.

Over the years, NHC found wonderful clients, and clients found NHC.
With JobMark, NHC helped nurse-midwives, water treatment operators,
young physicists, and graphic artists find their jobs. They
creatively and quietly solved their clients' job site problems.
But always, they asked the question, "How can we get our nifty
virtual products and services out in front of the folks who might
need us?"

A spark of an idea was born one bleak and wintry day when a call
came in to NHC. The friendly, inquisitive voice on the other end was
looking for a partner in a new project - a free online sourcing site
for human resources professionals. The call came from your
EDITMASTER. Would we be interested in developing our own site
dedicated to the HR community?

Much thought, loads of research and many discussions later, the
concept of HR Junction was formed and development began. With great
anticipation and plans for building our own premier employment Web
site, NHC launched the new HR Junction, dedicated to human resources
employment, in April of 2002.
http://www.hrjunction.com


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


The National Society of Collegiate Scholars website is a must for
companies who want to build relationships with college students
earlier in their academic careers. These are first and second year
college students with a minimum GPA of 3.5 and an average of 3.71.
Their database consists of 40,000 alumni, 46,000 members graduating
in the spring of 2002, and 130,000 current undergraduates.
http://www.nscs.org/career/career.htm


SITES


This search engine goes beyond traditional page ranking methods to
determine authority, in addition to relevancy. To determine the
authority or quality of a site's content, it uses subject-specific
popularity. Subject-specific popularity ranks a site based on the
number of same-subject pages that reference it, not just general
popularity, to determine a site's level of authority.
http://www.teoma.com/
Search Engines Home In
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?
pagename=article&node=&contentId=A58309-2002Apr3&notFound=true

This is a cooperative of employers, through a non-profit
association, that develop and manage an electronic employment
advertising and communication system for human capital management.
http://www.directemployers.com/

Be a employment mentor/coach to an urban youth who is working to
become a successful employee. Work with youth(s) who are working at
your worksite or a different one, who is in an industry you are
interested in or currently work in. Assist the youth in problem-
solving on the job, how to advocate for themselves with employers,
assist a youth to be successful in the workplace. This is a virtual
volunteer opportunity.
http://www.networkforgood.org/redirector/volunteermatch.html?
virtual=true

This new search service form Google presents information culled from
many of the world's news sources collected over the previous week.
With continuous updates throughout the day, you can keep up to date
with what's happening now and learn about the stories that led to
the most recent developments. The search request automatically puts
related stories together in the same search result. This makes it
easy to quickly scan the headlines while providing the option of
reading multiple accounts of a story from different news sources.
http://news.google.com/

This is an e-recruiting website targeted at transitioning military
members, former military, and their spouses. It offers fee-based
resume searching and job posting. Employers who use their services
will be able to access the 200,000+ highly trained and dedicated
individuals transitioning from the military community into the
civilian workforce.
http://www.taonline.com/


SOFTWARE


Let your visitors search your site. Make your site searchable with
no software to install. Offer customized site search, site map, and
reporting services on your site in minutes for free.
http://www.fusionbot.com/free.htm

As you discover interesting Web pages, use this software to save and
organize them for you. Then, simply go to your account and you'll
find all of your favorite pages filed in your personal directory --
which you can access from any computer.
http://www.backflip.com/


ARTICLES


Where To Find Recruiters
http://www.purplesquirrel.com/articles/2001/april/articles/gutmacher.
shtml

HR Technology Investments Not Necessarily Paying Off, Study Finds
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=9777

From Junk Mail to Instant Celebrity
http://www.goodthink.com/$$tablecontents.html

Think Twice: Why Stars Switch Galaxies
http://www.workforce.com/section/01/feature/23/20/23/index.html

Can you really get a job via the Internet?
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-878667.html

Web search errors that can yield poor results
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/2995876.htm

Child care key in recruiting, keeping talent
http://tennessean.com/business/archives/02/04/16173754.shtml?
Element_ID=16173754

Background checks: Beware and be prepared
http://careers.usatoday.com/service/usa/national/content/news/switchi
ng/2002-04-10-background

E-Recruiting Ushers in Legal Dangers
http://www.workforce.com/section/03/article/23/20/03.html

7 complaints of employees are universal
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/kinsman/20011126-
9999_mz1b26kinsma.html


ODDS & ENDS


Just the thrill to have in your backyard when you've run out of
ideas or you're tired of mowing that yard of yours.
http://people.cedarville.edu/Student/s1270113/Blue-Flash-2002-2-
7.html

Design Gallery Live is the place to find clip art, photos, Web
animations, and sounds for free.
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
the UK connection - http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

Just released the largest resume database known to mankind. It
contains over 60 million free, fresh resumes.
http://resumezilla.cjb.net

COOL (Credentialing Opportunities On-Line) explains how Army
soldiers can meet civilian certification and license requirements
related to their Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).
http://www.armyeducation.army.mil/COOL/index.htm


BOOKMARKS


Internet Search Resources
http://www.infinisource.com/quick-search.html

The largest collection of free public records on the internet.
http://www.pac-info.com/

Government Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/govweb.html

Learn more about the Invisible Web.
http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm

This is a free newsletter from Search Engine Watch featuring web
search news, reviews, tools, tips, and search engine headlines from
across the web.
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd0409-or.html


FREEBIES


The complete list of jobs – for recruiters.
http://www.jobvertize.com/jobs/indexR6.html

Standard Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement
http://www.avert.com/hrdesktop/enrollment/noncompete.htm

Web Resume Exchange
http://www.passive-candidates.com/

Search 200+ websites, 500+ newspapers, 300+ news for your next job.
http://www.alljobsearch.com/

misc.jobs.resumes - postings of resumes and "situation wanted"
articles.
http://www.mailgate.org/misc/misc.jobs.resumes/

Free job postings to high school and college-aged students.
http://www.yojobster.com/wljr/rregister.asp

Free resume search and job postings.
http://employers.militaryhire.com/

Post unlimited jobs and search resumes for a free 10-day trial.
http://www.my4jobs.com/default.asp?page=freetrial

Get free filtered resumes sent to your inbox every day.
http://www.zhive.com/zhive/recruiters/

Receive resumes via email of job seekers who can satisfy your
recruiting needs.
http://www.iccweb.com/

Instant job feeds posted in the last minute from major job boards.
http://feed.comptab.net/


EVENTS


40th anniversary US Peace Corps Conference Career Workshop
Looking for a job or still need to find your life's purpose and
passion - June 21-22. Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=527


If you're serious about recruiting and want to gain the most
comprehensive knowledge for tapping the Internet to source and
identify any type of active or passive job seeker, you'll need to
be more than a classroom attendee. You need to participate in a real-
time workshop! You don't need a trainer pointing to a large
screen using a canned Power-Point presentation. You do need an
expert instructor, who is both a current and accomplished recruiter,
to guide you through the vast and endless maze of Internet tools and
techniques! And we don't just give you a manual. How about a
comprehensive recruiter's toolkit that can provide you realistic
strategies to effectively source candidates in a timely and
efficient manner.
http://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/registerlist.asp?
m=114&s=2&p=140&sb=1

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