Saturday, December 22, 2007

HR Generalist (engineering firm) Seattle, WA

Engineering / Technology firm in Seattle area is searching for an HR Generalist to lead their day-to-day operations at their headquarters location in the Seattle area.

Excellent benefits package and the opportunity to impact every facet of the HR discipline, with direct involvement in benefits - compensation - employee retention and recruiting.

Compensation targeted at level for those with approximately 5 years of HR Generalist experience.

Please forward resume to: TalentResourceGroup@gmail.com - include one paragraph detailing your most significant accomplishment of 2007.

Human Resources Generalist:
This position will manage the day-to-day operations of the HR office, including benefits, compensation, recruiting, and employee retention.

Essential Functions
* Manage the recruitment process for exempt and non-exempt employees and interns and serve as the single point of contact and hands-on recruiting resource for managers and owners.

* Assist with the development and administration of programs, procedures, and guidelines to help align the workforce with the strategic goals of the company.

* Assist with the monitoring of the company wage and salary structure within the company, including bonuses and raises.

* Provide competitive market research and prepare pay studies

* Oversee/conduct new hire orientation

Required Experience
* 5 years progressive HR exp
* PHR preferred
* Bachelor's degree in related field.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, applicant tracking systems, and the internet.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Why Are Blogs Such a Big Deal?

Still struggling with this whole blog-thing?

In 3 minutes, CommonCraft explains blogs in simple English:

RecruitingBlogs.com: Best Recruiting Blogs of 2007



RecruitingBlogs.com has launched the 2007 Best Recruiting Blog Awards, and my WirelessJobs.com site has been nominated.

But really, there's some incredible blogs represented here, so if I don't win the grand prize (a trip to Vegas, sponsored by ZoomInfo.com) I won't be too disappointed.

Below is a final list of all of the Best Recruiting Blogs of 2007 that have been nominated.

Good luck to the bloggers, and a big thanks to RecruitingBlogs.com (Jason Davis) for pulling this together.

Gautam Ghosh
Your HR Guy
Recruiting Animal
The Chad
Instigator Blog
CollegeRecruiter Blog
CollegeRecruiter.com Insights by Employers Blog
Marketing Headhunter
Xtra Cheezhead
Sourcing Corner
Jeremy Langhans
Jobmatchbox
Secrets Of The Job Hunt
Good To Know
Diggings
Staffing Software Talk
HR Search Marketing
The Hire Sense
MNheadhunter
Hiring Revolution
Wired & Hired
Digital Recruiter
Digital Recruiting
Cheezhead
Jim Stroud
Talent In China
Six Degrees From Dave
CyberSleuthing
Job Search Marketing
Recruitomatic
Guerrilla Marketing For Job Hunters
Career Hub
Career Waymark
Penelope Trunk
JibberJobber
WirelessJobs.com
Utah Tech Jobs
Executive Restaurant Recruiter
Sitting Xlegged
Neil Hernandez
Recruiting Edge
HRM Direct
Systematic HR
Workfarce
Social Median
One Louder
I, Donato
Checkster Blog
SalesRepRecruiter
Amybeth Hale Blog

Application Developer (Wireless) - Madison, WI

A large wireless/telecom client in Madison, WI is searching for an Application Developer to join their development.

Face it...the wireless business is cool. And growing like crazy. And they need top developers to keeping pushing the envelope and developing applications that make the wireless junkies go wild.

Hard to resist, eh?

If you want to be part of this wireless craziness, and you've got a year or two of development experience, email me: smithtx@gmail.com (App Developer in subject line).

Look forward to talking,

Dennis Smith
Director, Talent Strategy
WorldLink, Inc.
Editor, WirelessJobs.com


*Here's the full techie lowdown on the skills:

Software Engineering: C, PL-SQL, SQL Plus, K Shell

eSkills: HTML/CSS, Java/JSP, J2EE, XML

Databases: Oracle