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Notes from the 2012 NAHCR Image Conference
Last week I was in the great state of Indiana for the 2012 NAHCR Image Conference. Overall, I thought the trip was great, as I was able to see a lot of old friends and make some new ones. The Delaware...
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Nasa Gives the Curiosity Rover a Voice Through Tweeting.
NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars early Monday morning. The news of the successful landing traveled at light speed across the internet to millions of social network users. “She” landed...
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Cloudy with a chance of more jobs.
While reports on the economy continue to be cloudy (and play mind games with us depending on how the media spins it – click here for a really great piece on that), there are some very positive...
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Moonwalking Is Harder Than It Looks.
A few weeks ago (okay, the first week of June) I wrote a blog about Joshua Foer’s new book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. To briefly recap, Foer is a...
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The Power of YouTube for Recruiting
Perhaps you’ve seen this infographic from HireRabbit that’s been circulating around. I think it provides compelling evidence not only of how pervasive YouTube is in our lives (3rd most visited website,...
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Are people still honestly losing their jobs/opportunities over their social...
How is it that with the many sob stories that pop up every so often about the very costly social media mistakes that have negatively altered the lives of the naïve, albeit careless “bookers”,...
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SHRM Debuts New TV Commercial
This Sunday on CNN our friends at SHRM will debut their latest branding effort with a new television commercial promising: From the next economy, to the next generation, the Society for Human Resource...
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Showcase your employer brand with a slice of life.
Videos are taking an increasingly prominent place among recruitment tools. What better way to present your company to potential employees than showcasing a slice of life? I mean, what can go wrong?...
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With a Name like Alstin, of Course She’s Creative.
I recently wrote a blog about how Google Alerts are still a great tool. As I said then, part of the fun of receiving a Google Alert are the “happy accidents” when Google finds the words you’re talking...
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Happy Labor Day!
Alstin wishes everyone a very happy and safe Labor Day Weekend! We hope everyone enjoys the last weekend of summer. Host a cookout, take that last dip in the pool, relax on your deck, visit friends and...
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Liking the swing of things (while getting back into the swing of things)
Is it really the end of summer already? I was on vacation last week which means these past two days have been spent getting back into the swing of things. I swore off work email and voice mail (for the...
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The Funniest Recruitment Video of 2012?
When I saw the title, “The Funniest Recruitment Video of 2012,” on socialcontent.com, the snarky part of me thought, “Oh, really? Well, I’ll be the judge of that.” Okay, this is pretty good. The spot...
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Tails are wagging! Alstin Communications wins four national awards for...
Good things come to those who…create! Alstin Communications is the proud recipient of four (4) Creative Excellence Awards (CEAs). The annual awards, presented by ERE Media, Inc., honor the best...
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Olympic Fever Continues! Reflecting on Lack of Paralympics 2012
You would never know by watching the TV box but the 2012 Paralympics wrapped up in London on September 9th with China topping the medal board and the United States taking sixth with 31 gold, 29 silver,...
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Why Jobs Remain Unfilled
So, we absolutely love Infographics here at Alstin, and the way they display otherwise boring information with super fun graphics! I stumbled across this one the other day and thought it was worth...
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Okay, So Recruiting is Not for Everyone.
Everyone in your organization is responsible for recruiting the best talent. It’s a phrase we hear a lot in our industry. Some organizations say it to their employees in emails, other during onboarding...
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BMP in the Road – Go to Helvetica
The other week, I’d watched the movie “Helvetica” and I know what you’re thinking. 1) Seriously, there’s a movie about a typeface?, and 2) Seriously, you watched a movie about a typeface? Well, “yes”...
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A job I want. The AP® Reading and why I want to be there!
Disclaimer: I had to submit this blog post to my bosses before it appeared online. Hopefully they saw the title and realized I am only kidding. Kinda. I’ve written in the past about loving my job, but...
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Happy Birthday Google! The web is what you make of it.
Today marks 14 years since Google has transformed the way we find things on the web. I still remember logging on for the first time. My first impression: “Well now, this looks very ‘beta’ doesn’t it?”...
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Does Job Experience Really Matter?
Because we follow the recruiting industry so closely, we sometimes get early indications that a certain shift in thinking is about to happen. Of course, sometimes these indicators are completely wrong...
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