Dr. John Sullivan writes on ere.net about the devastating impact that treating job applicants badly can have on an organization – on the difficult-to-measure ‘employer brand’, and on the directly measurable: sales, productivity, employee retention, and future recruiting.

Dr. Sullivan reports that the current recruitment process is ‘abusive’, with many organizations treating candidates ‘more like prisoners or detainees than customers’.

Read the full article on ere.net…

Jessica Dickler reports on CNN that the problem of the resume ‘black hole’ is deepening, as millions of job seekers respond to countless job adverts and never hear back from employers – probably because they are literally swamped; sometimes receiving hundreds of applications for a single job.

Read the full article on CNNmoney.com…

Anita Bruzzese reports in StatesmanJournal the things job seekers should and shouldn’t be doing when hunting for a job.

Anita is the author of “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy … and How to Avoid Them” (www.45things.com).

Read the full article on StatesmanJournal.com…

AllianceQ shares 7 Holiday Party Networking Tips with NY Career Coach Examiner Gianni Celestin.

Read the full article on examiner.com…

Listen to Phil Haynes, Managing Director of AllianceQ, on Recruiter Life Radio – explaining the value propositions behind AllianceQ and how it is actually implemented at member companies.

Listen to the Recruiter Life Radio inteview with Phil Haynes…

Phil Haynes, Managing Director of AllianceQ, warns job seekers that if the only method they are using to find a job is to apply online to companies and job boards, then they might as well be invisible to employers.

He says, however, that “a revamped strategy can help bring success.”

Read the full story on News-Press.com…

November 10, 2009

ABC news Economics Writer Christopher S. Rugaber reports that job openings are stuck at near-record lows, and that despite some economic recovery, most companies are still reluctant to hire. He notes that many economists worry that volumes of job openings will not  increase for up to 15-19 months, as was the case for the 1991 and 2001 economic recoveries.

Phil Haynes, Managing Director of Open Talent Network AllianceQ, says that he has seen a spike in the hiring of contract recruiters, which is a positive sign – since “the recruiters come before the jobs.”

Read the full story on abcnews.com…

Jennifer Davies writes in SignOn San Diego, about how job seekers can make sure they stand out from the crowd when applying for jobs in a tough economy.

Phil Haynes, Managing Director of AllianceQ advises job seekers to apply to jobs as quickly as possible (within 24-48 hours of a job being posted), as “employers are getting so many qualified applicants, they might stop looking at résumés that come in later.”

Read the full article on signonsandiego.com…

Jennifer Davies reports in the San Diego Union Tribune, of all the new ways job seekers must learn to connect with employers in today’s job market. With San Diego’s unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, she says there are a lot of diligent job seekers facing very little opportunities.

Phil Haynes, Managing Director of AllianceQ, says, however, that he can see a turnaround beginning – with companies now “hiring the people who hire people”.

Read the full story on www.signonsandiego.com

The Milwaukee Area Investment Board unveiled its new CareerWorks program at Bayshore Town Center today. The CareerWorks program, powered by QuietAgent (the technology behind AllianceQ), is conveniently located within the mall, and geared towards retail, tourism and hospitality jobs.

“QuietAgent was a real hit with jobseekers” – Jerry Roberts, Business Division Team Leader, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board.

View the story on fox6now.com…

WISN 12 News reports on the opening of CareerWorks at the Bayshore Town Center in Glendale. With unemployment declining in the metro Milwaukee area, this new initiative aims to bring numbers down even more. The new CareerWorks center allows job seekers to go ‘job shopping’ while at the mall. QuietAgent (the technology behind AllianceQ) connects job seekers with job openings – geared towards retail, tourism and hospitality jobs.

View the story on WISN.com…

Alison Doyle explains on about.com, that job seekers need to find ways to tap into the companies that are actually hiring. AllianceQ gives candidates an opportunity to be found directly by hiring managers from Fortune 500 companies when they have job openings.

Read the full article on about.com…

Job Searching Guide Alison Doyle reviews AllianceQ on About.com. She refers to AllianceQ as a new breed of hiring solution that is more focused and strategic – a big shift from the confused and cluttered job board model.

AllianceQ is a brand new way of hiring. The hiring black hole that often happens when candidates apply for jobs and never hear back and where companies have to weed through masses of resumes is gone. In fact, AllianceQ takes most, if not all, of the guess work of hiring.

Read the full article on About.com…

Raghav Singh writes on ere.net about QuietAgent (the technology behind AllianceQ), and its unique approach, that incorporates the comprehensive O*Net database for classifying and matching, and isn’t about secret algorithms that recruiters have to blindly ‘trust’ when it comes to finding the right candidates.

Matching technology is nothing new. Other products have been available for at least a decade. But most matching products are a black box. Using them requires having total faith in the methodology and algorithms developed by the vendors.

Read the full article on ere.net…

Bill Vick of XtremeRecruiting.tv shares an enlightening interview with QuietAgent Founder and CTO Jason Kerr, about what Web 3.0 Recruiting looks like, and how QuietAgent is creating a “decision engine for recruitment” that is focused on solving the recruitment problem.

View the full interview.

Editor & Publisher, America’s oldest journal covering the newspaper industry – questions whether the new United We Work website, which grew out of AllianceQ, is a threat to major job boards;

Unlike CareerBuilder, job seekers at UnitedWeWork don’t search and apply for specific jobs, but fill out a templated resume. That information is then matched with job postings. The site continually looks for matches and will even match for those who get a job through the site.

Read the full article on editorandpublisher.com…

July 15, 2009

QuietAgent expects to have 500,000 job listings by the end of this week

Wailin Wong of the Chicago Tribune details the United We Work program, which grew out of QuietAgent-powered AllianceQ, and its goals;

With the unemployment rate at 9.5 percent and companies seeking to reduce recruiting costs, technology company QuietAgent is hoping to provide an antidote for the ailing economy

and gathers comments on its possible impact on staffing professionals and traditional job board providers.

Read the full article on chicagotribune.com…

 
July 14, 2009

The Chicago Tribune reports that several Chicago-based firms have joined the United We Work initiative, to help get Americans back to work.

UnitedWeWork.org launched Monday with sponsorship from Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings, Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., Chicago-based Hyatt Corp. and Lincolnshire-based Hewitt Associates, as well as AT&T, ADP, Office Depot, 7-Eleven and Starbucks.

Read the full article on chicagotribune.com…

July 13, 2009

Ann Belser from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes about the evolution of the resume, from typed carbon-copied documents, to online resume uploading, through to today’s “job hunting meets computer dating” approach. Belser describes how the QuietAgent technology provides job seekers with anonymity, and guidance in creating their online profile;

The Web site is anonymous. Applicants do not reveal who they are until employers contact them. Employers can sift through applicants without contacting anyone until they have winnowed their field to a few.

The system guides applicants through filling in education and work experience, sort of like TurboTax takes taxpayers through the 1040.

Read the full article on post-gazette.com…

July 13, 2009

Ylan Q. Mui reports on the launch of United We Work – an initiative of a group of Fortune 500 companies that have banded together to give job seekers a free, one-stop shop for job hunting.

A single form applies for work at 7-Eleven, ADP, AT & T, Allstate, Hewitt, Hyatt, Office Depot, Sears and Starbucks. Other companies are welcome to join. The site, United We Work, is free of charge.

Read the full article on latimes.com…