IT Recruitment strategies : 4 Niche Job Boards for Free Job Posting and Resume Search

IT recruitment has its own challanges as you need to fine highly qualified technical talent quickly. In order to be sucesful here you will need to deploy IT recruitment stategies that work. You just cannot depend on large job boards like Dice and Monster as thousands of recruiters and employers and sourcing and recruiting same talent base. So many times we spend precious time recruiting a top end talent from major job boards only to be informed that the candidate is already on employers databank or aready in their shortlist.

Why? because you are depending on the same resume sources. The biggest job boards are also the most common resume sources!

You will have to go beyond the major Job Boards to be sucessful and you will have to be creative in your IT recruitment strategy. The following websites allow you Free Job Posting and Resume Search to find IT talent. The following Job Boards allow you Free Job Posting and Resume Search both and can add to your recruiting efforts.

http://www.itjobcafe.com/

According to compete.com estimate ITJobCafe.com attracts 16,114 uniques visitors per month.This is one of the oldest FREE job sites for IT Recruitment. ITJobCafe.com is a specialized portal that focuses exclusively on IT professionals. Here you can post upto 100 jobs FREE alog with a basic resume search. I have been using IT Job Cafe with good results.

http://www.jobirn.com/

According to compete.com estimate http://www.jobirn.com/ attracts 38,985 unique visitors per month. Jobirn is referral network that connects applicants with employers. Jobirn makes connecting easy with features like Video conferencing and chat where you can chat directly with job applicants. The site also offrs job postig via email saving time for recruiters. The resumes search is basic but can get you a gem of a resume if you are doing a simple search.

These are 2 new Job Boards worth taking a look. They offer impressive features but since these are newly launched services; their resume banks are light at the moment. But worth giving a try as they are growing fast within the IT recruitment community and free job positing can get you good visibility on the internet.

http://www.talentspro.net/

Talentspro is one of the new services with impressive functionalities for information technology recruitment.The Job Board offers resume match functionality to shortlist resumes quickly. The site offers Good Search functionality where you can save & schedule your searches. The portal also offers branded company pages to list all your jobs.

http://www.bestmindz.com/

Bestminds is new job portal which allow you to manage your Jobs and Candidates on bench. The site also offer basic applicat tracking features to manage job applications and resume submissions. A feature worth looking at is the peer networking feature that help you to network with recruiters and resource vendors. The site also has a web chat feature that allows you to collaborate with Recruiters, Employers and Job Seekers.

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Recruiters : Earn Money by Posting Ads Online

Do you want to earn extra income?

If you are looking to earn extra income, take a look at the Legit online jobs program. This program allows you to earn money by posting ads online. Companies worldwide are desperately searching for people just like you to type up their ads and post them online, and they'll pay you nicely in return. It's a win-win situation. They get more customers, you get paid. It's as simple as that. 


This program is very well suited for professional recruiters like you to supplement you income. As a recruiter job advertisement is part of your everyday schedule and most of the recruiters are experts in advertising online.In other words you already have what it takes to be successful with the program. The program is flexible and you can start earning by working just a few hrs a day. All you need is a computer and internet access.

Legit online jobs is going to teach you EXACTLY how to do everything with our Step-by-Step Video guides and Image tutorials. That way, you can learn at your own pace.

• You don't need any experience
• You don't need any special skills
• You don't need a marketing degree
• All you need is a computer and internet access.

How much I can earn?

Earninns can vary but you can earn upto $200 a day depending on the hours you put in. Legit online jobs is going to teach you how you can start earning extra income from home.

How does it work?

You have to sign up on legit online jobs with a small membership fee. OMG is there a fee involved? Yes there is membership fee to join the program but the fee pays for itself.  The program works and all it takes is a small investment from you to start off. After signing up if you are not earning extra income, you can claim full refund of your membership fee within first 60 days. Yes you can get your money back if you are not earning income in other words the programs is virtually risk free.

Once you sign up you'll be provided with a list of over 100,000 companies you can work with. 3 simple steps as illustrated below:

• Login to your ad account.
• Choose the companies you would like to work with. (1000s to choose from)
• Enter your ads into the forms and hit submit.
• Sit back and start earning extra income every time a transaction takes place. 

You can submit the ads on your own schedule, day or night, and you do as many as you want with absolutely no restrictions. There will always be work for you to do no matter where you live.

There is absolutely NO COST to register with these companies, they require no experience, members  worldwide are accepted and you may begin immediately. You will be provided with everything you  need to get started; including some sample info that you can just copy and paste into the forms, along  with our Complete Step-by-Step System.

Special offer on Membership Fee

• If you Sign up today and you will receive 50% off on the membership fee. So take advantage! Click here for details.
• Money back Guarantee: If at anytime within first 60 days you feel like you are not earning extra income you can simply contact legit online jobs and receive a full refund of your membership fee.

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10 useful books on IT Recruitment, Staffing and Job Search

The following are few books on IT recruitment which can be very helpful tools for serious recruiters looking to add knowledge and acquire knowledge and self help coaching.



This is an instruction manual like no other. With The Complete IT Recruitment Survival Guide you have a constant, easy-to-understand yet knowledgeable companion as you tackle the murky waters of the world of IT recruitment.



A well-designed interview is demanding, yet still respectful of the candidate. Dale's tried-and-true techniques enable managers and HR professionals to pinpoint exactly what qualities they want in their applicants, assess candidates, and hire the best fit for the organization.



Learn about valuable insights on e recruitment.



There are few books available which cover the full job-searching, application, interview and negotiation process. The Definitive Job Book is just that



Hiring the Best, 5th Edition offers managers and HR personnel a proven and practical approach to recruiting and selecting the right people for the job.



Heneman and Judge’s Staffing Organizations, 6/e, is based on a comprehensive staffing model. Components of the model include staffing models and strategy, staffing support systems (legal compliance, planning, job analysis and rewards), core staffing systems (recruitment, selection, employment), and staffing system and retention management.






There are currently over 8 million resumes in each of the databases of some of the big Internet recruiting sites. Learn how to give your resume a competitive edge so it gets the attention it deserves.



Ken Tanner guides entrepreneurs through the three critical components of staffing a business—recruiting, teambuilding, and retention. As he shows time and again through advice, anecdote, and example, solving these challenges is like adding rocket fuel to the entrepreneurial business.



"A Manager's Guide to Recruitment and Selection" is designed for busy managers who are responsible for recruitment at any level.

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2 simple web 2.0 mashups / tools to make your Blogger site more interactive

One of the dilemmas I had faced after publishing my blog on Blogger was how to integrate forms? A simple feedback or Contact Us form can go a long way in making your blog more user focused and interactive. I have found to simple methods to overcome this handicap. And yes you don’t need to be a coder to do this!

1.  Use formstack to build professional looking online forms:

A simple but very effective solution is offered by www.formstack.com . Formstack allows you to design and build forms online and then allows you to embed forms on any blog or website. The Process is very simple:

1. Sign up on Formstack.
2. Build your forms using the form builder.
3. Assign the email address where you want to send form data.
4. Select a suitable design template and Save your form.
5. Generate the code to embed on your Blog.

You are pretty much done with Formstack!  Now log in to your Blogger account:

1. On your blogger add a page using page widget.
2. Create a new page with the name “Contact Us” using pages widget. If you don’t have the widget already you can do so my going to Design > Add Widget and Select Pages Widget.
3. On the page editor click HTML source.
4. Paste the embed code generated from Formstack. And Voila! You have a working feedback form on Blogger!

Do a quick preview. You may have to do small adjustments to the form field lengths if there are any overlaps with your Blogger sidebar but that is simple. The Formstack form builder interface is so simple that you can quickly find your way for small UI twicks. You can view the contact us form on my blog http://xrecnet.blogspot.com .

2.  Use feedback tool from getsatisfaction.com

Get satisfaction is one of the most popular feedback tools on the Internet. Integrating this on blogger requires some careful template code embedding. The Integration process is simple though:

1. Sign up on getsatisfaction.com.
2. Generate the code for embedding.
3. Go to blogger Design  > Edit HTML
4. On template XML look for code.
5. Paste the code just before the and save the template and you have the feedback widget!

You can view both these forms in action on my blog http://xrecnet.blogspot.com . Do not hesitate to send me your feedback! Just use the form at http://xrecnet.blogspot.com/p/contact-us.html !

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