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The DEATH of Recruiting.com

Jason Davis joins Joel and I to discuss the rise and fall of Recruiting.com, moreover the birth and fast popularity of RecruitingBlogs.com. Social Bookmarks

Peer Matching… Elevate Yourself?

I ran across TalentSpring some months ago and have been scratching my head ever since… Now, I understand the concept because TalentSpring smartly hired Common Craft to explain their product through videos In Plain English. Where I get lost is TalentSpring’s Secret Sauce “matching technology” and how it could provide employers quality candidates… Secret Sauce? TalentSpring’s secret [...]

Chad N Cheezhead Podcast #2

FINALLY! After being called back to active military duty, moving down to Fort Benning into an apartment and getting wifi-ed we have the second installment of the Chad N Cheezhead Show. Show Topics: 1) Video Resumes (VisualCV) 2) TRAFFIC… Does it really matter? 3) Ignore PR vs Damage Control PR… 4) HotJobs finally moves to Relevancy, yea the guys owned [...]

The eHarmony of Jobs?

Is anyone else sick of all the “job matching” companies positioning themselves as the “eHarmony for jobs“? I mean are there really only 29 dimensions of a person that can be categorized and matched or are we following the same carrot on the end of a different stick? Seriously, if you need help mining resumes, finding [...]

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Name:: Chad Sowash

City:: Indianapolis

ZIP/Postal Code: 46268

State/Region (spell it out please, no abbreviations!):: Indiana

Country:: United States of America

Name someone you most admire: Lance Armstrong

Company or business name:: DirectEmployers Assn. / JobCentral

Website:: http://www.jobcentral.com

Blog:: http://thechad.jobcentral.com/

Online profile/Homepage: http://thechad.jobcentral.com/index.php/about-chad-sowash-thechad/

What kind of networking are you open to?: Open networking

Who referred you to RecruitingBlogs.com?: JD aka Slouch

Which combination best describes your professional profile?: Corporate

How many years have you been in the business?: 10 - 14 years

Which industries do you work in now?: All Industries

Which online communities do you actively participate in?: Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace

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At 6:14pm on September 4th, 2008, Kurt Ronn said…: The entre HRworks team looks forward to seeing you in Atlanta, Chad. Thanks for your service to the country. FYI - We just won the "Above and Beyond" Department of Defense award for our support of the Guard and Reserve. We keep trying to step it up every year.

At 3:51pm on September 2nd, 2008, Kurt Ronn said…: Chad,

Good to see you out there blogging. Stop in and see us in Atlanta. Are you going to be inVegas at the DirectEmployers Annaul meeting ONctober 7-10?

Regards.

At 11:50am on February 6th, 2008, Amanda Esposito said…: Hi! Thanks!! If your on Linked in I would love to link up! send me an invite at recruiter99@wrww.com

At 11:17am on February 6th, 2008, Katrina Grant said…: Thanks for the note!

At 3:23pm on January 14th, 2008, Slouch said…

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At 1:47pm on December 6th, 2007, Slouch said…: Hey Chad, Your blog was nominated. Have a look at the main page

At 9:37am on October 26th, 2007, Chris Russell said…: Glad I finally met 'the Chad'.

At 9:07am on October 26th, 2007, Ben Gotkin said…: Great to see you at ERE too. Til the next conference...

At 8:03am on October 26th, 2007, David Manaster said…: Thanks Chad - glad you could make it so soon after yours!

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Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments (Add)

The Death of Recruiting.com

Jason Davis joins Joel and I to discuss the rise and fall of Recruiting.com, moreover the birth and fast popularity of RecruitingBlogs.com. ...Click here for the podcast...

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 at 11:57am — No Comments (Add)

Who benefits from Google and Indeed?

I've had a question running around in my head for well over a year now... What job sites use Google as their core traffic provider? So I thought I'd take some time perform some research, using Hitwise, and then it prompted yet another question... What job sites use Indeed as their core traffic provider? So I took some time and gathered the following one week worth of data from Hitwise (week ending 3/8/2008) and thought I'd share...… Continue

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 at 9:03am — No Comments (Add)

Job Site Traffic Synopsis: Super Bowl

During my time at Monster I was able to actually see the results of our Super Bowl ad traffic, whether it was good or not so good. But I've always wondered how much Super Bowl commercials really impacted other job board's traffic. Moreover what other initiatives they utilize to maintain the growing need for more job seeker eyeballs after the commercial h… Continue

Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 8:05pm — No Comments (Add)

Uncle Sam wants more Chad

Uncle Sam, once again, is not happy with our current one weekend a month (Army reserve status) arrangement so he's called me back into the active Army for a period of 1 year... or whenever he feels like sending me home. I started my Army career on active duty back in '89, went into the Army reserves in '93 and am now inching ever so slowly to my 20 year mark. I'll be stateside (Fort Benning, Georgia) for the d… Continue

Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 8:02pm — No Comments (Add)