Those of you who have read this blog for a long time know that I’ve been critical of Google VP of People, Laszlo Bock, due to lack of execution in the past. Things like placing an ad in a magazine and forgetting to launch the microsite or worse ignoring employee referrals that were highly relevant [...]
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Yahoo! Launches New Applicant Tracking System
Yahoo! recently launched a new applicant tracking system interface over the past few days. It has a much cleaner interface than the previous one. It also has a box titled concept search, where one could enter educational and leadership qualifications, technical and speaking skills, passions, competencies and blogs to get suggestions of potentially appropriate roles. [...]
Career Distinction : Stand Out by Building Your Brand
Co-written by Kirsten Dixson and William Arruda (deleted blog at http://blog.williamarruda.com/blog/) have written an unique book in Career Distinction : Stand Out by Building Your Brand. On the Amazon review, you can see several reviews already about the usefulness of the messages about personal branding. More important is that it’s the first book of it’s [...]
Post an MBA Alumni Job or Career Posting
Why post that experienced level Top 10 MBA business school or retained search opportunity to the masses when you could contact already well connected innovative thought leaders in Internet, search engines, mobile commerce, investment management, private equity and venture capital directly via the blogosphere? Thanks for dropping by via your search engine of choice. Comments [...]
Unethical Hiring Practices: Job Search Sites Serve Up Ads With No Intent to Hire US Workers
James Carlini wrote an article on Hiring Practices: More Talent Often on the Street Than at Many Companies outlining the sleazy practices of these lawyers he mentions in the article and on the Youtube video he mentions on his site. A good reform would bring transparency to this process and the real harm it brings [...]
Maybe Yahoo Needs an Injection of “New”
I missed this post last week on the Internet Marketing Monitor. It says: “Maybe an infusion of new thinking, new experiences, and fresh perspectives would be good for Yahoo.” Then later: “Maybe employees who weren’t yet ingrained with Yahoo’s past ways of doing things would be able to breathe new, renewed life into the one-time [...]
Online Passive Resume
Chicago area resident (OK Naperville) Rick Klau put up his resume up on a wiki last Fall. He talks about how to put your resume online here. It was also interesting to Mazyar Hedayat who spoke to Rick about it. This concept of putting your vp digital marketing resume online is interesting to me and [...]
Rick Rubin Doesn’t Read Music
Per this Time article, Rick Rubin (just like Tommy Emmanuel) doesn’t read sheet music. Yet few would argue his skills and ability. The irony is that based on today’s recruiting processes in North America, neither would be granted an interview, yet they have been self-taught and are the leading innovators in their fields. When are [...]
Who is David Dalka - Twitter: @dalka
David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications
