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Welcome to the new Standout Jobs website. This is a significant departure from our old site which a much simpler, leaner design. It also speaks to the transition we’re making from a technology company to a service-oriented company. We recognize that many of our customers and companies out there...

Standout Jobs recently released new functionality to support it’s core focus of giving companies more control over their career sites, employer brand and online profile, and being able to interact with candidates, providing a great candidate experience. Here are the details: Table View of Jobs:...

Today we’ve released a group of new features that enhance the Standout Jobs recruitment communication platform in a number of ways. We’re extending the flexibility for larger groups of people to manage their career sites, enhancing the ability for employers to communicate on a frequent basis...

Standout Jobs has launched its Talent Network CRM functionality, enabling employers to re-market (via email) to candidates and prospects in a continuous, targeted manner. The Talent Network collects some personal information about applicants and prospects - including name, email address, phone...

Standout Jobs and Talent Synchronicity are very pleased to release our Definitive Guide to Corporate HR Blogging. Real-time social networking via Twitter, Facebook, etc. is certainly all the rage. But fundamentally, blogging still remains the best way to build brand, authority and thought...

Facebook recently launched a recruiting video. I like it. Perhaps a bit too polished to give you a real sneak peak on the inside of the organization, but it’s a nice way of talking to potential candidates. Not surprising, some people have called it cheesy and lame. <object width="576"...

Amegy Bank of Texas bans social networking sites in the hiring process for fear of being sued. It’s a shame companies feel this is a necessary step. It seems to me what you put on the Web that’s accessible publicly is public. (I’m certainly no lawyer, of course.) There are ways of uses...

Over the weekend, Standout Jobs released new functionality - primarily aimed at increasing career site interactivity. Those features include: Chat. The chat feature allows you to schedule group chats, so you can invite a bunch of people to visit your career site and communicate with you. This...

Global Storage, Backup and Recovery Giant Steps up Employer Branding Initiatives with Niche Employment Portals Montreal, March 24, 2009 – Standout Jobs, a leading provider of web-based tools to power companies’ online recruiting efforts, today announced it has signed Quantum Corporation (NYSE:...

Polk was an early Standout Jobs beta customer. And they also did a case study on the success they’ve seen with the platform, specifically in attracting younger job seekers and saving money on costly recruiters. And now Polk has won an Arbor Award of Excellence for innovative or best resources in...

Recruiters Expect Hiring to Increase in Q2-Q3; Social Media Eyed to Source Quality Candidates More than 450 corporate recruiters signal shift away from job boards and place more emphasis on corporate branding to attract high-value hires. Montreal | March 11, 2009 — A just completed joint survey...

Ben Yoskovitz was recently featured on the popular HR-targeted social network, Recruiter Earth, talking about Standout Jobs and where the recruitment industry is headed. He also recently published a guest article on Cheezhead, entitled “Is the recession dooming startups?” The article looks at...

Standout Jobs recently released a number of new and enhanced features to our Recruitment Communication Platform. Multiple micro-site management: You can now more easily manage multiple micro-sites from within one interface and administrative dashboard. Leveraging multiple micro-sites is extremely...

At the beginning of January, Standout Jobs and PBP Media launched a Recruiting Trends 2009 Survey. We’re now ready to publish the results. Get Full Recruiting Trends Survey Results Here We had over 450 respondents dominated by corporate HR professionals and recruiters. The results come from a...

Interactive Brands is looking for a Web Integrator / Web Designer. Interactive Brands does a very good job of describing their company on their career site: Interactive Brands is a privately held corporation, it was formed by a team of experienced industry professionals who had a vision of...

UpClick.com, a growing and successful Montreal-based technology company, has recently added new jobs to its career site. Click here to visit UpClick’s career site. The latest jobs include: Call Center Supervisor Senior Network Administrator .NET Programmer / Analyst UpClick.com has over 90...

APCQ’s and Kennedy’s recent recruiting benchmarking study discovered that very few organizations ask new hires about their experience during the recruitment process. It’s simply not something companies measure. But most people agree that the candidate experience has a direct and significant...

I’ve heard this said all too often. Sometimes the person replaces “Monster” with another of the big job boards, but I think Monster’s brand still leads the way as the definitive job board online. So most of the time people say “Monster” when they want to reference one of the big job...

Mike Astringer asks, Is employment branding a part of your organization’s recruitment strategy? It should be. Mike points out that employment branding has been called the #1 strategic way of increasing applicant traffic. But how much are companies spending on it? On average, companies spend less...

Silicon Valley isn’t the only place that has cool startups. Case in point: Ph03nix New Media, makers of the very popular game, Curse of the Pharaoh: Quest for Nefertiti. Ph03nix New Media real focus is on games to help kids learn. It’s a noble, big mission and the company is taking it head...

We’ve just launched our first white paper - Strategic Recruiting: How To Succeed - written by our good friend and advisor, Kevin Wheeler. Kevin is a visionary and leader in the HR and recruitment space. We very much appreciate his support and involvement with this project. I believe a great deal...

Standout Jobs has recently released a number of applicant tracking system related features. 1. Pick whether or not to use the Standout Jobs applicant tracking system. This is the first option available. You can use our built-in applicant tracking and candidate relationship management system or...