Mon
Sep
15
Hurricane Ike moved through the Houston area like a freight train through a china shop… massive, plodding, and powerful, it wrecked havoc on the city’s structures and utility systems. It made landfall last Friday night, September 12, bringing with it winds, rain, and devastation.
I live in Houston, and all of our operations are based here. Friday night around 3am I could hear and see the electrical transformers “popping” on their poles along the street. With an enormous bang like a bomb exploding and a brilliant flash of blue-green light, transformer after transformer blew out. By Saturday morning, 97% of the city of Houston was without power.
Water pressure is low, but present. The water supply is not contaminated to date. Power, telephone, and Internet access are sporadic; the official estimate is 3-4 weeks before the power grid is fully online. Several stores are open, though the store shelves are largely empty. The US military and other support organizations are handing out food and supplies to those in critical need.
We at Kalypxo are fortunate enough to be able to continue work. Though not 100% uptime, we have power, Internet access, and the resources necessary to get our job done. There will most likely be some delays in our activities and communications over the next few days. We are also under a curfew forbidding outside mobility between 9pm and 6am until at least Saturday, September 20.
The city was very well prepared for this situation and is getting back onto its feet rapidly. I anticipate everything should be solved within the next week or so.
Thu
May
1
Thanks to SourceSimple, you can now have an abundance of viable job candidates delivered right to you. This will save you a tremendous amount of legwork and leave you to the task of selecting the best prospects from the group. You have no doubt interviewed people in the past who seemed amazing, yet fizzled out shortly after being hired. Below are five tips to help you choose the right job candidate every time.
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Consider the Applicant’s Soft Skills – Beyond an applicant’s education and work history, how are his or her soft skills? Personality traits and social interaction can greatly impact how a person handles a certain position.
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Perform an Extended Interview – If you have narrowed your choices down to a few qualified candidates, do not rush an interview. In fact, you can call prospective hires back for a second interview if you have any doubts.
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Review the Resume During the Interview – Keep the applicant’s resume handy during the interview, as you can go through it together for more clarification. This might help you to discover more about the candidate’s skills and experience.
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Tour the Office Together – Sometimes, a tour of the facility will help you to get a feel for who is right for the position. How does this person integrate with the office? Does he or she ask questions and communicate well with potential co-workers?
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Consider a Panel Interview – Sometimes, it is best to get other opinions about job candidates. You can do this by interviewing people with a few managers present. While this process may be a bit more intimidating for the applicants, it will also test how well they handle pressure.
Choosing the right candidate for a job is easier said than done. Even the most experienced recruiters will make the odd mistake and later realize they should have gone with another applicant. By following the above advice, however, you should become a bit more confident with your final selection.
By-line:
This post was contributed by Heather Johnson, who is an industry critic on the subject of becoming a pediatric nurse. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323@gmail.com.
Tue
Apr
29
Today we launched the SelectSimple website. The service has matured substantially over the last month. Though it may not be perfect yet, we’ve been able to achieve positive actionable results for our pilot clients. If you decide SelectSimple is a service you’d like to try, I believe you’ll find it to be an incredibly useful tool in your recruiting arsenal.
To introduce the service, we are offering 10% off for the next 24 hours. We won’t be able to offer sales on SelectSimple very often because there are considerable fixed costs involved in delivering the services. This may be an excellent time to stock up on Contact Credits while the discount is still running.
Just visit SelectSimple at http://www.selectsimple.com before noon Central time on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, to benefit from the savings.
A number of inventive clients have found ways to make money on SourceSimple campaigns. By incorporating our resumes into their service offerings, some SourceSimple clients have created value-added bundles which they then sell to their own clients for a fairly significant profit. While we do not yet have a formal Partnership Process for such things, we are definitely willing to discuss any idea you may have to make money with SourceSimple.
Some of the ideas we are currently pursuing include:
- Partners pre-pay for large bulk campaigns at a heavy discount, and then offer our campaigns to their clients for less than the list price on the SourceSimple website.
- Partners refer clients to us, and then receive a portion of any revenue produced by the referral.
- Partners write articles or create advertising for inclusion in our newsletters and anouncements.
- Partners offer service bundles or discounted campaigns directly on our website, and we pass potential clients to them.
If you have an idea you’d like to implement, definitely contact me at phil (at) kalypxo (dot) com
I’m trying to find the time to write a few articles on getting the most out of the resources you already own. Numerous clients have mentioned that they can access paid databases, but use our services anyway because we find resumes they don’t.
There are approximately 50 million unique resumes across the 3 major databases, so it’s a pretty fair bet that at least 1 candidate exists who matches your needs… if you’re not finding that candidate, there may be better ways to look.
Here’s my latest article on ERE: http://www.ere.net/articles/db/99CA714A22E24172BBB9F06770504BF6.asp
