This paper presents the recruiting trends for 2008-2009. This year's report is based on 945 respondents, including 57 K-12 schools. The researchers continued their focus on fast-growth small companies and expended most of their energy in retaining their sample distribution, knowing that the prevailing economic situation would reduce responses.…

This article examines the tradeoffs between wages and job-related advertising in the recruitment of new employees. Hypothesizes that when wages are limited by controls, firms increase their use of nonwage recruiting methods. Also examines the effect of the Nixon wage controls on newspaper help-wanted advertisements. (Author/CT)

Examined hiring and utilization of retiree workers among firms with 20+ employees. Over 46% of private sector firms surveyed hired retirees. Few firms had written or formalized program directed at hiring retirees. Although assignment of retiree workers to regularly performed operational tasks was universal, larger firms were more likely to have…

An analysis of seven major corporations' attitudes and responses toward hiring qualified blind employees in competitive jobs is presented. Emphasis is placed on specific problems of communication, preconceptions, presentation, and credibility faced by vocational counselors and blind applicants on the open job market. (Author/EC)

Surveyed recruiters on the value of international studies. Found that most would prefer students receiving an added international certificate but not those with a degree in international business or a non-discernible (fused) international education. A small number of companies with extensive international operations prefer the international…

Organizational attitudes and effective development are key factors in acceptance of women managers. Article examines the development of sex role stereotypes and how they effect the placement of women in management positions. (RB)

Current Population Survey data (1979, 1983, 1988, 1993) and a 1991 employer survey showed that the probability a newly hired worker was aged 55-65 was significantly lower in companies with health care plans and with relatively costly plans. Neither cost nor presence of pension plans significantly affected employment of older workers. (SK)

Academics welcome summer with a collective sigh of relief. Finally they can get to those tasks that are nearly impossible to accomplish during a busy academic year: working on that manuscript, completing the revisions on an article, learning the new laboratory technique from the colleague across the hall. However, those going on the job market in…

This paper presents the recruiting trends for 2007-2008. This year's report is based on 994 respondents, including 84 K-12 school districts. The researchers focused attention on growing companies, based on lists from Forbes and Inc. magazines, and as a result, they have more small and medium-size employers represented this year. The sample…

A project explored the process by which recruiters used information to make decisions on whom to interview. Data were collected from recruiters seeking candidates in electrical engineering, computer science, business, accounting, and social sciences/liberal arts, including communications. Recruiters relied heavily on major grade point average…

A placement director indicates problems that need solving in the areas of placement and recruitment, and an industry recruiter treats the nature of professionalism in the two fields. (Author)

Job posting, a system which allows properly qualified employees to apply for other jobs within their companies, has developed into a highly successful personnel practice and can be successfully used by companies. (Author/BP)

The manager of personnel selection and recruitment for a major industrial firm presents elements of a new recruitment program: (1) reduce the list of target universities; (2) make better use of existing, nonrecruitment programs with colleges; (3) enlist the voluntary aid of managers and corporate staff; and (4) work closely with key managers.…

The attitudes reported support the viability of the preselection process and conform with attitudes held by campus interviewers and prospective employers. (Author)