NEWS - How to Use Social Media to Acquire Staff

Baselinemag.com posted a pretty good article covering the attributes social networking can offer your staffing efforts.
It covers LinkedIn, FaceBook and Twitter.
Check the article out here.
Let us know your thoughts! Has your company started using social networking?

JOB BOARDS - Monster Aquires Yahoo HotJobs

There are two articles on ERE.net that address the buy.

HotJobs was purchased for $225 million and this in turn gives Monster exposure on Yahoo! sites in the U.S. and Canada along with partnerships with around 600 newspapers and media outlets.

Check out the articles for more information:

HotJobs Buy Boosts Monster In U.S., Globally

Monster Buys HotJobs

Better Pic of the New Corporate Location

Once we are settled in we should be able to post a few pictures from the inside.

And another!

VIDEO - Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Recruitment Video

ERE.net posted an article today talking about some of the unusual recruitment tactics that have shown up lately. http://www.ere.net/2010/02/03/recruiting-follies/

Posted above is a recruitment video for the Hôpital Sacré-Coeur in Montréal. Evidently, after only a couple week of being posted the hospital received around 2,600 resumes and ended up making 200 hires.

HR NEWS - Austrian army withdraws 'sexist' tank advert

This ad was recently pulled from television for being sexist.
For more military recruitment ads, check out: http://patriotadvertising.blogspot.com/2009/03/video-various-international-military.html
The Ukrainian Military Commercial looks awfully familiar to the Austrian ad in question. =]

Here is the article about the ad withdrawal.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/7120407/Austrian-army-withdraws-sexist-tank-advert.html

Via: adfreak.com

VIDEO - Hiring the Disabled Spot by Health & Disability Advocates

Via: adfreak.com

PATRIOT - Patriot Advertising Houston Has Moved!

Our Houston office has completed their move!

Patriot Advertising, Inc. - Houston

535 E Fernhurst Dr.

Katy, TX 77450

Picture via Google Maps since I forgot to grab a shot while I was in town during the move this past weekend. We might get to post a few pictures of the inside later this week. We are all really excited about the move and look forward to the new location.