ALTERNATIVE RECRUITMENT - Army offers Texas recruits chance to win Wii

In order to gauge the response generated by their billboards, the US Army incorporated texting and a contest on their billboards. It seems that this tactic with the billboards did not receive adequate response and was discontinued in May. What are your thoughts on using a "hook" like the chance to win a Wii for military recruitment?
Read more at:
http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_army_wii_040908/

Have a Happy New Year!

Hope your holidays have been wonderful and have a Happy New Year!

NOT HR - Kenosha Police Department 12 Days of Christmas

Figured I would pass this along. It is from the Kenosha Police in Wisconsin. Stumbled across it on http://thepolicedaily.com.
Happy Holidays!

HIRING - Murder Burger

This is a bit of an... alternative approach to a help wanted ad posted on a door at a Murder Burger. The text reads as follows:

STAFF NEEDED FOR GOURMET
BURGER BAR THAT NEEDS STAFF

Right Oh, Murder Burger is opening up on Ponsonby Road in Ponsonby and we need bunch of people to hang out with, make burgers and talk shit. No previous experience is needed when we teach you everything you need to know and we kind of factor in you buggering something up along the way.
The sorts of people we think will be good for the job are:
Arts, Architecture and Humanities students: No real reason for this, well actually I suppose there is, it's just that if we're going to be working with somebody for hours on end it's quite nice to talk about stuff we're interested in as well.
Students nurses and student teachers. I've gone out with two nurses and two teachers in my short life and they were all awesome. More awesome than me as it turns out which is why i'm not going out with them anymore.
The sorts of people we think won't be good for us:
Political students: Nothing personal, we just don't understand you.
P addicts: Again, nothing personal, it's just that the benefits of you being able to work 7 shifts in a row is pretty much outweighed by the probability that you will one day flip, grab a knife and become Mr Stabby.
So if working with us sounds like something you might quite like to do instead of staying home watching telly then send us an email to Geordie at
geordie@murderburger.co.nz
Nice one.

-Murder Burger Logo-

Via:
http://murderburger.wordpress.com/

HR - Navy for Moms

Many times when you are recruiting for more "high risk" careers or positions, half the battle isn't recruiting your applicants, but also recruiting the support of their family and friends. By creating a forum of discussion and information, this can help tear down assumptions made about jobs and locations and help build a bond between your applicants, their families and your recruiters. The more people know and understand about positions, the better they are able to make an informed position and they might be more likely to make that decision if they have the active support of their social group.
Do you have particular positions that are hard to hire for that might fall into this kind of category? Have you found out what keeps people from applying?

For more information about Navy for Moms check out these links:

http://www.navyformoms.com/
http://www.ebrands.com.au/_blog/The_Employment_Brand_Blogging_Device/post/It

HR - When I Grow Up

It's almost Friday! In the meantime enjoy this video from HR.com.

Via hr.com - Original link here.

Social Networking - Is your company on this list?

TweepML has compiled a list of employers that recruit on Twitter and made it easier for people to add the companies and follow them by simple checking what companies they want to logging into Twitter. With the constant growth of Twitter, more and more companies are posting their positions, giving an inside view of their company, or at least opening the door for communication between HR and potential candidates. Where does your company currently stand? Are you already on Twitter? Or is someone posing as you?

Check out the link below for the TweepML list:

http://tweepml.org/Employers-Recruiting-on-Twitter/