As I blogged about previously, recruiting and hiring have become even harder during the current economic climate. Faced with an ever-growing list of clients and positions to match, recruiters are relying even more on first impressions and marketability of candidates. This led a writer from the CAREEREALISM blog to post an article titled "10 Things...

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From TelcoJobsBloggers.com:With the economy in such tough shape, with customers on the sidelines with no budget to buy software, maybe now is the perfect time to embrace a Freemium software strategy. This concept was originally proposed by a venture captialist named Fred Wilson, the founder of Union Square Ventures.This became really clear to me...

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In the April edition of The Fordyce Letter, writer and recruiter Lori Fenstermaker profiles CATS Applicant Tracking System as part of her story Low-Cost ATS, CRM Options to Make You More Competitive:Given the economic conditions we currently face, I plan to write about technology solutions that are low-priced or no-cost. These products can help...

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If you've been with CATS long, you'll remember July of last year when we first introduced the ability to blast your candidate pool with targeted job offers. Our search, filtering and lists made it a breeze to send those jobs to the right candidates and effectively market your jobs through email. Today, we launched a number of improvements to this...

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My name is Andrew Kandels and I'm the lead developer of CATS. Now I'm going to tell you something that you may not know: in addition to writing software code, I'm also a sales person, a customer service representative and your billing contact -- and I'm not alone. I'd like to introduce you to Sae our graphics designer, Asim, the company owner and...

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Even though companies are laying off employees left and right, it's still difficult for HR managers and recruiters to fill the few empty positions they do have. Why is that? As Rapleaf CEO Auren Hoffman explains in his blog Summation, it's all about quantity versus quality. The top performers (what Hoffman calls A-Players) in a department are...

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If you listen to economic news for even five minutes, it’s hard to stay calm. Unemployment is high, and even the big companies seem to be struggling. But things are not as hopeless as they seem. CareerBuilder.com just released their 2009 U.S. Hiring Forecast, full of information from businesses and employees weighing in on staffing plans in the...

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As the new marketing director for CATS Software, Inc., I'm excited to report that CATS Software, Inc. has created a group on LinkedIn, "CATS Applicant Tracking System." We've also recommitted ourselves to updating our Twitter account.The Twitter account will be updated frequently to let you know what we're up to, how new developments are coming...

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I have a somewhat ugly commute. I'm sure there are people who can top mine, but I have a good 35 miles to drive into Bloomington in the morning, and again in the evening. This gives me from 45 minutes to an hour in the car with nothing to do but drive. In the winter, I'm afraid it's going to get longer.I used to listen to the radio, but my music...

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What does a designer do during her lunch break? Because I bring my own lunch to work, I usually heat up my lunch and take it into the back break room. Taking along my laptop, I would surf the web for design inspirations, design articles to read or design works to absorb and appreciate.One of my first stops during break on the web is...

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