RSSIssue 3:7 – Saturday, July 1, 2006
The VetJobs Agency Eagle is for recruitment advertising agencies, friends and
supporters of VetJobs. VetJobs is exclusively endorsed by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States.
This month’s Early Eagle is sponsored by: TECHEXPO Top Secret
Contents:
1. Message from the Top
2. Career Call on Radio Sandy Springs
3. New EEOC Compliance Manual – Nixes Referral Recruiting
4. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of June 28, 2006
5. Significant Events this Month in Military History
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1. Message from the Top
It was a pleasure to meet many of you at the Society of Human Resources
Management’s 58th Annual Convention in Washington, DC last month! This year the
attendance by human resource managers was significantly increased from previous
years. This is another indicator that the economy has improved significantly.
This is the sixth year that VetJobs has been representing veterans at the
Society of Human Resources Management annual convention.
This month we celebrate the Fourth of July, a time when families throughout the
country attended picnics, races and parades. Our celebrations are influenced by
the fact that the freedoms we hold sacred and dear, the freedoms that have
brought millions of immigrants to our shores, are still under attack by
religious radicals who want to do away with the nation state system that exists
in the world today. I would encourage everyone to learn and understand the
history of the Fourth of July and realize it is NOT just another summer holiday.
Knowledge of our history is what will keep the Fourth of July near and dear to
the hearts of all Americans.
In addition to the Fourth of July, the 27th of July is the anniversary of the
end of the Korean War, frequently referred to as the “Forgotten War”. The
1950-53 conflict cost America 33,651 killed in action and 103,284 wounded. More
than 1.5 million American men and women fought in Korea. Here at VetJobs, our
prayers and thoughts go out to the Korean War veterans and their extended
families.
Since 1996, WEDDLE’s has been surveying both job seekers and recruiters on the
Web. They have amassed hundreds of thousands of data elements probing what
candidates do and what they don’t do when using job boards, what they like and
what they don’t like, and most importantly, what they think works best. Recently
WEDDLE’s tallied job seeker responses to the question: How many times per month
do you visit an online employment site?
The results provide some interesting insight into the best strategy for online
recruitment advertising.
-Almost three-quarters of the respondents (72%) visited 2-8 sites per month;
-Just 4% visited only 1 site per month; and
-One-in-ten visited 16 or more sites per month.
What the WEDDLE’s study indicates is that your clients need to use more than one
job board when advertising their jobs. Several recent studies have indicated
that well over half of all jobs filled in the United States are filled using
Internet job boards, with an emphasis on niche job boards. So as a recruitment
ad agency assisting employers, you should consider using appropriate sites to
gain the widest dissemination of their jobs. WEDDLE’s recommends using two
general purpose sites, three niche sites and two diversity sites. VetJobs
qualifies as both a niche site and a diversity site. So get your clients a
membership on VetJobs today!
As always, if there is anything we at VetJobs can do for you, please do not
hesitate to call or email.
And remember, Freedom Is Never Free – Support Our Armed Forces and Veterans!
Best regards,
Ted Daywalt
CEO and President
TECHEXPO Top Secret job fairs bring you face to face with security-cleared
professionals, July 19th in New York City and July 20th in Reston, VA. For 2006
event schedule, contact Seth Berk at 212-655-4505 x 244 or
SBerk@TechExpoUSA.com. http://www.TechExpoUSA.com
2. Career Call on Radio Sandy Springs
Career Call is sponsored by VetJobs. Each program is aired Sundays at 3:00 PM
EST. Be sure to tune in on the Internet for these exciting programs at
www.radiosandysprings.com . If you would like to have one of your clients
highlighted on Career Call, email Ted Daywalt at info@vetjobs.com.
3. New EEOC Compliance Manual – Nixes Referral Recruiting
The new EEOC Compliance Manual issued on April 19, 2006, updates guidance on the
prohibition of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The manual explicitly warns that recruiting only at select colleges or relying
on word-of-mouth recruiting, which includes employee referral programs, may
generate applicant pools that do not reflect diversity in the labor market. The
new manual places a greater burden on employers to eliminate potential sources
of discrimination in hiring. Workforce management executives may operate with
full awareness of the legal pitfalls involved in the later stages of the
recruiting process, but constructing an applicant pool carries its own set of
potential lawsuits. In the rush to fill positions, these risks are too often
ignored. The new EEOC Compliance Manual will change the established use of
employee referrals.
4. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of June 28, 2006
At any given time, services may mobilize some units and individuals while
demobilizing others, making it possible for these figures to either increase or
decrease. Total number currently on active duty in support of the partial
mobilization for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 82, 487; Navy
Reserve, 4,863; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 7,127; Marine Corps
Reserve, 7,311; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 322. This brings the total National
Guard and Reserve personnel, who have been mobilized, to 102,110, including both
units and individual augmentees. A cumulative roster of all National Guard and
Reserve personnel, who are currently mobilized, can be found at
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2006/d20060628ngr.pdf
5. Significant Events this Month in Military History
1775 – George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, MA.
(American Revolutionary War).
1814 – American force led by GEN Jacob Brown defeated British force led by GEN
Phineas Riall at Chippewa River, just north of British Fort Erie (near Niagara
Falls, NY). A gray-uniformed Brigade led by young American BG Winfield Scott
drove the British back. Scott’s men wore gray because Army contractors had run
out of blue cloth. To this day, West Point cadets wear gray to commemorate this
victory (War of 1812).
1863 – Confederate forces under GEN Robert E. Lee, defeated after three days of
fighting at the battle of Gettysburg, PA, began their withdrawal to the South
(American Civil War).
1898 – American naval victory over the Spanish at Santiago, Cuba
(Spanish-American War).
1907 – Founding of the Aeronautical Division of the US Army Signal Office; the
forerunner of the US Army Air Force and later the U.S. Air Force
1915 – U.S. Marines landed in Haiti following the assassination of the Haitian
president Vilbrun Guillaume. The Marines remained as occupation forces for nine
years.
1918 – Beginning of the Second Battle of the Marne in Northern France between
German forces on one side and French, American, British, and Italian troops on
the other side. The battle ended on 4 August (World War I).
1926 – U.S. Army Air Corps established.
1943 – The U.S. Army’s Fourth Division, part of General Omar Bradley’s II Corps,
captured San Stefano in Sicily (World War II).
1944 – The island of Saipan in the Marianas (Western Pacific) fell to U.S.
troops following their defeat of Japanese defenders (World War II). Napalm was
used for the first time during the American invasion of Tinian in the Marianas.
1950 – General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was named commander of all UN
forces in Korea (Korean Conflict).
1953 – The Korean War ended.
1970 – Siege of Fire Base Ripcord began (Vietnam War)