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Anonymity and privacy
on the Web: What users need to know
December 5, 2003
Anonymity and privacy have become big issues when it
comes to using the Web. In this article, MedZilla addresses some
misconceptions about how anonymous people are when surfing the net
and how to take advantage of the Internet's benefits without sacrificing
privacy. This article offers simple tips from a privacy expert,
including how to know if a site is secure.
Privacy investigator
recognizes MedZilla.com as an outstanding career site
November 21, 2003
MedZilla.com was recently recognized for its privacy practices
as one of three outstanding employment Web sites by journalist Pam
Dixon. Dixon reviewed 53 top job sites, 20 resume writing services
and a 24 resume distribution services in her new report, the 2003
Job Search Privacy Study.
Privacy and Your Job:
Whose Business is it anyway?
November 7, 2003
Telling employees about a company monitoring policy is
the first step in a successful employee-monitoring strategy. Educating
employees about why monitoring is important to them and the company’s
future is the next. MedZilla explores today’s corporate monitoring
approaches, why some companies cross the line using monitoring to
intimidate rather than safeguard and how employers can keep the balance
between respecting employees and watching for practices that could
affect the corporate bottom line.
Deciding When – And When
Not – To Outsource Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Functions
October 24, 2003
Many HR departments struggle with the question: When does
it make sense to outsource? While the ideal might be to keep recruiting
functions in the safety of the corporation’s processes, there are
times when it makes sense to entrust internet-based HR recruiting
processes to outside sources. Medzilla asks the experts why and when
they outsource key recruiting processes, and what criteria they use
in making the decision to outsource.
Expanding Your Recruitment
Resources
October 17, 2003
HR professionals who view only direct competitors as their
recruiting competition are limiting their horizons and ability to
recruit the best talent, experts say. In this article, MedZilla talks
with experts about the unexpected companies that may be competing
for the same talent you are; why it’s important to know what types
of companies you are competing against; and how companies can better
identify their recruiting competition.
Human Resources: Staffing
function key to corporate change and success.
October 10, 2003
Competition for talent in the pharmaceutical, biotech and
healthcare industries can be intense. As a result, HR focus is evolving
from administration, regulation and support to driver of corporate
change and success. Medzilla explores some of the opportunities for
HR departments in transition, how HR can actually enhance company
success and change, and what can be done to foster the evolution of
HR staffing functions.
Job hunting while pregnant
October 3, 2003
Whether to search for a job while pregnant can be a difficult
decision for many women and their families. Experts say that pregnancy
shouldn't discourage a woman from going on a job search if she needs
and wants to work. In this article, MedZilla offers job candidates
information about their rights and how to handle some of the potentially
difficult issues of interviewing while pregnant.
Tips for tackling tough
interview questions
September 26, 2003
Interviewers often raise questions that job candidates
don't really want to answer. Especially when it comes to the tough
questions, it's important that candidates plan for their answers and
don't go into too much detail. MedZilla asks the experts to offer
these and other tips for handling those tough interview questions
without losing a chance at the job.
Planning your recruiting
strategy
September 12, 2003
Due to the economic downturn and tight job market, pharma,
biotech and healthcare employers are carefully planning their recruiting
strategies. In this article, MedZilla's Frank Heasley and HR experts
discuss the recruitment planning and the need of HR professionals
to plan and establish effective strategies for the coming year.
11 Things to Remember
About Terminating Employees
August 29, 2003
Every HR professional faces the inevitable need to terminate
an employee. It is essential to have a plan in place and follow very
specific guidelines about the incidents leading up to the termination
and the actual termination meeting. In this article, MedZilla asks
the experts to provide important tips on best termination practices
that help employers avoid lawsuits and other negative consequences.
Does Your Recruiting Function
Belong in Human Resources?
August 22, 2003
Employers, Human Resources professionals and recruiters
discuss HR and recruiting and whether these are best maintained as
separate functions, because they require the skills of different professionals,
or if they are best performed within HR. The topic is especially timely
because many traditional HR functions, such as benefit management,
are being outsourced and corporate HR departments are focusing more
toward recruiting and retention functions. MedZilla.com's president
and CEO Frank Heasley, a former science and healthcare recruiter,
and other experts make their cases about whether these two functions
should be treated as one in the same.
Putting an end to the
confusion between screening and assessment
August 15, 2003
Screening and assessment applications can assist in making
decisions. However, they can only be effective if they are designed
and used thoughtfully by people who understand these vital functions.
Medzilla.com's CEO Frank Heasley talks with experts about differences
between the two who offer insight into how hiring managers and human
resources professionals can most effectively use these systems while
avoiding their potential pitfalls.
The business of self-marketing:
a job candidate's guide
August 8, 2003
A job search should be approached as a high-level marketing
campaign. Candidates who market themselves effectively not only land
better jobs but also often secure superior benefits and more. Marketing
yourself is the same as launching a business and marketing it to potential
clients. The only difference is that you’re the business and are out
to secure just one client—your future employer. This article discusses
why it’s important to start marketing yourself before you need a job,
how to approach the job hunt and how to create and maintain key relationships.
Inspired Networking
July 25, 2003
Networking is misunderstood and underused. It’s not something
to grab onto when you’re out of a job; it’s a lifelong commitment
to making connections. Making connections means not only benefiting
from others but also adding value to the lives of those in your network.
In this article, experts define what networking is and isn’t and offer
10 tips for creative networking.
Email "gone bad"
July 18, 2003
Email is a powerful communication tool and needs to be
used with that in mind. Consequences can result when employees use
company email for personal correspondence, or write inappropriate
things to coworkers, vendors or others. Ill-advised email messages
have cost some people their jobs, or opportunities for new jobs. Some
have been sued for defamatory email messages. Email can seem like
the water cooler, where the office grapevine starts, but words that
would disappear after an informal conversation can linger on a computer
for years to come. MedZilla.com explores how difficult it is to control
email messages and offers tips for avoiding problems that could result
from seemingly innocent email messages.
Good
Passwords Are Hard to Find.
July 11, 2003
If you have a tendency to use easy to remember passwords,
like your dog’s name, the name on your license plate, or the word
“password,” or if you use the same password everywhere, you're making
it easier for others to steal from you. MedZilla suggests that you
use a mix of characters (in upper and lower case), shift characters
and numbers, to make passwords more secure. By using randomized passwords
and taking the simple steps outlined in this article, you can get
better protection for your privacy on the internet and make it harder
to for thieves to steal your identity.
MedZilla.com: Resumes
Are Trade Secrets!
June 13, 2003
As an internet based career site, MedZilla.com sets a precedence
by designating resumes to be trade secrets. According to MedZilla
and President Frank Heasley, this provides an additional layer of
protection for candidates’ information, and puts employers and
recruiters on notice that their access is provided in confidence and
subject to enforceable licensing terms. This interpretation provides
a new legal mechanism whereby Medzilla.com and other career sites
can help to ensure that candidates' information is used for the purpose
originally intended: to find new employment.
Power Your Job Search
With the Internet: Privacy vs. Exposure, Safety and Risk
May 16, 2003
The internet is the single, most powerful job finding method
ever developed, but unless used wisely, great power also involves
serious risks. MedZilla explores how to control your professional
information during your job search, and how to help to ensure your
privacy without sacrificing exposure to the “right” employers.
Privacy and the Internet:
Your Information Belongs to You
May 9, 2003
In this article, Medzilla describes some aspects of the
problem, and offers suggestions about how to protect your private
information. The Internet is no longer a close-knit community of reputable
people. You can no longer shop, post resumes or become members of
organizations without taking precautions to protect your privacy and
sensitive personal information. The onus is on the user to take adequate
precautions, use common sense, and understand how to use the Internet.
Avoid
Hiring Disasters - The company you save may be your own!
May 2, 2003
Bad hires—people who don’t work out in the positions for
which they were recruited—are costly mistakes. MedZilla asks the experts
about the obvious and not-so-obvious costs of making bad hiring decisions,
and for tips about how to avoid the bad hire—from how to attract the
right people to how to weed out the bad ones before they have an impact
on the company’s bottom line and employee morale.
To spy or not to spy on
employees' personal Web use
April 25, 2003
Employers often grapple with whether to monitor employees'
personal use of the Web during work hours or let them surf. MedZilla
explores the pros and cons of monitoring and other options that employers
can use to deter overuse of non-work related Web use on company time.
Tax tips for deducting
job search, job change expenses
April 11, 2003
Job hunters might not realize that many of the expenses
they incur to find new jobs are tax deductible. MedZilla explores
what job seekers need to know about deducting expenses while they're
looking for a job and once they've secured a new job. This article
outlines some deductions and who is eligible for them, and also offers
several suggestions about how best to capitalize on these tax breaks.
New Internet Twist on
an Old Employment Scam
March 25, 2003
As the economy continues to spiral downward, the old discredited
practice of charging people for recruitment services is rearing its
head on the internet. MedZilla's President and CEO Frank Heasley and
HR experts warn job seekers of this new breed of applicant paid fee
agency, and offer tips about how to avoid this old scam with a new
Internet twist.
MedZilla Suit Paves Way
for Intellectual Property, Privacy Rights on Web
March 5, 2003
MedZilla.com’s recent lawsuit claiming that the owner
of an upstart job board took resumes from the MedZilla site to build
his own database has increased the awareness of the importance of
privacy and intellectual property rights on the internet. This groundbreaking
case also emphasizes the commitment that some Web businesses have
made to maintaining users’ privacy and client protection. MedZilla’s
CEO and President Dr. Frank Heasley provides insight about the suit,
its outcome, and what it means to Web-based businesses in the future.
MatchZilla, by MedZilla,
scours jobs database, finds perfect matches with one click
February 4, 2003
Inputting keywords to find resumes that match job descriptions
or jobs that match resumes can be time consuming and confusing for
recruiters and job hunters. MedZilla.com, a leading Internet recruitment
and professional community that targets jobseekers and HR professionals
in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and science, just launched
a user-friendly program that eliminates the task of having to enter
keywords to search for matching resumes or jobs. "MatchZilla" does
the searching with pinpoint accuracy directly from a posted ad or
resume, according Frank Heasley, PhD, MedZilla.com President and CEO.
MedZilla launches new
privacy controls to protect job candidates
January 28, 2003
Privacy issues and control over your data can be a concern
when posting on job board Web sites, says Frank Heasley, PhD, President
and CEO of MedZilla.com, a leading Internet recruitment and professional
community that targets jobseekers and HR professionals in biotechnology,
pharmaceuticals, healthcare and science. One of the major issues is
email abuse or "spam". MedZilla’s launch of a privacy protection plan
for all job candidates allows qualified employers and recruiters access
to candidates but keeps their personal email addresses free of Spam.
This article goes into the importance of privacy on the Web and how
MedZilla is working to combat these problems.
Using
technology to enhance (rather than detract from) your talent pipeline
January 22, 2003
Technology should enhance the creation and management of
talent relationship pipelines. Yet some companies and candidates are
finding the technology leads to inhuman interactions and a black hole
of neglected candidates. MedZilla asks the experts to offer tips that
employers and recruiters can use to use technology to their advantage
in developing and maintaining crucial talent pipeline relationships.
The experts also offer their views on how candidates can help "humanize"
the process.
Tips for conducting more
meaningful interviews
January 14, 2003
For most, conducting an interview with a candidate gives
little insight into whether the candidate will be a winner or loser
for the company. In this MedZilla article, experts explain why this
is the case and offer suggestions about how to get around the artificial,
scripted interview environment. One key point is that interviewers
should not focus so much on reviewing the experience one has on his
resume, but rather ask carefully planned questions that will help
to reveal if the interviewee has competencies necessary to do the
job well.
MedZilla earns top-50 status
on CareerXRoads' list
January 7, 2003
CareerXRoads, the leading directory to career Web sites,
has named MedZilla.com to its top-50 list for the fourth consecutive
year. MedZilla received its first award from CareerXRoads in 1999
as a top 500 site.
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