Bullhorn Partners with Simply Hired to Help Recruiters

Bullhorn Partners with Simply Hired to Help RecruitersBullhorn Partners with Simply Hired to Help RecruitersWe are pleased to announce that we are partnering with Bullhorn, the global leader in recruiting software, to help recruiters quickly reach and engage more qualified candidates.With this partnership, Simply Hireds performance-based job advertising platform will be integrated with Bullhorns applicant tracking system and customer relationship management solution (ATS, CRM). The two companies will also debut the first such integration with Simply Apply, allowing the best candidate experience across web and mobile. Simply Apply, a one-click apply feature, allows job seekers to quickly and easily apply to open positions using a saved resume.This new integration presents a one-stop job advertising solution, directly accessible within the Bullhorn dashboard. It will provide recruiters targeted reach to over 30 million unique monthly job seekers who use Simply Hired across web, email, mobile, and thousands of partner sites.The integration will be available to US Bullhorn customers starting in late Q3 of 2014.Read the full press release here.

10 Helpful Job Search Experts on Twitter

10 Helpful Job Search Experts on Twitter10 Helpful Job Search Experts on Twitter4Many job seekers know that using Twitter is a great way to find out about new job leads or even workplace trends. But theres also a wealth of job seeking advice to be found in the Twittersphere coming from job search experts. These job search experts often offer their expertise in daily (and sometimes hourly) job search tips- all in the gestalt of 140 characters or less. Heres our pick of some of the most helpful job search experts to follow on Twitter. (Already have a job and looking for more general career advice? Check out our list of 15 Career Experts to Follow on Twitter.)Miriam Salpeter, keppie_careersThe author of Social Networking for Business Success, Miriam Salpeter is a social media mentor and strategist. She helps people learn how to market themselves to attract clients- and jobs.Michelle A Riklan, resumewomanRiklan is a professional resume writer and career coach. Her resume writing prowess guarantees that your job application wont end up at the bottom of a hiring managers pile.Abby Kohut, absolutely_abbyAbby Kohut has taken her desire to educate one million job seekers to the road- literally. The Absolutely Abbys Job Search Success Tour is meant to inspire others to find work that they love and help them correct mistakes they might be making in the job search process.Susan P. Joyce, JobHuntOrgIt can be a jungle out there in the job hunting world, but Susan P. Joyce knows how to survive. In fact, shes dedicated her career to teaching job seekers how to conduct safe and smart job searches, such as cluing people in as to why they shouldnt give up on Facebook for their job search.Alexandra Levit, alevitThe workplace author (and occasional author) bridges the gap between people who are looking to find and persevere in jobs that are important to them while helping organizations build better relationships with todays top talent.Heather Huhman, heatherhuhmanWhether youre a pa rt of richtung X, Gen Y, or even a baby boomer, everyone can use a little job search guidance. Career expert and founder and president of content marketing/PR firm Come Recommended, Heather Huhman guides job seekers to find jobs of any level.Alison Doyle, AlisonDoyle The Balances job search expert, Doyle writes articles on topics such as job searching and employment issues that cater to those who are currently looking for work. She even pens on-point career advice for her column as well.Erin Kennedy, ErinKennedyCPRWIn addition to crafting killer resumes, Erin Kennedys professional resume service offers networking tips and the best way to create a LinkedIn profile that is sure to get the notice of hiring managers.Robyn Greenspan, RobynGreenspanAs a well-known Huffington Post blogger, Robyn Greenspan is a widely recognized (and respected) career and job search expert. She offers tips on her Twitter feed and tweets out tons of great job searching content.Eve Tahmincioglu, careerdivaEve Tahmincioglou is the director of communications for Families and Work Institute and columnist for MSNBCs Your Career. She has the cool distinction of being named one of the top 10 career tweeters on Twitter by CNN.The next time youre scanning Twitter for the latest in celebrity gossip and to check out your friends latest musings, take a look at these job search and career experts. Who knows- their latest 140-character tweet might lead to job search success.Readers, do you have any favorite job search experts on Twitter? Let us know in the comments section below

Renewable Energys Efficiency Tool

Renewable Energys Efficiency Tool Renewable Energys Efficiency Tool Renewable Energys Efficiency ToolRenewable energys inroads into the United States and other developed countries is well-known, but it also is gaining traction in the developing world. Renewable energy zones in southern and eastern Africa, developed in coordination with the International Renewable Energy Agency, promotes renewable energy development backed by the governments of 19 countries. But identifying the most efficient sites for generation and transmission to load centers can be challenging, which is where a newly developed planning tool promises to increase efficiencies.Kenyas $680-million Lake Turkana wind project, for instance, will generate 310 MW, making it eastern Africas biggest power project. But the project suffers from its remoteness. Its 350 Vestas wind turbines are installed and operational but remain idle because of delays in construction of its 438-kilometer transmission line that will deliver the electricity to Suswa, near Nairobi. The government recently announced the line will not be operational until 2018.Transmission lines and interconnections take longer to build than the turbine farm even without delays. Such issues may have been identified early in the planning process using MapRE, or Multicriteria Analysis for Planning Renewable Energy, saving potentially millions of dollars.Example of the MapRE resources showing wind power density in East Africa. namen Lawrence Berkeley LaboratoryMost renewable energy projects are developer driven, says Ranjit Deshmukh, one of MapREs developers and now a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. If developers are given the right information, they can identify hotspots of wind and solar resources.Those sweet spots dont always take into account other details of the project, such as the distance from the generating station to the load center and the time it takes to build a projects components. A transmission interconnectio n can take as long or longer than three to five years to build, says Deshmukh. A renewable energy project can be built within a year.Deshmukh points out that the ideal site for a renewable energy project may not be where the sun or wind is most consistent. Other multiple criteria should be considered, including distance to the load center and population density, demand, and wind speed. Environmental and a number of social parameters should be included in decision making. A project could be more efficient and economical if it is built where the sun or wind are not optimal, but closer to where the power is needed. But having the data is the biggest impediment to such an exercise, he says.MapRE provides the data to make better decisions. Deshmukh says he and co-developer Grace Wu at the University of California, Berkeley, spent two years collecting data sets on economic, environmental and other issues for 21 African countries participating in the East Africa and Southern African power pools, talking to utilities and other stakeholders. The tools include items such as wind speeds, timing, and other physical factors such as solar insulation.Used together, planners can identify what Deshmukh calls no regrets sites that are accessible and have low cost and limited impact. Wu, Deshmukh and their colleagues published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the African work, finding that many countries possess energy development potential many times the projected demand. They argue for regional interconnections, noting the most competitive wind and solar resources are spatially uneven. Regional interconnections planned around strategic siting opportunities are crucial for realizing no-regrets wind and solar energy development that can be competitive with conventional generation in African countries.In Africa, Deshmukh points to estimates that show current electricity generation must triple by 2030. Renewables have a place and even an advantage in meeting those needs. Using the tool, he and the papers authors conclude Multicriteria assessment of wind and solar potential for large regions of Africa shows how economically competitive and low-environmental-impact renewable resources can significantly contribute to meeting this demand.Additionally, interconnections and selecting wind sites to match demand reduce the need for South African Power Pool-wide conventional generation capacity by 9.5% in a high-wind scenario, resulting in a 620% cost savings, depending on the avoided conventional technology.Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Kenya now are using MapRE, says Deshmukh, and it is moving to other regions as well. The World Bank is using MapRE in Vietnam to add more solar power to the countrys grid, and the European Climate Fund is using it in a study to find alternatives to a fossil-fuel plant in Bangladesh.One of the goals with the World Bank is to reach out and put tools into the planning process, he says. It has been geared m ainly toward planners, policy makers or regulators.The developers note that the open-source tool emphasizes utility-level solar or wind zones, although the spatial models could be used for off-the-grid development. It also includes a set of geographic information systems script tools for renewable energy zoning, allowing customization of a zoning analysis.Deshmukh says the next step is to make the tools easier to use online. He says MapRE, while developed for use in the developing world, can also be used in the U.S. or elsewhere. Wu is now working on an iteration specifically for California where local regulations promote renewable power but siting complications show a lot of time and money wasted in the process, he says. For Further DiscussionOne of the goals with the World Bank is to reach out and put tools into the planning process.Ranjit Deshmukh, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory