The SHRM conference was a great opportunity to get out there and many meet HR professionals, company representatives and other professionals from the career space. According to CollegeRecruiter.com, this year’s conference had about 11,000 to 12,000 attendees – nearly twice the amount that attended the year before. This could be a great sign for hiring, company growth and of course the economy.

Thanks to all those who stopped by the Glassdoor booth to take a guess at the number of jelly beans in the tower for a chance to win an iPad – we’ll be announcing the winner next week! Also we had a great time having a chance to introduce more people to Glassdoor and showcasing the resources available for employees, job seekers and employers on our site.

If you attended SHRM and didn’t have a chance to stop by and learn more about Glassdoor but have questions, send us an email at info@glassdoor.com or leave a comment here.  Or if you are interested in staying up to date with Glassdoor, follow us on Twitter @glassdoordotcom.

Congrats to the whole SHRM team for putting on such a great event – Looking forward to SHRM 2011 in Las Vegas!

#SHRM2010 – A Whirlwind Of A Success is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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You can follow what’s happening at NACE this year by logging on to Twitter and following Glassdoor (http://twitter.com/Glassdoordotcom) and if you send out any NACE-related status updates insert #NACE09 in your tweets in order to share with all those who are interested. Or, if you are attending the NACE conference, come stop by the Glassdoor booth (#421) and speak to us about what we have to offer and how we can help bridge the gap between students and HR/staffing professionals.

If you’re a student, check out some tips from Glassdoor that can help you get a job in this competitive hiring environment.

Are you attending NACE, let us know what stuck out to you at this event. What’s important for students to know? College Career Professionals? HR/ Recruiting Professionals?

College Career Services Connect on Twitter and in person with HR/Staffing Professionals is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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In addition, Apple enthusiasts are all abuzz with the latest flurry of product announcements stemming from today’s events, highlights included: 

• The new iPhone 3GS – S for “speed” -will have faster mobile Web connectivity and video-capture software.
• Large price cut on the solid-state-drive version of the MacBook Air, which was dropping from $2,500 to $1,800
• Snow Leopard gets a ship date of September 2009 

But despite working for a well-liked creative and cutting-edge CEO, what’s the cost to the engineers responsible for helping bring these products and others to market? We have included below some recent commentary from a variety of Apple software and hardware engineers that speaks to pressure and other workplace factors they have been up against to remain highly competitive in today’s tech environment. Over and over we find that one of the most common complaints about working at Apple are the long hours and the challenge to maintain work/life balance. 

Here are some noteworthy examples of engineer gripes about working at Apple: 

Just this past week a Senior Software Engineer in Cupertino commented that Apple is a huge disappointment. “Working 7 days a week makes people’s total output go DOWN. Set the right weekly milestones and have people go home and recharge on the weekends. They will get MORE done every week.” 

“Great company but long hours,” -Senior Hardware engineer 

Another Software Engineer suggests to senior management: “Value your employees more, try to keep them from getting burned out. They are not always replaceable.” 

“Many departments, and their VP’s, directors, and managers have unrealistic expectations of their employees. Particularly on the hardware engineering side of Infinite Loop (buildings 5 and 6), people get driven very hard and are regularly expected to work weekends.” Software Engineer IV 

“Apple is very secretive. It can be difficult to know what’s going on ahead of time, and then all of the sudden, you need to shift and adapt. Schedules are very rough and change a lot. Releases, and crunch-time seems omni-present. It can be overwhelming.” – Senior Software Engineer

Will Steve Job’s re-entry into Apple full time reinvigorate the engineers from possible burn out? Or will life at Apple continue to be full throttle? Stay tuned as we track engineer sentiment, Steve Job’s approval rating and Apple’s company satisfaction score.

Apple’s WWDC buzzing over Jobs’ Rumors is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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