Randall Birkwood – Ere Media API

Randall Birkwood

Randall Birkwood is a former director of recruiting at T-Mobile USA, Cisco Systems, and Microsoft Corporation, and HR at Intermec Technologies. While at T-Mobile his organization was listed in an ERE article as a top 10 benchmark firm in recruiting and talent management. He has been an advisory speaker at General Electric and AT&T for VPs and directors of HR, and spoken at a number of conferences in the U.S. and UK. He was the subject of a cover story on the "War For Talent" in Internet World Magazine.

The 17 Things to Think About Before Picking an Applicant Tracking System

Randall BirkwoodMay 21, 2013

You post, you tweet, you activate social media, yet all the work you do to attract talent can go to waste if your applicant tracking system is too … Read more

Avoid the Yugo Trap and Identify Your Culture

Randall BirkwoodMarch 26, 2013

Remember the Yugo? Yugos were cars built in the old Yugoslavia, in the 1980s. They were sold solely based on their low price. More than 100,000 cars were … Read more

Hires That Will Transform Your Company

Randall BirkwoodJanuary 17, 2013

You have staffed your team with all the right people: they graduated from top universities, worked at leading companies, stayed at each company the … Read more

Find the Best Candidates Faster

Randall BirkwoodMay 2, 2012

The most important part of the recruiting process is the recruiter’s initial meeting with the hiring manager. With the right approach you can save an … Read more

Our Most Effective Source of Hire

Randall BirkwoodApril 5, 2012

We started measuring quality of hire a couple of years ago. What started out as a simple exercise to see how we were doing turned into an interesting … Read more

Recruiter Incentives: It’s Time for a Change

Randall BirkwoodJanuary 31, 2006

“Recruiters should get paid for what they produce!” These are the words of a trailblazer in the corporate recruiting world, Michael Homula. For … Read more

Recruiter Incentives: Are They Helping or Harming Clients?

Randall BirkwoodNovember 8, 2005

The phone rang in my office a few months ago. When I picked it up, a male voice asked, “How are you today?” Even before he identified himself, … Read more

Talent Suitability

Randall BirkwoodAugust 18, 2005

I recently came to the realization that we emphasize all the wrong habits in staffing. We are rewarded and compensated for finding hotshots in the shortest … Read more

Communicating Your Strategic Value to Hiring Managers

Randall BirkwoodNovember 16, 2004

Changes are coming to our profession, changes that mean your job may no longer be safe ó unless you can prove your business value to your customers. … Read more