Many major firms have experienced layoffs or implemented hiring freezes, and unemployment rates have crept higher and higher. Everywhere you go it seems … Read more
The 10 Ways Recruiters Prevent Their Own Placements
As long as you’re in your own way,everything seems to be in your way. We should have a recording with those words of wisdom whenever recruiters try … Read more
Little People: Parvum Sed Potens
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a professor of education at Harvard University, believes that respect is the single most important ingredient in creating … Read more
The Recruiting Business Is Dead
Lately, we have seen article after article about the demise of the permanent placement/search as we know it. We remember seeing the same types of articles … Read more
Zero-Based Hiring: How to Make Hiring a Business Process
If you’re not consistently seeing or hiring enough top people, it might be time to evaluate everything you’re now doing from a different … Read more
EEOC Compliant?
If I hear one more person tell me their materials are EEOC compliant, I think I’m going to throw up! Time after time, people tell me this or that … Read more
Dreaming? A Success Story About What Could Be, Part 2
Recruiting is essentially a response to supply-chain problem. There is demand for new or more employees. There is a supply of potential candidates, which … Read more
A Global Workforce Calls For a Global Database
An annual survey by iLogos Research, now in its sixth year, reveals that in 2003, 94% of the Global 500 maintains a corporate careers website. The near … Read more
Coaching: The Lost Art of Recruiting
Recruiters want more influence over their clients and candidates. This type of coaching is a worthy objective. The reasons are obvious: more placements, … Read more
Delivering a Balanced Employment Brand Experience
Beyond balancing the unlimited creativity and seductiveness of the Internet lies the challenge of delivering on and perpetuating the promise of the … Read more