While no official is willing to publicly say the economy is on the upswing, I am predicting that we are now on the rebound from our economic doldrums. June … Read more
Metrics for Dummies
Much has been written about metrics of late, and I fully agree that this subject is long overdue. Recruiting is probably the last business operation within … Read more
How To Recruit Innovative, Outside-the-Box People
Managers and recruiters often complain that they only see bland candidates. They say they’re desperate to hire innovative people, but that they just … Read more
How You Present Candidates Matters
As many of you know, I advocate a Six Sigma process methodology for hiring. This requires formal processes, procedures, and metrics at each step in the … Read more
One-Test Wonders: “Single Assessment” Solutions
Over the past few years, we’ve spent a lot of time assisting many different types of organizations select and deploy a variety of staffing assessment … Read more
How Great Recruiters Get Great Recruiter Equity
Tom S. is an outstanding recruiter. More than 80% of all the candidates he sends to managers get offers. Although he has been at his company for five … Read more
Are You One of Us, Or One of Them?
In that difficult period in your youth, where you’re old enough to move about but not yet old enough to be trusted to stay at home alone, you … Read more
Is Your Recruiting Process Like the Typewriter?
Over the past decade, the process of recruiting has gone through a dramatic evolution through the use of database technology and the Internet. Though most … Read more
Hiring To Hurt: How It’s Done (Part 2)
As we saw in Part 1 of this two-part article series, many HR professionals in general ó and recruiters in particular ó act as though they are … Read more
Using Metrics to Create a Six Sigma Hiring Process
If everybody does what everybody else does, it’s a safe bet to predict that everybody will get average results. The key to success is to do something … Read more