College recruiting has long been a staple recruitment tool for entry-level hiring. Each semester, companies make the annual pilgrimage to recruit the top … Read more
Why Metrics Are Essential for Success in Recruiting
In a highly competitive world dominated by CFOs who want to cut your budget, it is no longer optional to demonstrate your value. Everyone is accountable! … Read more
Are You Just Hiring Volunteers? Overcoming Key Objections, Part 2
“We don’t have a volunteer army; we have a recruited army.” ?????? U.S. Army Staff Sergeant I don’t know specifically who said … Read more
How To Build a Compelling Employer Brand
When you make the effort to create a compelling employer brand, you save yourself the work of trying to convince candidates that you are an employer of … Read more
What’s Your Quality Assessment Capability?
More than ever, it seems, hiring managers are challenging recruiters on the quality of the candidates they are seeing. Perhaps it is the perception that … Read more
Tilting at Windmills, Part 2: Change Agents in Business
The first step in becoming a successful change agent in your world is to take your superman or superwoman costume, your Social Worker Cloak of Moral … Read more
Using Performance Profiles to Achieve Diversity and Affirmative Action Goals
There is a reason why the nation’s third largest law firm, Fisher & Phillips, heartily endorses the hiring tactics I’ve talked about in my … Read more
Improving the Recruiting Process in Hospitals and Beyond
Taking the extra step to improve your recruiting process can lead to great things in terms of achieving your company’s goals?? not to mention reaping … Read more
Screening Tests: What Can They Add?
I recently had a great opportunity to work with an international consulting firm. They wanted to hire about 2,000 to 2,500 new programmers in the coming … Read more
Ann’s Problem, Part 2: Your Thoughts
Last week I wrote a column that portrayed Ann, a recruiter who was discouraged because the hiring managers she dealt with consistently reported that the … Read more