Jane had just completed an exhausting week with her team. They had spent three days locked up in a conference room mapping out their recruiting processes, … Read more
Making the Most of Recruitment Form Letters
My sister, a lighting decorator, recently went through the interview process with a lighting company. After submitting her resume she received an … Read more
Assumed Intimacy
We are in the influence-peddling business. God knows, with the limited authority granted HR/staffing, influencing is usually our only hope of affecting and … Read more
Improve Your Internal Brand: Don’t Outsource the High-Level Jobs
During tough times, recruiters need to do all they can to improve their internal image among senior managers and budget-cutting CFOs. Unfortunately, most … Read more
Avoiding the Overdone
Recruitment advertising can often be characterized as the inability to distinguish one employer from another. Despite research that has shown us that … Read more
Who Took the “Comp” Out of Competencies?
You should hear the garbage associated with competencies. Some people define them as trainable, others make them up from scraps of nice-sounding terms, … Read more
The Art of Credibility
Recruiters… Go to the closest mirror, take a look ó not a quick look, a good hard look ó and ask yourself this question: Am I credible? … Read more
All Quiet On the Campus Front? It Shouldn’t Be
Although the slow economy, slumping stock market and uncertain future have led to a slowdown in campus recruiting, we must be fleet of foot because things … Read more
There Is Such Thing as a Stupid Question!
Now come on, tell the truth: you know there’s such a thing as a stupid question! We’ve all cringed at one time or another listening to one of … Read more
Recruiting Technology: Managing the Battle Within
Imagine that last year your company spent hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) of dollars to overhaul the technology platform that supports the … Read more