Internet recruiting is global, and therefore multi-lingual, by nature. Japan, Germany, and China all have a large number of users, and the Spanish-speaking … Read more
Spice Up Your Application Forms: Add a Sales Sheet
Many firms use application forms for walk-in applicants. Unfortunately, most application forms were designed in the dark ages. Most current application … Read more
The Dating Game
You might think of hiring as just another job activity, but it is really very much like a dating game, where each party tries to learn as much about the … Read more
Recruiting In Any Economy: The New Candidate
Whether you are an agency recruiter or a corporate recruiter, the candidates you will be dealing with during this economic down cycle (at least a down … Read more
Just the FAQs Ma’am: More Questions for an RFP
In Part One of this two-part series, I offered some guidelines in preparing questions to include in Applicant Tracking System requests for proposals … Read more
Stealth Recruiting at Non-Recruiting (Passive) Events
As any good hunter would tell you, you’re unlikely to bag the best game when you’re hunting with a large group of hunters who are all … Read more
Look For The Motivated Candidates
These are some of the questions I’ve been asked recently: “How come I hire so many candidates who are competent and appear motivated during the … Read more
College-Hire Orientation and Assimilation: The Key to Productivity and Retention
At Applied Materials Corporations in California, new college graduates find themselves entering a rich program designed to help them become productive, … Read more
Will you marry me? Part II: The Commitment
The relationship between a customer and a system vendor can be complex, fulfilling, and occasionally disappointing ? not unlike, as I pointed out in Part 1 … Read more
Take Advantage of the Bear, Because the Bull is Coming
Three months ago I was sourcing for a very difficult position and was lucky to find two candidates who fit my specifications. I performed the same search … Read more