At the SHRM conference in San Francisco this week over 19 individual sessions and workshops were related to employee selection, staffing, and retention. … Read more
Your University Recruiting Program: Now’s the Time to Take Stock
Corporate recruiters could take note from the way university recruiting programs are often reassessed and fine-tuned. Each year, university recruiters take … Read more
Hiring Advice for Small Businesses
Smaller firms need talent also, but they normally have more limited resources and recruiting expertise than larger firms. If you are a small business … Read more
Help! The Budget’s Gone, But I Still Need to Recruit
How times have changed! A year ago our heads were spinning. We had so many open requisitions, managers to support, and candidates to contact that we would … Read more
Building a Winning Employer Brand
Historically, recruiting has been a very reactionary and somewhat circular discipline. You identify job openings, fill them as quickly and cheaply as … Read more
The Two-Minute Search Drill
The successful Internet sourcer knows it’s not where you search, but how you search that really matters. I could be searching the same database or … Read more
It’s Time to Audit Your ASP
A little while ago I was talking with someone heading the research department of a large recruiting ASP. As I asked a few questions about the methodology … Read more
How to Interview a Veteran
Is there any special way to interview a person who is just coming out of the military? Here are a few items to consider: This person may have great skills, … Read more
The Retention Riddle, or Who Owns Retention and Why?
Keeping a company’s workforce has somehow become a job for recruiters in many organizations. I happen to think that’s scapegoating – … Read more
Recruiting In Any Economy: The New Business Reality
(SCENE: A Boardroom, corporate or agency, not unlike one you have been in recently) “…and without any further delay, let me introduce the Man … Read more