(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
Making Great Offers Without Much Money: Non-Monetary Offers
Many managers complain that during tough economic times it is difficult to give candidates the “big money” that it takes to get them to say … Read more
Good Interviewing: It’s All About Style
Most interviewers overvalue a candidate’s ability to get the job, rather than do the job. In the first five to ten minutes of an interview, first … Read more
Which Candidates Are Better?
I recently participated as a panelist at a workshop that focused on recruitment and online recruitment. A very interesting question was brought up: Are … Read more
Electronic vs. Human Relationships: Why Not?
For some recruiters, times are still good. They have positions to fill and more qualified people than they have had for years. Once again people are … Read more
Multi-lingual Internet Recruiting
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