It’s clear that internships are an integral part of a college recruiting program, which is in turn a crucial part of an organization’s … Read more
Looking in the Windows
Traffic to your corporate website contains sub-groups of potentially valuable candidates. Job seekers, of course, visit with a clear mission in mind. In … Read more
Are You Really Using Resume Databases?
I recently met with a prospective client about Internet Sourcing. She is in charge of the sourcing function for all of the recruiters at her company. Her … Read more
They Just Don’t Get It: Part 2
In Part 1, we discussed the relative strengths and weaknesses of techie tests. In this part we’ll examine the personality test vendors and the … Read more
What Do You Really Know About What You Do? It’s All in the Numbers!
Here are a few questions I ask recruiters. In my experience, only a handful of them could answer the questions with any degree of confidence. Some could … Read more
Candidates Are Not Passive, Although Recruiters May Be!
We all seem fascinated with the term “Passive Candidate.” It has become every recruiter’s favorite topic for the last four years. They … Read more
One-Day Hiring Made Easy: Part II
What Is One-Day Hiring? One-day hiring is a deliberate strategy for improving both the quality and the number of hires by making hiring decisions on top … Read more
Be a Buyer, Not a Seller
Recruiting is the single most important part of the hiring process. It’s not something you do at the end of an interview: it starts the moment you … Read more
A Student’s View of Time
We’re all very busy these days and rarely does anyone get to everything on the daily “to do” list. However, we all know that in … Read more
Are Your Hiring Managers Making You Look Bad?
I often hear complaints from recruiters about hiring managers. Hiring managers can indeed be very difficult and hard to please. Some times a requisition is … Read more