Managers hate being presented with a “stack” of resumes. One of any manager’s worst nightmares is when a recruiter drops off a … Read more
Employee Retention 2000 Follow Up
Thank you ERE Members for the excellent feedback and insight you provided me on Employee Retention. We can all learn from each other and immediately after … Read more
The Issue of Rapid Sourcing – 7 Ideas to Find People Fast
Need people yesterday? What do you do? Obviously, you should have a longer-term strategy to feed your sourcing needs. The elements of a long-term strategy … Read more
Counter the Counter Offer – Before It Is Given!
In horror movies, the lights go out, the thunder crashes, and the actor who we all refer to as “the idiot,” walks into the room where the sound … Read more
BPR?for Recruiters (First in a Multi-Part Series)
Strategic change within a corporation is prescribed in one of two situations: (1) things are going badly and modifications are necessary or (2) things are … Read more
A Holiday Work of Pure Fiction (Sort Of)
Dear Santa: I know it has been a while since I have written, about 35 years. But, I figured you used to listen to my requests and usually got me what I … Read more
Add Competitive Intelligence Gathering to Your Role as a Recruiter!
Many recruiters look at what they do in an extremely narrow perspective. One glaring example of this is the failure of most recruiters to realize that a … Read more
Santa’s Workshop Affected by Tight Labor Market
What a year it’s been! Every company has been affected in some way by the tight labor market and the growth of small companies focused on the … Read more
Never Lose a Candidate to Bureaucracy! Some Ideas on Streamlining Your Processes
Recruiter Bill found Candidate Joe around 3 PM on a Thursday afternoon as a result of an on-line search. He responded positively to the cold call and … Read more
Job Sites With a Clue Part 1 of 3
The latest estimates from NUA Surveys put the number of Internet users around the world at about 201 million. That’s a lot of people. In the US … Read more