The most important aspect to gaining advantage from your network, is to never miss an opportunity to use it. To do this you must manage your network, just … Read more
Replace the Resume with A Resume-less Recruiting System
Organizations that try to use resumes to screen candidates quickly discover that they do not adequately represent a person’s career or ability. How … Read more
The Money Game
Not all of us can earn Bill Gates’ salary. But, many prospective candidates we speak with sure seem to want to try. So when you’ve got them on … Read more
Resumes Stink, Start Asking For A Portfolio
Recruiters have been “placing ads and reading resumes” for decades. As an HR professor I get to review hundreds of resumes and I never have … Read more
Are You A Networker? Or Are You Just Bothering People: Building Your Network
You may have just come into the business, and want to get started building your network. Or, you may have been in the business for years, have a pile of … Read more
An Unrecruited Pool of Candidates Lies All Around You: Here are 6 Tips on Tapping It
A significant percentage of college graduates spend the first few years after graduation in a sort of never-never land. Rather than seek a job right away, … Read more
Selecting Your Employment Strategy
Imagine the head of the function that has one of the most strategic impacts on the business not even having a name for their own business strategy? Many … Read more
Are You A Networker? Or Are You Just Bothering People?
Several years ago I was giving a seminar on job search techniques at an outplacement center that was supporting a recent, and dramatic lay-off at a major … Read more
What’s It Take To Be A Winning Recruiter Today?
The workforce is constantly changing. The economic conditions and demographics have changed significantly in the past 10 years. I had dinner with some … Read more
Selecting Your Employment Strategy: Possible Suggestions
Imagine the head of the function that has one of the most strategic impacts on the business not even having a name for their own business strategy? Many … Read more