It’s Monday. Again. Maybe this morning you woke up tired of the hunt. And even though thousands of new pages are added to the Web each day, … Read more
Recruiting as a Long-Cycle Process
It is a simple fact that there are shortages of people with good skills looking for jobs, and a REAL shortage of people with programming and other specific … Read more
Creative Searching
Complex search queries have their place, to be sure. But so, too, do the advanced search features of Alta Vista . Take a moment to think about what … Read more
Disabled but Not Unable
A well-selected workforce is essential to the running of a good business. Crains New York Business in “Giving disabled workers a new start” … Read more
How To Pick a Web-Site for Your Recruitment Ad
As in print publications, recruitment advertising on the Internet usually has several objectives. Obviously, the first and most important is to locate high … Read more
Recruiting & Turnover – Part II
Last week we discussed some theories of the causes of turnover. We referred to research done by Peter Hom and Rodger Griffeth. Many of you have asked for … Read more
The Two Rules of Searching
If you find that searching the Internet isn’t producing the candidates you want, maybe it’s time to change your ways. Let’s consider two … Read more
Recruiting from Welfare to Work Programs Part II of II
We are a society that lives by standard expectations, norms and procedures. You want a job-you write a resume, read the paper, network, fax, call, and … Read more
Turning Over Rocks … Without the Work
“Recruiters spend half their days searching for resumes and not doing the job for which they were hired: to recruit.” That’s the downside … Read more
Are Candidates Clicking?
Pssst. I’ve got a job for you. “Banners that whisper are more likely to be listened to than banners which shout.” That’s the view … Read more