Many recruiters get it all wrong! They put major effort into finding great candidates but they almost universally leave out one of the most important … Read more
Managers Are Responsible for the Recruiting Process
Last week I said there were 6 qualities that had to exist before an organization could say it had a world class staffing function. I covered point number … Read more
Recruiters’ Paradox: Use Relationship Recruiting to Get the Very Best
In the first part of this series I introduced the recruiters paradox. The Paradox is that unemployed / malcontents are the easiest people to recruit but … Read more
World-Class Staffing? How Would You Know?
We all talk about creating a world class staffing function, Yet how many of us have any guidelines for setting up such a function? Would we know a world … Read more
Recruiters’ Paradox: Recruiters That Rely on Resumes Miss the Best Candidates!
World class recruiters find “names” rather than resumes Make a note ? Recruiters that rely on resumes miss the best candidates! Why is that? … Read more
School-To-Careers: Alternative Ways to Source Candidates
I don’t know how many recruiters look beyond the requisitions they have in front of them. Unfortunately, I think it’s probably a small number. … Read more
Getting It All Wrong – The Recruiter’s Paradox!
When recruiters ask managers to describe their “perfect candidate” to recruit they usually describe them something like this: They are a top … Read more
Bringing Out the Best in College Hires
High-tech companies have long been known for their aggressive recruiting efforts on engineering college and university campuses. The brightest stars from … Read more
Search Engine and Directory Update: Gather the Hordes
Yahoo! Clubs and Excit[ing] Communities Everyone wants to be a portal-those entre?s to the Web where everyone begins and ends their surfing. As AOL … Read more
Quality Per Hire Vs. Cost Per Hire
Most of us who are involved in recruiting focus on the concept of cost per hire. We all want to hire great candidates at the lowest possible cost. Average … Read more