The skills that once defined a corporate recruiter are no longer sufficient ó and are in some cases not even relevant to the needs organizations … Read more
Best Recruiting Practices from the World’s Most Business-like Recruiting Function, Part 2
This is Part 2 in my case study profiling the benchmark recruiting best practices and strategies of the Valero Energy Corporation. After a lengthy study … Read more
Understand How Your Customers Buy Before You Start Selling to Them
Let me make a few points about sourcing: Sourcing good candidates requires a consumer market-driven attitude at every single step in the recruiting and … Read more
What’s Hot and What’s Not in 2005?
The economy, the Internet, and the younger generation of employees entering the job market have all profoundly changed what recruiters do and where they … Read more
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on The Recruiting Industry
We’ve all been touched in some way by Hurricane Katrina, the worst domestic natural disaster in our lifetime. Ripple effects in our economy and our … Read more
How a Former CEO Built A World-Class Recruiting Department
This is a case study profiling the benchmark recruiting best practices and strategies of the Valero Energy Corporation. After a lengthy study that began in … Read more
The Essential Elements of Every Great Hire
As I get ready for another great ER Expo in Boston (September 28-29, 2005) and a chance to meet old friends and make new ones, some big recruiting … Read more
Honesty in Recruiting: Corporate Asset or Quaint Throwaway?
Over the last few weeks, there has been fervent discussion (both at ERE and elsewhere) around the topic of ethics in recruiting as a result of Dr. John … Read more
The Evolution of Recruitment Agencies
While some us feared that recruitment agencies would disappear because of the Internet, networking, job boards, referral, and corporate websites, they are … Read more
Assessing Employee Referral Programs: A Checklist
By now, everyone has heard the praises on employee referral programs and how they can produce outstanding results with regards to cost, speed, and quality … Read more