You just filled that really hard-to-fill position with a proven high-performing passive candidate. Even better, you took the candidate from your … Read more
Getting Started With Metrics
article by Dr. John Sullivan & Master Burnett When staffing leaders are polled about key issues facing the staffing function, one of the top items … Read more
10 Recruiting Initiatives You Must Start Immediately
No matter where you are in the world or what industry you’re in, no matter how big or small you are, and no matter what types of positions … Read more
2005 Online Screening and Assessment Survey Results
article by Charles A. Handler & Mark C. Healy In both 2003 and 2004, Rocket-Hire released findings from a survey of ERE readers who use online hiring … Read more
Simple Recruiting
There is a question I have been posing to recruiters all over the world that is evoking some interesting answers: What is the simplest recruiting model you … Read more
Close the Deal and Land the Candidate
When it comes to closing the deal and making a hire, a miss is as good as a mile. Furthermore, if you buy into John Sullivan’s philosophy that there … Read more
A New Twist On An Old Threat – The Third Party Counteroffer
While we are all familiar with the standard counteroffer given by a candidate’s current employer, I think less are familiar with the concept of a … Read more
Why Recruiters Don’t Work Out
There are key reasons why recruiters don’t work out. The net effect of any of these reasons is poor results: MEDIOCRE PRODUCTION, TURNOVER, and … Read more
Turndowns and Falloffs
After every recession, the power pendulum swings away from the employer and toward the candidate. Employees who have endured less than ideal working … Read more
It’s Not My Fault
Reader Steve Portman wrote, “I keep reading in The Fordyce Letter and hearing from my colleagues that business is rebounding. Our assignment flow is … Read more