Recruiters remain overwhelmed with resumes and candidate applications; perhaps even more so now that the economy has improved a bit. But these same … Read more
Dukes v. Wal-Mart: Lessons for Recruiters
In late June of 2004, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California certified a large class-action case involving workplace … Read more
Understanding Time-To-Hire Metrics: Can Time To Fill Be Too Low?
Time to hire is one of the most frequently used metrics for evaluating staffing functions. Usually measured in days, time to hire broadly reflects the … Read more
What Are the Best HR Metrics for a Large Organization?
As a recognized expert in the area of HR metrics, I’ve had the opportunity to advise numerous large firms on what HR metrics they ought to be … Read more
Why Job Branding Is More Important Than Employer Branding
What’s all the fuss? Hiring top people isn’t as tough as most recruiters and hiring managers make it out to be. Job branding is the key. But … Read more
How Many Toes Can Your Organization Afford To Lose?
In the U.S. there’s a phrase that goes, “shooting yourself in the foot.” I suppose it started with some uncoordinated cowboy firing his … Read more
ATS and Assessment: Where Are We Headed?
Although it is happening a bit more slowly than many of us would have liked, the worlds of applicant tracking and assessment are slowly beginning to … Read more
Are You As Good? Why Retained Search Often Wins
Paul Smith, the EVP of marketing at XYZ Company, placed a call to Jeremy Jones at around 5:00 p.m. on a Thursday. Jeremy was a long-time acquaintance and … Read more
Building a Better ATS: Buyers vs. Users
Few people nowadays would disagree that recruiting is a business-critical function. Accepting that maxim would naturally lead to the conclusion that the … Read more
Recruiting Questions From Hell: Sourcing and Other Areas of Employment
Part 1 of this article series covered recruiting “questions From hell” that related to the overall effectiveness of the employment function. … Read more