“You eat what you kill!” That was the way my compensation program was explained to me by my manager on my first day in the agency business back … Read more
If Hiring Is #1, Workforce Planning Must Be #2
The following are the results of a survey taken by over 100 hiring managers and 200 recruiters. How would you have answered the questions? After you read … Read more
How and When To Outsource Recruitment
There are a few things in life that just never fail to give people the willies ó you know, those butterflies in the stomach that scream, “Hey, … Read more
Incorporating “Personality” Into the Hiring Process
Before we start, I want to emphasize that there is no generally accepted definition of personality among professionals. Since nature abhors a vacuum, … Read more
The Future of Recruiting, Part 5: Metrics Dominate Decision Making in Recruiting
Most recruiting departments currently get by with a minimal use of metrics ó and the metrics that they do utilize are insignificant from the … Read more
10 Ways to Avoid Paying Search Fees
The easy performance improvements are over. As the hiring market recovers, corporate recruiting departments will be called upon to handle more work with … Read more
The Value of Person-Organization Fit
You don’t have to have been hanging around the world of hiring too long to have been exposed to discussions about how well an individual … Read more
Internal Talent Relationship Management
For the past few years, companies have had a relatively easy time retaining and recruiting employees in less specialized positions in finance, marketing, … Read more
Building a Better ATS, Part 4: Vendor Differentiation
Applicant tracking systems have, since their inception, followed a one-size-fits-all model. Originally this was a sensible strategy, since the market was … Read more
The Future Of Recruiting, Part 4: Websites Shift to the CRM Model
In last week’s article, Part 3 of this series on the future of recruiting, I examined the strategies that firms will use in Internet recruiting in … Read more