Often we see articles about recruiting passive candidates. The perception is that active candidates are not as desirable as their working counterparts. … Read more
The ROI of Social Media: Branding, Not So Much For Sourcing
Jody Ordioni wrote a prescient view about the ROI of social recruiting which posted Monday morning. Monday night I discovered first hand just how prescient … Read more
Why Is It So Difficult To Find Good Sourcers?
I’ve covered this in various forms over the last few years, but I’m going to be explicit right now. From my viewpoint as a current hybrid of Sourcer and … Read more
Five Things I’ve Learned From Sourcing as I Depart SourceCon
The last ever dolphins message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double backward somersault through a hoop whilst … Read more
LinkedIn Recruiter Unveils New Look, Candidate Matching Feature
Sporting a new look and with some new features — including a recommendation engine that ‘learns’ the kind of people a recruiter most want … Read more
Who Will Win the War for Resume 2.0? Ten Visual Resume Tools Reviewed
Before it was easy to build your own blog, before Facebook was hot, before the ability to tweet a message to the world…getting your skills and … Read more
4 Tips to Better Recruit Tech Talent With Google+
Nowadays, just about everyone is plugged into Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. These social channels have opened up a completely new way for recruiters and … Read more
Big Slowdown in Hiring Last Month With Only 88,000 Jobs Created; SHRM Sees Improvement This Month
It is not going to be a good day in the financial markets. The government this morning reported that March saw only 88,000 non-farm jobs added to the U.S. … Read more
CareerBuilder Forecast: Companies Expect to Hire Fewer Workers
Hiring is slowing from last year, and the trend is predicted to continue at least through the rest of the first half of the year, says a new report from … Read more
More Employee-referral Companies Are on the Way
Glassdoor’s competitive analytics isn’t the only recent launch or update in the world of recruiting and human resources technology. There are … Read more