Remember when recruiters spent Mondays fielding calls prompted by help-wanted ads in the Sunday paper? It wasn’t that long ago — not even a … Read more
Is Google Preparing To Make A Hard Move To Semantic Search?
Imagine being able to go to Google and typing, “List software developers within 25 miles of Mountain View, CA” and instead of a host of links, … Read more
Five Reasons To Think Differently About Sources Of Hire
Every single time I write about sources of hire, a little red siren goes off in my head with a robotic voice saying, “WARNING: Actual results may … Read more
Cost-Per-Hire Is Now a New HR Standard
For the first time in the history of the profession, human resource practitioners now have a uniform way to measure and compare one of the oldest … Read more
The New Age of Recruiting Spammers
I definitely echo the sentiments of people who say that recruitment is like sales; however not with the side-effects that it brings to the table. After … Read more
Four Advantages To Capturing Candidates in the Cloud
Software is dead – long live the cloud! For years technology insiders have been declaring the death of traditional software. We’re bumping up against that … Read more
Job Growth in February: 3rd Straight Month Adding 200,000 Plus Jobs
The U.S. created 227,000 new jobs in February, exceeding what economists predicted and adding to the optimism that the economy is on the mend. The … Read more
The Value Of Differentiation, From Razors To Sourcers
If you’ve seen me recently, you may have noticed that I’m not as clean cut as my avatar may suggest. It’s still winter and besides a cup … Read more
Bing, Google Going Head-to-Head On The Search Transparency Front
Search results are important, especially to those who spend an inordinate time sitting in front of the blinking cursor on their favorite search engine, … Read more
Do Your Own Job: I’m Not Your Researcher, Sourcer or Contact Database
Quite frequently I get contacted by people searching for something or someone. Normally, I don’t mind that. Actually sometimes it is flattering that … Read more