The long-rumored sale of employment publisher Monster could become a reality following news today the company is seeking “strategic … Read more
The Sourcer’s Role for Recruiting Women in Technical Fields
I caught an interesting study courtesy of our sister publication ERE.net called Solutions to Recruit Technical Women (PDF download) from the Anita Borg … Read more
Which Industries Are LinkedIn Users In? Majority Are In Higher Ed, IT, Financial Services, & Retail
LinkedIn is still a major player when it comes to finding and sourcing potential employees. But among those 150 million users, who is highly represented on … Read more
Facebook Following Google, Adding Real-Time Analytics To Pages
If you’re a big time Google Analytics fan like I am, you know that last year they added real-time analytics to their popular web analytics service. … Read more
Should Your Job Title Really Be “Phisher”?
If you are one of those recruiters that uses a keyword search resume bot in conjunction with a mass email to every result that gets returned, you are NOT a … Read more
And The New Editor of SourceCon is…
I know many of our readers have been waiting with bated breath for this announcement. You’ve been clicking refresh on your browser. Or perhaps … Read more
Referrals, Job Boards Dominate While Social Media Lags in Latest Sources of Hire Report
After two years of looking internally to fill vacancies, companies in 2011 again began to hire new workers, relying on referrals and job boards for nearly … Read more
Relationships: Your Ticket to Recruiting Success
What’s the common denominator in successful organizations? Access to the right talent when and where it’s needed. But even with a large pool of unemployed … Read more
SourceCon: The Ultimate Talent Community
When I try to explain SourceCon (the conference) to the uninitiated, it sounds rather geeky and strange. A bunch of us recruiting types get together to … Read more
The Sourcing Body
I am not #SourceCon. We all are. As someone who has been in sourcing for nearly a decade now, I’ve watched the function ebb and flow through … Read more