There’s probably not a week (or maybe even a day) that goes by in which we don’t read about how technology will help you in your business, whether it be a … Read more
Post a Job This Week? Your Hire Has Probably Already Applied
The early bird catches the worm. Mom and Grammy knew that, as did the English four centuries ago. Hardly a surprise, then, that a study of 6,600 hires … Read more
On Facebook, Home Depot Is an Open Book as it Expands its Recruitment Branding
Home Depot has quietly been expanding its use of Facebook in online games and recruitment advertising on people’s profiles, meanwhile operating with … Read more
RIP – Announcing the Death of the Corporate Careers Website
Five years ago someone asked if the adoption of social networks would lead to the demise of job boards. It was a great question, one that forced a number … Read more
Research Firm Ranks Sites That Best Meet Student Expectations
When it comes to meeting the recruitment expectations of American college students, the hands-down winner is German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Of the … Read more
Santa to Recruiters: Are You Naughty or Nice to Candidates?
What do Santa Claus and job seekers have in common? Neither gets much respect from recruiters. Three months after applying to the last of the 100 Best … Read more
Referrals Lead; Social Media Thrives; Job Boards Survive as Hiring Source
Job boards are far from dead. For the second consecutive year, internal transfers and promotions were the primary source of hire. A quarter of the … Read more
And the Award for Best Candidate Experience Goes To…
If you don’t care a whit about candidate experience, then you aren’t likely to be much interested in being recognized for it. For everyone … Read more
Pointing the Way to the Candidate Experience
What does “Candidate Experience” mean? That would seem to be an easy question. But try it and you quickly see how tricky it is to answer. The … Read more
Overlooking Mobile, How Many Candidates Are Passing You By?
I was recently sitting on a commuter train in the Chicago area enjoying what turned out to be a record blizzard for the area. Looking around I could see … Read more