An acquaintance recently applied for a job with a major firm. This person is a programmer with several years of experience and a work experience record … Read more
A Step-By-Step Guide to Improving Sourcing Performance
Today more than ever, professional recruiters must ensure they are maximizing results and increasing the efficiency of both sourcing (finding) and … Read more
“Contractors Need Not Apply!”
Well, that’s not exactly how the employment listing read, but words to that effect nonetheless. I would be understating my reaction if I said I was a … Read more
Predatory Hiring: The Best Hire Is Your Competitors’ Top Talent
Most salespeople spend a majority of their time trying to “steal customers” away from their competitors. Great recruiters also realize that the … Read more
Accommodating Cultural Differences
As companies diversify and the workplace expands to include people from various backgrounds, cultural differences among employees will become more … Read more
Artificial Intelligence: Making Hiring Tools Smarter, or Not
You have probably seen film trailers promoting the movie “AI,” if not the movie itself by now. AI stands for “artificial … Read more
Website Recruiting is Going Global
The Internet was largely a North American phenomenon in the nineties. This no longer holds true in the new decade. Recent studies have shown that there are … Read more
Are You an Employer of Choice? Metrics for Assessing Your Progress
It has become common for firms to strive to become an “employer of choice” (EOC). Unfortunately, it’s easy to say that you have become an … Read more
Making Time Work for You
A comment I often hear in the recruiting business is that you can be busy all day and get absolutely nothing done. Cindy, a recruiter in California, … Read more
Seeing Portals Clearly
With the dot-com business slowing down and the e-commerce wave long since crested, companies are now beginning to look at additional ways to leverage the … Read more