Over the last several years, the shortage of qualified IT workers became so great that many companies had to look beyond the traditional recruiting grounds … Read more
Some Current Myths About Recruiting Debunked
At the SHRM conference in San Francisco this week over 19 individual sessions and workshops were related to employee selection, staffing, and retention. … Read more
Your University Recruiting Program: Now’s the Time to Take Stock
Corporate recruiters could take note from the way university recruiting programs are often reassessed and fine-tuned. Each year, university recruiters take … Read more
Hiring Advice for Small Businesses
Smaller firms need talent also, but they normally have more limited resources and recruiting expertise than larger firms. If you are a small business … Read more
Help! The Budget’s Gone, But I Still Need to Recruit
How times have changed! A year ago our heads were spinning. We had so many open requisitions, managers to support, and candidates to contact that we would … Read more
Building a Winning Employer Brand
Historically, recruiting has been a very reactionary and somewhat circular discipline. You identify job openings, fill them as quickly and cheaply as … Read more
The Two-Minute Search Drill
The successful Internet sourcer knows it’s not where you search, but how you search that really matters. I could be searching the same database or … Read more
It’s Time to Audit Your ASP
A little while ago I was talking with someone heading the research department of a large recruiting ASP. As I asked a few questions about the methodology … Read more
How to Interview a Veteran
Is there any special way to interview a person who is just coming out of the military? Here are a few items to consider: This person may have great skills, … Read more
The Retention Riddle, or Who Owns Retention and Why?
Keeping a company’s workforce has somehow become a job for recruiters in many organizations. I happen to think that’s scapegoating – … Read more