A lot has been said about the pros and cons of hiring an Internet Sourcer. Having hired and managed my own sourcing teams for a few years now, I’ve … Read more
If We Can’t Define Talent, How Can We Find It?
About once a year I get the feeling that we aren’t making any progress in really improving our approaches to acquiring and retaining talent. Perhaps … Read more
Understanding Passive Candidate Research
On October 3, the Wall Street Journal published a wonderful article by staff reporter Rachel Silverman titled “Shrewd Recruiters Search Through … Read more
Driving Traffic to Your Employment Website
Most of us have done it before: proudly unveil a glitzy new employment website, and the response is a resounding silence. The truth is that even the most … Read more
How To Measure The Quality Of Your Applicants (Before You Hire Them)
Managers are continually asking for a higher quality of candidate, while recruiters tend to focus on the cost or the speed of the hire. The quality of the … Read more
Pushing The Envelope, Ad-wise
It’s the end of a hard day, and you’ve finally had a chance to check out the news. Your boss was a jerk, so you jump to a major board, and an … Read more
Understanding The Application Development Cycle
Technology recruiting is always difficult, but it’s even worse when there are gaps in your understanding of the basic processes of technology … Read more
The Internet Candidate Approach
Have you ever called a candidate off of a resume that you found on the Internet? What type of response did you get? If you are like many recruiters, you … Read more
Non-Traditional Recruiting Methods, Revised: Some Ideas and Examples
As we reach end the year, I am going to reprint a few articles, with updates, that I think recap the messages of this first year of the 21st century. This … Read more
Tell Them Where They Will Be In 2 Years (With a “Where You’ll Be” Profile)
One of the primary questions in the minds of candidates is “Where will I be two years from now?” Unfortunately, most recruiters and managers … Read more