An age-old issue between Recruiters and Corporate HR (or Corporate HR and Hiring Managers, for that matter) is the act, or art, of “prepping” a … Read more
Technical Intimidation: How To Learn the Language
Congratulations on your new position! As part of your responsibilities, you will be asked to sit across from candidates, interpret a foreign language, and … Read more
Why Hiring Freezes Are Dumb
One of my pet peeves in HR is the “overuse” of hiring freezes. All too often, senior managers respond to a minor budget crisis by immediately … Read more
Check Those References, The Right Way!
Checking references is a ritual that comes in two parts?laying out the playing field and starting the game. Both parts are important, and both deserve … Read more
Performance Appraisals for Interns
While the benefits of implementing an internship program have a clear face value, it is still crucial for an organization and human resource professionals … Read more
Creating Relocation Policies
In my previous article, we explored various reasons to consider relocation assistance for the majority of your positions. I ended the article asking for … Read more
Five Methods for Collecting and Marketing To Candidates
A typical recruiter used to have a Rolodex filled with names and telephone numbers of people she had met, already placed in jobs, had lunch with, knew from … Read more
Writing on the Wall: Building the Ultimate Web-Hiring Engine
I have been reviewing web-hiring engines for several months now and have noticed a not-so-surprising trend?developers seem to be wearing a set of blinders … Read more
Applicant Tracking System: Friend or Foe?
In this fast-paced world of recruiting, it is hard to keep up with the technology that is supposed to make recruiting easier for all of us. If you work for … Read more
A Plethora of Tools but a Paucity of Wisdom
Almost every day I am confronted with some new product or service that promises to at least greatly enhance and often to revolutionize the recruiting … Read more