Financial considerations are rarely why a deal falls apart. In the past 20 years, in over 1000 different salary negotiations that I’ve been involved … Read more
Know Thy Enemy
Sadly, I have become entranced by the recent television voyeurism phenomena called ?Survivor.? This show is addicting! It?s about 16 castaways on an island … Read more
Looking in the Windows
Traffic to your corporate website contains sub-groups of potentially valuable candidates. Job seekers, of course, visit with a clear mission in mind. In … Read more
Are You Really Using Resume Databases?
I recently met with a prospective client about Internet Sourcing. She is in charge of the sourcing function for all of the recruiters at her company. Her … Read more
What Do You Really Know About What You Do? It’s All in the Numbers!
Here are a few questions I ask recruiters. In my experience, only a handful of them could answer the questions with any degree of confidence. Some could … Read more
Candidates Are Not Passive, Although Recruiters May Be!
We all seem fascinated with the term “Passive Candidate.” It has become every recruiter’s favorite topic for the last four years. They … Read more
Be a Buyer, Not a Seller
Recruiting is the single most important part of the hiring process. It’s not something you do at the end of an interview: it starts the moment you … Read more
A Student’s View of Time
We’re all very busy these days and rarely does anyone get to everything on the daily “to do” list. However, we all know that in … Read more
Are Your Hiring Managers Making You Look Bad?
I often hear complaints from recruiters about hiring managers. Hiring managers can indeed be very difficult and hard to please. Some times a requisition is … Read more
Skills-Based Recruiting: Not “What?” But “When?”
There has been a lot of buzz lately about “skills-based recruiting.” Is this yet another management fad pushed down from above? With scant time … Read more