Sourcing for candidates…does that phrase send chills down your spine? It is not that you don’t know how to find good candidates using … Read more
Extreme College Recruiting: Six Bold Ideas to Make You a Winner
The students you will be trying to recruit this coming year will be your toughest recruits ever. They will have the most job options, the most personal and … Read more
Won’t You Let Me Take You On A…Sea Cruise?
The new Athenian Fleet Admiral was rowed out to his flagship to take command of the assembled galleys that protected the ancient Greek city-state of … Read more
Test Your Systems…You Might Not Hire Back Your Own Employees!
Most employment selection systems are so bad that if you submitted the resumes of your own firm’s top performers, they probably wouldn’t get … Read more
All’s Fair in Love and War…but Recruiting? Some Rules for the Talent War
The talent war is very real when you are faced with your competitors stealing your best people, courting the same college students on campus and stealing … Read more
Behind the Front Lines at SHRM, Las Vegas: Day Two
NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles from Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, who are covering SHRM’s Annual Conference and Exposition this … Read more
Recruit Like a Web Retailer
Online recruiting is in many respects a kind of online selling. Not only does a recruiter have to sell the company and the position, but he or she also has … Read more
Behind the Front Lines at SHRM, Las Vegas: An Overview of the Weekend
NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles over the next few days from Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, two of the recruiting industry’s most … Read more
So Tell Me, How Do You Really Feel?
It has been an interesting month. I have received feedback from my last article [Internet Recruiting is Doomed!, June 15, 2000] telling me I was an idiot, … Read more
A “Politically Correct” Approach to Resumes
Lately, it seems as though the recruiting industry has become challenged by resumes. On the far right there are the extreme conservatives, who still hold … Read more