I?m helping someone hire a contract recruiter in the communications technology field and I was asked what they should look for in a great recruiter. Here … Read more
Fishing for Passive Candidates
In my last article, ?The Passive/Active Continuum? I gave an analogy of where active and passive candidates are ??The pond is where your active candidates … Read more
A Survey of College Recruiting: What’s the First Year of the Century Look Like?
“What do I do? I have three job offers from great companies and 2 from start-ups. Do I go for prestige and stability or for the promise of some … Read more
Figures Don?t Lie but Liars Sure Can Figure
One of my readers recently wrote me with a very good question. He wanted to know how to verify all the claims and data flying around. What?s true and … Read more
Sourcing Tools For Ordinary Managers
Many sourcing tools are centralized and depend on resources from the corporate level. However supervisors and line managers need to be able to identify … Read more
The Passive/Active Continuum
Popular buzzwords have been floating around recruiting circles for quite some time: ?passive candidates? and ?active candidates.? What makes a passive … Read more
Exactly What is an Informational Interview Anyway?!
I got a call the other day from an Agency Headhunter. He wanted to set up an “informational interview” for one of his candidates. I said, … Read more
How To Block A Firm From ?Raiding?/ Stealing Your Employees — (Large scale ?anti – raiding? and ?blocking? strategies)
In the ?war for talent,? companies need to be aware that competitors are continually adding new tools and strategies in order to ?poach away? (translation: … Read more
Your Best Marketing Tool For Candidates ? Your Company Web site
Last Sunday, while traveling in New England, I read an article in the business section of the Providence Journal that exemplified my beliefs on the … Read more
Bulls Eye! Focus Your Recruiting on WHO Matters
Xyz Corporation, a software firm, with immediate needs for a variety of web programmers, HTML and Java experts and some platform engineers also has a large … Read more