Interviewing for a job is a lot like a first date — neither party wants to look like a dufus. But it happens all too frequently, and I’d like … Read more
Top 10 Most Effective Recruiting Tools
Recruiting is one of the least scientific of all business functions. Very few recruiting departments take that time to track which recruiting tools are the … Read more
What’s Your IQ? –That is Internet Quotient*
Most of us are just beginning to understand how to effectively use the Internet. We have discovered that it’s not as easy at it seems to put together … Read more
If You Have To Tell Your People They Are Part Of A Team? ?They Probably Aren’t! (The Dilemma of Team Management)
Most of my life, somebody has been trying to make me part of their team. If it was not Little League, it was the Boy Scouts. If the Boy Scouts gave up, it … Read more
Observations from the Internet Recruiting Trenches
As a Managing Partner of Recruiters-Aid, I still try and spend a good portion of my time sourcing and screening candidates for my clients. I am in the … Read more
An e-Recruiting Primer Five Tips for Getting Started in e-Recruiting
So you’re “on the net” now and are feeling pretty good. A few keys clicks away lay thousands of great resumes and access to an almost … Read more
The Recruiting Effectiveness Act of 2050
The year is 2057. The Recruiting Effectiveness Act had been in effect for about 5 years now. The Polymorphous Party had passed the act after the Great … Read more
Why Do We Try To Keep Propellers On Jets?
In today?s recruiting market, we often hear two complaints. One: the web is great but we receive too many unqualified applicants. Or two: with the web, our … Read more
The Tenets Of 21st Century Recruiting
If you are going to be world class in recruiting you need to meet the following: Employment must be able to prove the real value of a great hire and the … Read more
Non-Traditional Recruiting Methods – Some Ideas and Examples
So you’re exasperated, tired and confused? Every time you bring in your sourcing net, you feel like Tom Hanks in Forest Gump when he pulled in his … Read more