I strive to be the world’s foremost champion of employee referral programs. As a thought leader in this field for more than 20 years, I have had the … Read more
A Pre-Turnaround Hiring Strategy Allows You to Hire When There Is No Competition
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that when business revenues are down, it simply doesn’t make sense to carry a large-scale … Read more
12 Simple Actions That Could Dramatically Improve Your Recruiting Results
I’ve written many times about actions recruiting managers can take to improve the impact of recruiting, but with the ongoing pressure many recruiting … Read more
Tell ‘Em to Apply Online
In response to that topic as an answer, a Jeopardy contestant’s correct question to host Alex Trebek would be: “What is the worst way to acknowledge an … Read more
8 Strategies for Winning the Upcoming 2011-2012 Super Bowl for Talent
As the economic outlook improves, companies will need to rethink their hiring strategies in order to maintain their current quality of hire, as well as … Read more
41 Advanced Recruiting Approaches … You’ve Have Never Heard of
Recruiting leaders tend to be a pretty conservative group, sticking with tried-and-true approaches, tools, and methods. Because they are almost always … Read more
Referrals Lead; Social Media Thrives; Job Boards Survive as Hiring Source
Job boards are far from dead. For the second consecutive year, internal transfers and promotions were the primary source of hire. A quarter of the … Read more
2011 ERE Recruiting Excellence Award Finalists
This was the seventh year of the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards, but it was the military talent category, added for the first time, that was mentioned by … Read more
New Tool Ranks Job Listings Using Social Media Data
Employee referrals and social media were already merging more quickly than Brangelina. A new tool from Bernard Hodes aims to make referrals and social … Read more
LinkedIn, Jobs2Web, Monster’s CAN, Dominoes, and Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Every action has an opposite and equal reaction — Newton’s Third Law of Motion There is a dark side to a company’s ability to identify and recruit … Read more