The government is giving away free money and you can get some. As much as $6,622. And it’s easy. All you have to do is hire an unemployed worker this … Read more
Eliminating Candidates Based on Online Information
With at least 90% of us regularly tapping Google to dig deeper into candidates’ backgrounds, how many “digital deal-breakers” have caused … Read more
On the Importance of Taming Hiring Managers
In an earlier life, and at a relatively young age, I was running a business group with more than 300 people for a Fortune 500 company. Primarily out of … Read more
The Recruiter’s Liability for Wrongful Hiring: Injury BY the Candidate, Part 2
Yesterday in part 1, we discussed “traditional indirect liability,” which covered who is responsible for the wrongs of the employee on the job. … Read more
The Recruiter’s Liability for Wrongful Hiring: Injury to the Candidate, Part 2
Today’s article continues with five more examples of injury TO the candidate, and tomorrow we start a 2-part series on injury BY the candidate. 3. … Read more
Google Apps for Managing Client and Candidate Communications
My email inbox is empty…FINALLY! Well, we finally made the move. I resisted it just like I resisted the iPhone. (I didn’t realize what I was missing … Read more
Marketing the Most Placeable Candidate
Recently, many of the calls and emails I have received address the same subject: candidate marketing. For example, here is part of the message I received … Read more
3 Must-knows When Externally Recruiting
Most organizations and companies need to recruit external talent. Many believe they have found the holy grail of talent when they identify and bring a … Read more
Bad Employee Referrals, Internet Checks and Being Yourself
We have some great hits from the community so let’s get started! Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: The dreaded … Read more
How Candidate Abuse Is Costing Your Firm Millions of Dollars in Revenue
A reporter from the Wall Street Journal once asked me what I thought was the greatest secret in recruiting. Such a broad question would usually cause one … Read more