If we believe that talented, skilled people are a scarce recourse, then we have no choice but to focus as much on internal recruiting as we do on external … Read more
Discouraging Low Quality Applicants Allows You To Focus on the Best
It’s almost impossible to provide great customer-centric service in recruiting when you’re overwhelmed with applicants, most of whom … Read more
Developing an International Sourcing Strategy
It’s May 7, 2005 as I write this, and in today’s news, four headlines were worthy of note. They will affect you, your career, and your company: … Read more
Do Stuffed Chickens Lay More Eggs?
A friend of mine sent me an article recently that had me pulling out my hair óand I don’t have that much hair left to pull out! It seems a … Read more
A Service Level Agreement for Hiring Passive Candidates
As recruiters make the shift to hiring more passive candidates, having a formal service level agreement (SLA) in place with their hiring manager clients … Read more
Measuring Recruiters on Quality of Hire
Cost per hire, the most commonly measured statistic in recruiting, has some unintended consequences. In many cases, it contributes to a perception of … Read more
Alphabet Soup: A Cautionary Note About Using Myers Briggs
Anyone who follows hiring trends knows that personality measures are gaining popularity as a tool for helping organizations make better hiring decisions. … Read more
Handling the Problems with Passive Candidates and Hiring Managers
There are more name-generating tools becoming available everyday. My favorites include Jobster, SearchExpo, Broadlook, ZoomInfo, AIRS Oxygen, and LinkedIn. … Read more
Zen and the Art of Sales Hiring
A fundamental concept of Zen Buddhism is achieving a state of “no-mindedness,” the place where nothing exists separate from itself. We often … Read more
The Passive Candidate Report: Networking and Metrics
For the foreseeable future, I’ll be using this weekly ERE column to write exclusively about the challenges of finding and hiring passive candidates. … Read more