One of the things that frustrated me when I was a recruiter was a poorly written job description. This was just one of many puzzle pieces that provided the … Read more
Why You Must Kick the Sourcing Habit
As many of you know — I announced it at the ERE Expo in San Diego — I’ve decided to bring recruiting back to recruiting. This is my new old … Read more
A Zillion More Reasons to Abolish Job Descriptions
As most of you know, I think job descriptions are the primary reason why companies can’t find or hire top talent. For this reason alone they should be … Read more
Identifying and Recruiting Achievers
There are two core types of recruiters: those who fill positions with any available candidate, and those who source, recruit and hire Achievers. I define … Read more
Mock Trial: Are Job Descriptions Illegal?
If job descriptions aren’t illegal, they should be. Let’s hold a mock trial. You’re one of the jurors. We don’t need unanimity here, a mere super majority … Read more
Breaking Down Talent Barriers
Having trouble finding the right talent for your positions? Getting bombarded with the wrong types of candidates? I’ve consulted and worked with a number … Read more
Authenticity: Assessing Whether Your Recruiting Messages Are Effective (Part 1 of 2)
I’m a major advocate of parallel benchmarking, i.e. learning from the best practices that have been successful in completely different business … Read more
T-Shaped People, Jobs, and Recruiting
Recruiting is about to be forced to start looking for people and assessing them in very different ways than they have. The nature of organizations is … Read more
How to Recruit Passive Candidates and Early Birds
Maximizing your use of time is the key to hiring more top performers. In a recent webinar with Jobs2Web, I described the sourcing sweet-spot. This is the … Read more
The Recruiting Video vs. The Real Job Preview Video
The proliferation of recruiting videos since the advent of Web 2.0 has been staggering. Candidates can review an abundance of organizational information in … Read more