A candidate from a well-known benchmark firm dropped out of our search for a General Manager position because the hiring manager took a week to respond to … Read more
Opportunity Knocking: Super-Passive Candidates on the Decline
We recently completed our largest survey to date on job seeking (more than 18,000 professionals in 26 countries) to shed light on the workforce’s attitude … Read more
Fix Your Broken Recruiting Process
For most recruiters, changing your recruiting strategies is a major transition. You see, we recruiters seek endlessly after the holy grail of recruiting: … Read more
Don’t Bother With Employment Branding
Let me repeat that: Don’t bother with employment branding. Don’t waste your time or resources uncovering and articulating your brand. At least … don’t … Read more
Top 10 Things to Avoid When Recruiting via Email
Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours. —Margaret Heffernan The ease of finding profiles on … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Waste Your Time Recruiting Passive Candidates
Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you … Read more
Develop a Recruiter Scorecard … Because Champions Demand That You Keep Score (Part 2 of a 2-part series)
How to develop a recruiter scorecard for assessing individual corporate recruiter performance Champions insist that you keep score. If you understand that … Read more
Social Media Recruiting Beyond Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
Recruiters have nailed the big three of social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, but going beyond the big three is the next step. Some of us were … Read more
Planning Your Calls: A 5-point Checklist for Recruiting Success
The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of anxiety. — John Preston, Boston … Read more
Comparing the Competencies Between a “RINO” and an Exceptional Recruiter
Recruiting is a unique field because it has no entry barriers. Unlike most professions, you can become a corporate recruiter without any formal … Read more