Who are the fattest workers? Yes, yes, I know. That is so politically incorrect, but CareerBuilder started it. In 2005 the careers company did a weight … Read more
How to Build a Business Case for Your Recruitment Spending
What did your company spend on hiring last year? If you’re really not sure, you’ve got plenty of company. Given the decentralized talent acquisition model … Read more
The 5 Rules of an Engagement-Oriented Recruiting Strategy
Let’s face it — the active candidate has become a second-class citizen. Conventional wisdom says that there continues to be a glut of in-transition … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Why Are We So Crazed About “Passive” Job Candidates?
I know what it is to be a “passive” job candidate. OK, so maybe I wasn’t really all that passive if you get right to it. But twice, I was … Read more
Why ‘Source of Hire’ Should Drive a Company’s Talent Acquisition Strategy
I decided to ask 1,582 U.S. company employees how they go their last job. I gave them four choices: Internal move or promotion Some type of proactive … Read more
7 Ideas for Becoming a More Effective Recruiter
We just updated our Recruiter Circle of Excellence Competency Model to take into account the expected surge in hiring in Q2 and Q3. There was also an … Read more
Talent Diversity Isn’t Just About Demographic Data
On the way home from the diversity career fair, while writing job ads for the diversity publications, hiring the diversity consultants — while taking … Read more
What President Obama’s Reelection Can Teach About the Importance of Talent Communities
Just weeks after I wrote a piece for ERE.net about talent communities, something happened on the Internet that excited much of the tech blogs and was … Read more
Stop Killing My Passive Candidate!
My philosophy is that the best candidate is the one who is not, and does not need to look for a position. I am finding that in the past 12 months, there … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Survey Says That “Passive” Job Candidates Do Not Exist
I didn’t focus muchon this survey when it was released earlier this week, but it deserves some attention. A new study by CareerBuilder and Inavero … Read more