The ease of access to a vast amount of information is dramatically changing the talent market — it’s a “talent-sumer” world. Today’s candidates do … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How You Gonna Keep Your Best From Jumping Ship?
What are you doing to ensure your best team members don’t jump ship? I ask because, this past July, the BLS reported 5.7 million job openings, 1 million of … Read more
LinkedIn’s Recruiting Survey: The Big Question – Why So Little Data From the U.S?
There’s no denying that Linkedin is a 600 pound gorilla in the talent acquisition space. But as I write that, I wonder in what space exactly Linkedin is. … Read more
The 12 Practices of Every Big Biller
Once I had the honor of coaching a recruiter (I’ll call him David) who wanted to bill $1,000,000 in one year. He called Paul Hawkinson, then the editor of … Read more
#SourceConLive: How Do We Handle the #RecruiterSpam Problem?
Editor’s note: Scroll to the bottom to see a video of the entire discussion. If you source candidates, you’re probably also engaging with them online … Read more
Nurture and Build Pipelines By Improving the Candidate Experience
We all know candidates often interview with more than one company at a time. That’s not bad form, that’s being smart. It makes sense for one to pick the … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Top 10 Ways to Guarantee You Hire the Wrong Person
Here are the Top 10 ways to guarantee that you hire exactly the wrong person: You don’t have a clear picture of exactly which mental and physical … Read more
Hiring? Approving Mortgages? In the End, It’s Really the Same Thing
Imagine that Chris wants to buy a house and needs a mortgage. He applies online and is sent an email by an intern asking to schedule time to discuss his … Read more
How Will Facebook Message Changes Affect Sourcing and Recruiting? by @Mike1178
Say goodbye to the “other” inbox and hello to the message request feature. As of October 27th, any Facebook message to someone that isn’t on your friends … Read more
The Simplest, Cheapest Sourcing Tool? It’s Referrals From Job References
Almost everyone in recruiting agrees that employee referrals produce the highest quality of hire (i.e. superior on-the-job performance). But, few are aware … Read more