What’s a day in the life of a staffing professional like? If you’re Jenifer Lambert, it begins at the gym at 6 a.m. with a crossfit workout and … Read more
When the Boss Asks for the Inconceivable: Sourcers Must Call Candidates!
If you’re a sourcer thinking about this headline you might start having an anxiety attack, sweating profusely, talking like Porky Pig, or begin … Read more
Incentivize Recruiters for a More Successful Hiring Process
The candidate experience has become one of the most talked-about areas for improvement in the recruitment industry, in large part thanks to Gerry Crispin, … Read more
If Google Doesn’t Care About Hiring Top Graduates, Should You?
By all other accounts, you probably aim to hire the best people for your organization. This includes targeting those who went to elite universities, were … Read more
As IT Pay Rises and Students Pursue the ‘Big Names,’ Mid-Size Firms Work Harder to Hire
This year, U.S. colleges will graduate somewhere around 124,000 information technology majors. Most of them (61 percent) will head straight into the … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Top 10 Reasons Why Managers Hate Having to Hire Anyone
Most managers hate the hiring process because: 10. It takes too much time and they have so many other things on their plates. Many feel screening and … Read more
Recruiting Against the Private Sector: What Government Can Do to Better to Compete for Talent From Campus
In a previous article, we described the keen interest in employment in the public sector by millenials. Federal employment provides many of the most … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why Is It a Problem to Hire the Over Qualified?
It’s a commonly held belief that it’s a mistake to hire the over-qualified. The reason most folks give me is it’s because they think over-qualified … Read more
Get Ready, Because the H-1B Visa Games Are Ready to Begin
By Shanon R. Stevenson The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen’s bow and arrow will not help employers on April 1, 2014 when the competition for H-1B work visas … Read more
The Dirty Little Secret of Talent Sourcing No One Ever Talks About
Yesterday I read yet another article about how to catch a Purple Squirrel, and right on cue, it got on my damn nerves. Of course, employers want to hire … Read more