Recent college grads today face some of the worst job prospects since the great depression. A survey by the Associated Press found that over 50 percent … Read more
New Survey Highlights the Hardest Jobs to Fill in 2013
One of the paradoxes of the current economic recovery is this: despite a national employment rate at 7.6 percent and nearly 12 million Americans out of … Read more
A Key to Recruiting Success: Bridging the Gap Between Recruiting & Hiring
There is a growing disconnect in the world of talent acquisition these days. Though many business leaders track quantifiable metrics to measure efficiency … Read more
If You Want to Move Fast, Don’t Define It Like a Hiring Manager Does
I’ve been in recruiting now for 20 years. Can you believe it! That I started recruiting at 10-years-old. The other day I was thinking about how the word … Read more
How Applicant Tracking Software Kills Individualism
Everyone is the same and only our generic skill sets and years parked at office desks can separate us. That’s what most applicant tracking software would … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: What Did It Cost Your Last Applicant to Interview?
Here’s the premise: 1. Most of the best people who want to work are working. 2. You would prefer to hire someone who is working. 3. You (or the … Read more
3 Good Reasons You Should Re-Hire Someone You Fired
There is an unwritten HR law that needs to be addressed. This law states: “If you fire an employee, at no time in the history of mankind should you hire … Read more
Recruiting Goes Mainstream With Reality TV, Exposing Tech Divide Between Corporate and Executive Recruiters
With more than 11.8 million unemployed Americans (and millions more globally) it only makes sense for anything recruiting or hiring-related to get a lot of … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: One Way to Make Better Decisions
Hiring the right person is all about making the best choice and there is a new book out called Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work. When … Read more
Weekly Wrap: More Employers Finding Negative Candidate Info Online
A long time ago, in what feels like a galaxy far, far away, I was a young editor at a large daily metropolitan newspaper working as a “systems … Read more