Jobvite’s annual Social Job Seeker Survey is out this week and it says that fewer working Americans are actively looking for a job, even as the survey … Read more
Is Your Candidate Experience Broken? 5 Keys If Your Recruiting Really Works
“I don’t understand it. They told me that they were just looking now and that they would not make a decision for at least another three months. Why … Read more
CareerBuilder Says 4th Quarter Hiring May be the Best Since 2007
Calling it the “most optimistic fourth quarter projection since 2007,” CareerBuilder says that 26 percent of employers expect to add full-time, permanent … Read more
Looking For Passive Candidates? Active Job Seekers Are Where Its At
Attend any recruiting conference, or read just about any recruiting blog and you’ll find a steady drumbeat about passive candidates: Why they’re better; … Read more
5 Reasons Every Job Description Will Have A Social Network Built Around It
In 2012, more than 90 percent of companies will use social media recruiting in some way. But only 73 percent have successfully hired someone via social … Read more
Ex-Cons: People to Avoid Hiring, or a Great Source of Untapped Labor?
You know that guy who used to boost cars around your neighborhood? Maybe he’d really excel as the service manager for your car dealership. Yes, it sounds … Read more
My $1,200 Lesson When I Decided to Give Offshored Recruiting a Try
If you haven’t been contacted by a recruiting offshoring company yet, you can add yourself to a rare segment of Talent/HR Pros. Almost daily, I receive an … Read more
The World’s Students Say Google Is Tops. Again.
Google. Google. Google. Let’s just give the company the permanent cup, and then disqualify it from consideration for all those best of talent … Read more
The 5 Components You Need to Build a Successful Sales Team
I can’t begin to estimate the amount of nonsense used to select salespeople: show me your wage reports; sell me the pencil; what animal best describes you; … Read more
The Bold Recruiters Toolkit — 50 Tools for Aggressive Recruiters (Part 1 of a 2-Part Series)
The competition for recruiting top talent is already intense in certain industries and is soon to grow in many others. In this highly competitive … Read more