We just closed our annual hiring challenges survey, with a few hundred participants describing their perspective on the state of the recruiting industry. … Read more
Management Consulting Firms Top Survey of Best Student Recruiters
The value of consulting advice may be in the eye of the person writing the check. But it seems corporate recruiters would be well served to follow the … Read more
Is the Business Model for the Corporate Recruiting Department Fundamentally Flawed?
In this article, I’m going to make the case that the underlying organization and structure of most U.S. corporate recruiting departments are … Read more
Corporate or Third-Party? Don’t Forget About the Candidate
Whether to use internal corporate recruiters or a third-party recruiter is a decision a lot of companies are faced with making. The primary reason for this … Read more
Recruiting is Sales: How to Become a Better Salesperson Today
Before you begin reading this article, write down all of the reasons your candidates and hiring manager clients give you for not moving forward. … Read more
Don’t Be Too Quick to Criticize Harvard
In a past article, an amazing number of people weighed-in to trash professional education in favor of practical experience. Some of the commentators … Read more
Boomerangs: The Strategic Process of Rehiring Your Former Employees, Part 2
As previously discussed in Part 1 of this series, a corporate boomerang/alumni rehire program is an excellent, low-cost, high ROI recruiting approach … Read more
Boomerangs: The Strategic Process of Rehiring Your Former Employees, Part 1
Boomerang efforts have one of the highest ROIs in recruiting. When you take the time to examine the profile of new hires who produce the best on-the-job … Read more
Build a Candidate Pipeline Through Internships
It is getting more difficult to attract the best college graduates. For the first time in several years, the demand for a broad spectrum of college … Read more
Harvard Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
Let’s face it — there is no bar in recruiting. We don’t have to pass a state exam, there is no recruiting major in college, and we … Read more