The great thing about being a third-party recruiter is that there are no firm rules on how to recruit well. Every client differs, every position differs, … Read more
Video Resume: High on Innovation, Low on Humility
Yale University senior Aleksey Vayner, an aspiring investment banker, took the road less traveled when he applied for a position with financial services … Read more
Is the Transactional Corporate Recruiting Model Doomed?
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