Recruiting is full of practices that seem to last forever. Unfortunately, many practices endure for years despite the fact that they add no value to the … Read more
The Future of Work
Imagine a world without resumes. For some recruiters, it sounds like a dream; for others, a nightmare that would make it impossible to find people … Read more
A Resume Is So Yesterday. Your Candidates Need Portfolios
I have some ideas as to how I am going to approach this and would like for you to take a look and give me your thoughts. My response was as usual, “Talk to … Read more
Why You Can’t Get A Job … Recruiting Explained By the Numbers
Is your “six seconds of fame” enough to land you a job? As a professor and a corporate recruiting strategist, I can tell you that very few applicants truly … Read more
Are Job Boards Still Relevant for the Future of Recruiting?
Everyone seems to agree that generalist large scale job boards are in trouble, and others are profiting. The decline of the Monster share price to below … Read more
5 Ways to Build a Crowdsourcing Strategy to Uncover Hard-to-Find Talent
Hard-to-find talent isn’t interested in submitting resumes or engaging with career sites. These are busy people, deeply focused on a project or idea. … Read more
Jobs … Social Media … Applicant Tracking … It Must Be Another Launch
“Imagine what the world of recruiting would be like if Twitter, Linkedin, Foursquare, and Monster combined into one awesome social recruiting … Read more
‘Kill the Cover Letter.’ Long Live the Cover Tweet
While the debate rages on about the future of the resume, there’s angst, but not as much, over the destiny of the cover letter. A year ago Fortune … Read more
The Traditional Resume Is Quickly Dying, Killed Off By Social Media
Let’s face it: the traditional resume is dead. While the resume has had a great run, new media has dwarfed its value. Leonardo da Vinci is credited with … Read more
I’ll Say It Again: We Need to Get Rid of Resumes and Job Descriptions
As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent … Read more