There’s all sorts of tools for sourcing candidates. Much beloved are the resume search tools that leverage the search engines and scour pay and free … Read more
Recruiting Technology is Not Anti-Relationship!
Technology and Relationships are not Oil and Water When I write posts about creating Boolean search strings to source and find talent/human capital, I … Read more
Top 10 Candidate Sourcing Best Practices
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2011. Due to the timeless nature of the content, it was the most popular post of 2013. I firmly … Read more
Is LinkedIn Becoming a 21st Century Job Board?
LinkedIn introduced a resume building tool a while ago that, even though it’s slick, simple to use, and creates attractive resumes, would be … Read more
Job Boards = Bad Candidates? Don’t believe the hype.
I continue to see well respected thought leaders in the staffing industry make claims that the value of the job boards is waning and that the quality of … Read more
Resumes Are Like Wine
In response to my post last year about the deficiencies in the search capability of many Applicant Tracking Systems, a few people commented to the fact … Read more
What You Wish You Could Tell Candidates
I’m always hearing recruiters say they want to be more helpful to candidates. I wonder. I wrote the following with the idea that it might help some express … Read more
Resumes Are Not Dead!
With the buzz I continue to see and hear surrounding Twitter, social networks, Internet sourcing (blogs, articles, etc.) and such, it’s easy to look at … Read more
Talentag: the Social CV Site for “Friends” Only
There’s an FAQ on the new site, Talentag, that asks the right question: “What is Talentag and why do you need it?” Precisely what I was … Read more
Glass Houses
Not too long ago, someone asked me a question about spelling errors on resumes and cover letters, and how I felt about them when I was looking at a resume … Read more