After recent announcements by Facebook and the rise of networking platforms like MySpace, LinkedIn, and Ning, social networks are once again gaining … Read more
An Open Letter to Our Candidates
Imagine that this letter appeared on the first page of your company’s career website, or perhaps on your company’s home page in place of the … Read more
Expanding Your LinkedIn Network
Let’s look at ways to expand your LinkedIn network, the online network of more than 11 million experienced professionals from around the world, … Read more
Tamagotchi
Even though organizations pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into employment branding improvements, including websites, radio, blogs, podcasting, … Read more
Candidate Relationship Management
Do you seldom have good candidates available as positions open up in your organization? Do you find yourself scrambling to find good people to present to … Read more
Start Networking Online
British anthropologist Robin Dunbar estimates that humans can only maintain stable relationships with around 150 people. That number refers to significant … Read more
3 Tactics to Enhance Email Effectiveness
Yesterday while I was having brunch with a friend, my cell phone buzzed with a new awaiting message. Thinking it was an important message, I anxiously … Read more
How Kevin Bacon Can Help You Recruit No-Cost Referrals
Having been coined the unofficial “Godfather of referrals,” I am frequently asked how to utilize referrals in the all-too-common case in which … Read more
Recruiting Technology Is Not Flat (Yet)
While reading Thomas Friedman’s best-seller, The World Is Flat, this past week, I came across a passage that I found to be very relevant to the … Read more