Employee referrals waned again in 2013 as a source of hire, as talent acquisition leaders increasingly leaned on other recruiting methods to fill their … Read more
CareerXroads Survey: Agency Placements Took Big Jump In 2013
Evidencing the increasing difficulty of recruiting quality talent for key positions, employers turned to search firms to fill more of their openings last … Read more
The Last Strategic Recruiting Frontier — Sourcing Using Consumer Data
Recruiting leaders are constantly looking for strategic opportunities, which admittedly are rare in this progressive field. There is only one big missed … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Let Go of Your Second Choice Candidates
Nearly every hiring manager can think of the one who got away. Think back to a time when you were hiring for an open position and had an excellent pool of … Read more
3 LinkedIn Developments You Should Know About
Note: Between updates LinkedIn regularly makes to its product lines, and the latest acquisitions, something is always new at the business networking site. … Read more
What’s New With ‘Peer Review’ and What It Means to You
New websites are being created where the technical talent your company is seeking (and often struggling to find) will be going to publish and discuss their … Read more
End the Shortage — Recruit STEM Women Who Are Working at Your Competitors
I almost broke out laughing when I came across an article in Fast Company magazine entitled Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers. This title reflects a … Read more
Free Tool Fridays: Scraping the Web With Mozenda
Happy 4th of July to the US based readers! Here is a tool for you to play with in between barbecue and fireworks displays! What is scraping? Web scraping, … Read more
My Love-Hate Relationship With LinkedIn
Last year Fortune Magazine ran a cover page article on LinkedIn. The article discussed the amazing qualities and attributes of this “Darling of Wall … Read more
Recruiters, Recliners, Roboters and Realities
Editor’s note: Jeff uses the German word for robot – roboter — to mean the human operator of the robot. Roboters, though, may have a short job life. … Read more