I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. I just don’t know which half. For many marketers — and recruiters — that famous … Read more
Moneyball and Recruiting: The Future of Hiring or Pie in the Sky?
Moneyball is getting to be the new buzzword in recruiting. We’re supposedly on the cusp of a data-driven revolution in hiring. And it seems one is sorely … Read more
7 Words Mathematically Proven To Get You More Hires!
Wired recently worked with OkCupid and Match.com to find out which words were used on the most popular dating profiles on their sites. Millions of data … Read more
Social Recruiting and Sourcing: What’s The Difference? by @JimStroud
Do you believe in serendipity? I do, kind of, especially today. I was sitting in a lotus position after defending a visiting diplomat from an incursion of … Read more
Guess Who’s Going to Quit Sunday Afternoon?
Last week, Roundup informed you of the “Quit Your Job” app from The Ladders. Who knew then that Go Daddy would up the ante just a week later? … Read more
Looking For Women IT Professionals? Stand in Line
Are there women in tech? Yes, but the truth is, not many. Certainly no where near their proportion to women in the workforce. Women are barely a quarter of … Read more
Who’s Responsible for Social Recruiting?
Candidates today connect, communicate, and proactively do their homework as they interact with future employers through social media. Their first … Read more
Startup Connect6 Says It Has 500 Million Profiles of Potential Employees
Sure, the list of companies pulling together information on candidates from around the Internet and packaging it together for sourcers and recruiters is … Read more
LinkedIn To Begin Charging For Group InMails
LinkedIn is making a change to the way recruiters can reach out to members of a group. Beginning Tuesday LinkedIn will charge for sending mass mailings to … Read more
Coping With a Lack of Relevant Candidates: Here’s What Can Be Done
The skill gap, or talent shortage (whatever you want to call it), is no longer this impending matter, because we now seem to be right in the middle of a … Read more