Video screening; the most-preferred employers for MBAs; training new hires; thoughts on the labor market; and screening with social media. And, of course, … Read more
Analytics and Technology Have Led Us to the Doorstep of Assessment’s “Golden Era”
As I continue to attend conferences and hear awesome speeches about analytics such as the one by Josh Bersin, I am thoroughly convinced that talent … Read more
Facebook Vs. LinkedIn: A Look Back
About a year ago, I wrote about Facebook overtaking and eventually replacing LinkedIn. Since both social networks have been in the news recently, I thought … Read more
What to Consider Before Jumping on the Pinterest Bandwagon
As with other social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, Pinterest was not designed with hiring in mind. After all, it’s not your typical recruiting … Read more
Creating And Accounting For Luck Within Your Sourcing Process
As scientific as the hiring process has become, there is one thing I know to be true: luck still plays a role in how people get hired. If you have worked … Read more
Your Customers: A Near-perfect Recruiting Target
They are the perfect recruiting target because these prospects are currently employed (i.e. passives); they are diverse; it costs almost nothing to get a … Read more
How To Obtain Upper Management Buy-In For Sourcing
Everyone has been in a position of justifying their role within their company. As organizations have weathered the storm of recessions, layoffs and … Read more
A Tale of Two Cities: The Merging of Sourcing and Recruiting
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch … Read more
It May Be Worth $100 Billion, But How Many Hires Will Facebook Get You?
As the investment world watches Facebook’s historic IPO today, marketers are beginning to wonder if advertising on the 900-million-member social … Read more
TalentBin Pulls Together Talent Profiles To Make Sourcing A Snap
TalentBin officially launched from private beta to public this week. The service, which bills itself as a talent search engine, said it “just turned … Read more