Whether you are a solo recruiter, or a sourcing specialist on a recruiting team, pipelining can be extremely valuable to the quick recruitment of passive … Read more
The Strategic Recruiting of Purple Squirrels, Innovators, and Gamechangers
There is no more valuable recruit than a “Purple Squirrel.” In fact, a single Purple Squirrel recruit may be more impactful than all of your … Read more
Recruiting Budget Shortfalls on the Horizon? Optimize Resources for Effective Results
It’s not surprising that corporate recruiting budgets are at risk – everyone is being tasked to do more with fewer resources. Even if your recruiting … Read more
Spokeo Paying $800,000 in Government Settlement
Spokeo, a website full of data on consumers — job candidates — is paying $800,000 to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges about the way … Read more
Video, MBAs, Training New Hires, and Social Media in the Roundup
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