I saw a tweet this morning: Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol. It got me to thinking (as many … Read more
The Best-Time Recruiting Strategy Avoids the Pitfalls of Coincidence Hiring
Spock of Star Trek fame was famous for pointing out things that were completely illogical, which leads me to believe he would have had a field day … Read more
The Cost of Technological Anonymity
Technological advances are unprecedented. In fact, thinking about technological changes is mind numbing. In recruiting and sourcing, our current technology … Read more
Recruiting Lessons From the Olympics: Learning From Outside Your Box
You will never become a world-class recruiter if you restrict your learning to benchmarking against other similar corporate recruiting functions. Great … Read more
Why Sourcing?
A good Sourcer enjoys research, marketing, and building long-term relationships with people. Read more
Top 10 Phone Sourcing Rules
People would rather focus on phone sourcing’s sister cousin, Internet sourcing, than telephone sourcing. Phone sourcing still seems scary to most; after … Read more
Crowdsourcing: A Red-Balloon-Finding Contest Shows the Future of Recruiting
Mark it in your calendar that on December 5, 2009, the world of sourcing changed forever. Sourcing, for those unfamiliar with the term (hopefully not many … Read more
Is it Just Jigsaw That’s in ZoomInfo’s Sights?
What do you suppose ZoomInfo is up to? The company launched Fresh Contacts a month ago offering participants two months free access to the ZoomInfo … Read more
Google’s Universal Customization Has SEO Implications
In a blog post of less than 300 words late Friday afternoon, Google announced changes to the way search results will be reported. From now on, the results … Read more
Monster’s New Resume Search Is a Winner
When Monster bought Trovix in the summer of 2008, the blogosphere popped with wonder at how the job board would make use of Trovix’ job matching … Read more