Carmen Hudson recently highlighted SearchOnTheGo as an iPhone application with real value for recruiters. While it is a handy tool for completing CV … Read more
Call or Email or Use Social Media?
Many aspects of a recruiter’s job remain the same as in the past, before the arrival of social media. We all review resumes, assess the matches, interview … Read more
Jobvite Offers New Standalone Sourcing Tool
Jobvite is introducing what I hesitate to call a new sourcing tool, only because the term doesn’t really do it justice. Google is a sourcing tool, … Read more
Determining the Correct Source of Hire: the First Step in Recruiting Excellence
One of the worst-kept secrets in recruiting is that source of hire data is inconsistently gathered and rarely accurate. To many corporate recruiters, the … Read more
Sourcing Insights: No More ‘Apply or Goodbye’
“Apply or Goodbye” is a great metaphor for a transactional recruiting process. Sadly, “apply or goodbye” seems to be the end result with most recruiting … Read more
What Is All This Business About Passives vs. Active Candidates, Anyway?
You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in. — Heraclitus There’s a huge controversy that raises itself … Read more
Will ‘Employment Churn’ Blindside Your Recovery Sourcing Efforts?
A small trickle of new jobs will cause a tidal wave of unexpected replacement hiring. Here’s why you need to get ready now. Hopefully, it’s not … Read more
What They Hear Is Related to What They See
Do you see what I see? A star, a star Dancing in the night, With a tail as big as a kite. –Do You See What I See, song lyrics I was watching a movie … Read more
Naked Babies
Silence is golden; speech is silver. ~ American Proverb My brother-in-law visited the past week from New York City. He comes, usually, every August to stay … Read more
Sourcing Insights: SEO is Not Enough!
Search Engine Optimization seems to be on everyone lips. SEO seems to be on the tip of every consultant’s tongue. SEO is “all the craze” … Read more