In the last few months, building talent communities on LinkedIn with like-minded individuals got a lot easier. First off, they have made a bunch of changes … Read more
Taxes for Recruiters…What You Really Need to Know
As a CPA who has been preparing business taxes for over 30 years, I understand that dealing with taxes is probably one of the most difficult parts of … Read more
Sourcing: The Next Sexy Thing
Even Chris Brogan thinks that you’ll still need skilled people to analyze and manage data in the future. In a recent post on his blog, Brogan goes … Read more
Timing Is Critical
“As a general rule, you should assume that time is always against you when you are trying to make a deal – any kind of deal.” Robert J. … Read more
Referrals Lead; Social Media Thrives; Job Boards Survive as Hiring Source
Job boards are far from dead. For the second consecutive year, internal transfers and promotions were the primary source of hire. A quarter of the … Read more
Quality, Cost, or Compliance — What Drives Your Company’s Hiring Process?
I recently reread Michael Gerber’s business best seller The eMyth and found that many of the principles he suggests for growing a business apply directly … Read more
Recruiters Need to Follow Through
As a recruiter (whether retained, contingent, corporate, executive search, or independent), there is “No Acceptable Excuse” for not following up or … Read more
Twitter and Jobs Celebrate Birthdays
An early Happy Birthday to Twitter. And a Happy, if somewhat belated, Birthday to TweetMyJobs. The former will be 5 yearsold in a week; the latter is now … Read more
The NFL’s Plight: The Risk of Business Ownership
I’m sure that many of you have been following the news of the NFLPA and the NFL team owners’ mediation talks from the last few weeks. Not only … Read more
What It Takes To Be a Big Biller
My name is Chris Schoettelkotte and I am the Founder and President of Manhattan Resources, an executive search firm that specializes in the energy trading, … Read more