In the September Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership, I write about branding in a way that, hopefully, you haven’t thought about before. There has … Read more
Spherion’s Temp Life Is A Branding Phenom
Have you ever gotten a video resume where the candidate brags about her gorgonzola mashed potatoes? Or another where the candidate declares his faults, one … Read more
SEO Manager Wanted. Bots Need Not Apply
If you were looking for an SEO manager, where would you advertise? Even if you follow all the rules Lou Adler laid out, it would be hard to top what the … Read more
Getting To The Bottom of the Rejected Offer
How did it come to this? The resumé was great, the cover letter perfect. The interview went well. After the candidate was placed in front of the client, … Read more
Is There Life After Twitter?
(Editor’s note: we originally posted this on The Fordyce Letter but felt it was applicable to recruiting researchers and sourcers as well. Enjoy!) … Read more
Is There Life After Twitter?
Back on July 1, Amybeth Hale posted about a recruiter named Jerry Albright who’d decided he’d had enough of Twitter. I caught up with Albright … Read more
The Good-Fast-Cheap Model – A Job Aide to Better Decision-Making
The Situation You are a researcher or sourcer and you need to convince your boss to make a change. So, you ask yourself . . . How can I convince the … Read more
I’m Mad As H#%* and I’m Not Going To Take This Any More!
Do you remember the 1976 film Network? The movie produced a very famous scene in which Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch) has a breakdown (some would … Read more
Tools & Techniques for Writing Strategic SEO Job Postings
I get it; typically someone in sourcing gets called in when ad response just isn’t getting the job done. As most sourcers do when they get a new req, we … Read more
What We Can Learn About Recruiting From Avatar’s Creator
A long time after the rest of the world, I finally saw the movie Avatar, and I was thrilled. Not from the 3D or the big story, but from the fine details. … Read more