Employer branding is the new black. According to George Anders’ recent article on Forbes.com, LinkedIn is spreading the word about the significance … Read more
Assessing Whether You Have an Elite Strategic Recruiting Function — a Checklist
Corporate recruiting is a field where there are distinct and measurable differences between the average and elite functions. In short, what that means is … Read more
We Learned These 14 Things at the LinkedIn Conference
LinkedIn launched a few new tools and tinkered around with some existing ones at this week’s 2,000+ event in Las Vegas. But that’s not all we … Read more
LinkedIn’s New Tools Measure Brand Power, and Get Your Job Listings Moved Up Top
Over the last two years, LinkedIn has used its fast-growing user conference to roll out products that have become such a part of the daily life of … Read more
HR Tech 2012: Oracle’s Mark Hurd on Talent, Technology, and Growing Data
Oracle co-president Mark Hurd didn’t want to talk too much about Oracle’s HR technology when we sat down with him at a news conference after … Read more
A Mobile Recruiting Checklist
To help you better understand mobile optimization, I have prepared a simple checklist, taken from my 2012 mobile recruiting guide. Are you building great … Read more
Solving the “Candidate Sharing Problem” Using a Social Media Approach
There is probably no more misleading statement in corporate recruiting than “we will keep your application on file for six months.” While such a … Read more
How Long a Job’s Open Before You Think There’s Something Wrong With it
If you’ve ever shopped for a house, you know that after a certain number of days on the market, you start to wonder, “What’s wrong with … Read more
Newly-Patented Jobs SEO Process Helps Differentiate SuccessFactors In A Crowded Market
You don’t see many patents in talent acquisition software. And a patent for a marketing technique that involves career site optimization, SEO, and … Read more
Has LinkedIn Finally Solved Its Identity Crisis?
I write this knowing that I might get a clearer idea next week at LinkedIn’s Talent Connect conference. Or maybe not. In fact, I’m guessing … Read more