I had a lively e-mail exchange awhile ago with a seasoned recruiter on the subject of tracking job order/search assignment fill ratios. To date, this … Read more
Hire My Wife. She’s Not a Millennial
This is probably only something a man who carries a gun could get away with, putting your wife’s picture on a billboard under the heading … Read more
The Old’s Shinin’ Through…
There was an interesting question asked in Irina’s Linkedin Boolean Strings group last week: “Jan” wanted to know: How to approach passive candidates? … Read more
There’s No One “Right” Way to Source, and Learning is the Key to Finding Yours
I started my career in the world of recruiting as an Internet Researcher over ten years ago, and while my work has evolved over the years to include a lot … Read more
Social Media Marketing Simplified
Monetize, optimize, reciprocity, and even, yes, engagement. Ever come out of a social media marketing planning session with your head spinning? This new … Read more
Go Tell Your Temps They’re Stellar
If you haven’t already thanked your temps and contractors, go do it now. Why should you? Besides it being a thoughtful thing to do, it also happens … Read more
Use Prospect Research and Failure Analysis to Learn Why Recruiting Underperforms
When you are battling for talent in a highly competitive environment, you are likely to encounter more than your share of failures. In fact, because … Read more
August Jobs Show Employers Still Slow to Add Jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor reported this morning the country added 96,000 non-farm jobs in August, a disappointing number in light of predictions the … Read more
The Best in Recruitment Advertising
Check out these winners announced last night at the Creative Excellence Awards, the leading awards program for the recruitment advertising/marketing field. … Read more
Sourcer or Recruiter – The Dividing Line
Editor’s note: There are new readers discovering SourceCon all of the time. With that in mind, we run popular posts from past years on occasion to … Read more