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
Your Resume Is Boring — And How to Increase Your Career Opportunities
If you are wondering why you aren’t called in to interview for great job opportunities, it’s undoubtedly because your resume is not “powerful,” and … Read more
New Job Board FoneGigs Targets Mobile Professionals
Another new job board… ‘Not again!’ I’m sure you’re thinking. But this one might be worth checking out… Just two weeks … Read more
LinkedIn’s Strategic Moves
You may have heard rumblings recently that LinkedIn is ready for an IPO (they have said this won’t happen in the near future, but I wonder…), … Read more