Even when times are really tough, most organizations are still recruiting. And, given the times, the people they are recruiting are critical to product … Read more
Are You Ready For Your Close Up? How Difficult Times Provide Both Challenges — And Opportunities
Back in 1992-1993, during the last serious recession, I got laid off. I was out of work for approximately 13 weeks before being hired as a recruiter. My … Read more
Teaching the Private Sector About Social Media Recruiting
I’m thinking you’ve got a branding challenge if you’re trying to attract people to work in the inner-city — as public school … Read more
How to Read an Industry Publication
Odd title for an article, huh? You may be wondering, “How exactly does this tie into sales and more specifically, selling IT professional services?†… Read more
Engaging Your Candidates with Blogs
I was first exposed to recruiting blogs at the 2005 ERE Expo (and will be leading a free-wheelin’ discussion about blogs and social media recruiting … Read more
4 Ways to Look at the Strength of Your Brand
Even in a recession, employment branding is still counts. During times of instability where employee trust and loyalty are eroded through short-term cost … Read more
What Do You Get For $100k A Second? A Drop In Traffic
Compete has a report on the impact of last week’s Super Bowl ads on traffic to advertiser sites and, Ouch!, for the millions Monster (site; profile) … Read more
A Sendout Per Day…
What’s the secret to success in our business? How come some people make money every month consistently, no matter what is going on in the world, while … Read more
Social Networking and “Fit”
Like it or not social networking, the next logical extension of the connectivity provided to us by the Internet, is here to stay. We are still in the … Read more
LinkedIn Launches ‘Talent Advantage’ Suite
“Roughly one new member per second,” explains Francois Dufour, LinkedIn’s senior director of Enterprise Marketing. He is, of course, … Read more