This “think piece” is designed to stimulate your thinking about activities that recruiting should be doing, but most do not. During a job interview with a … Read more
#SourceCon 2019 – A Paradise for Sourcing Addicts!
This was my second trip to SourceCon. My first was last June in Budapest. It was a great experience, but this year beats it hands down. For those … Read more
Putting Candidates Needs First
In my initial calls with candidates, I tell them that I want to do what’s best for them and what’s best for their company. I tell them that … Read more
Yes, You Can Still Search Facebook
The news has been grim this week surrounding the removal of Graph Search on Facebook. With this removal, some of our most beloved Facebook sourcing tools … Read more
The Best Strategies for Building a Pipeline of Talent
Recruiting a good employee can take months, and it can cost your company a lot of money. It also costs your company a ton of productivity because the … Read more
What’s On the Minds of Talent-acquisition Leaders
It’s 7:25 a.m. on a crisp NYC spring morning and I’m sitting at the back table at Ai Fiori at the Langham Hotel in Manhattan waiting for the last of six … Read more
How to Increase Your Response Rate
You know the feeling when a candidate stubbornly stays silent? When no one replies, how do you overcome this obstacle? In a couple of past projects, I … Read more
Recruiting Is a Science Not an Art — How Intuition Hurts Recruiting Results
The future of recruiting is scientific, data-driven, and businesslike. The roadblock to that transition is our current “art not science” approach where … Read more
A Sourcer’s Manifesto
You Are Not an Inquisitor; You Are a Brand Ambassador and a Candidate Assistant Before I became a recruiter, I had a specific image of what recruiters are … Read more
6 Rules For Building a Startup Talent Will Want to Join
Every startup’s dream is having the chance to grow at light speed. It means that you’re doing something right, that your investors can see your vision and … Read more