In part 1 of this article, I wrote about why it is so important to keep our candidate database current, really current! You can increase your candidate … Read more
Increasing Candidate Shelf-Life (Part 1 of 2)
The most neglected resource in the personnel services industry is our database of candidates. The database is also commonly considered the most valuable … Read more
Itzbig to Shut Down
Maybe resumes are important. That’ll be the question of the hour for folks watching the demise of Itzbig.com, the startup that launched in 2007 with … Read more
Industry to Watch: Search Marketing Professionals
Onward Search has teamed with the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization to promote search marketing as a career choice for job seekers across … Read more
How Could We Lose 84,000 Jobs When Q2 GDP is up 3.3%?
OK, we lost 84k jobs, with June and July revised upward by 56k. Puzzling indeed with Q2 real (after inflation) GDP growth revised upward from 1% to 3.3%. … Read more
Why Managers Condone Incompetence
There is one thing worse than hiring the wrong person. That is to hang on to the employee long after the evidence suggests you should let them go. This is … Read more
Recruiting in the Energy Sector
When an executive search firm is retained by a company, the process of finding the right candidate to fill a vacancy may take a few months. Not so in the … Read more
Improve the Processes, Improve the Results
Depending on the survey or study, somewhere between 70% to 90% of managers’ success is determined by the processes used to hire their … Read more
Recruit on the run with an iPhone
Are you a recruiter constantly away from your desk and unable to keep up with the recruiting cycle? Do you find yourself trying to find, evaluate, and … Read more
JobTarget’s Bloomfield Buzzes About Internet Marketing
Job board developer JobTarget and eMarketingSilo, a niche job board and recruiting site for the Internet marketing community, have teamed up to focus on … Read more