“Send me a text!” “I’ll text you!” “Visit my webpage.” “See the attached file…” “Please electronically sign the contract and email it back to me.” “Apply … Read more
U.S. Job Count Revised Up By 386K
If you suspect it’s getting harder every month to recruit the talent you need, the government says you could be right. The Bureau of Labor Statistics … Read more
Ask Barb: Job Order to Fill Ratio Averages
Dear Barb: Since you speak at so many events, I would love to know if the job order to fill ratio has dramatically increased. We are only filling one out … Read more
What Recruiters Can Learn From the TV Industry
As the new fall television shows are starting to air, viewers across the U.S. are deciding which shows they want to check out. This sort of judgment … Read more
Recruit Wants to Be Global Recruitment Power
With the acquisition announced today of Indeed.com, Recruit.com has taken a major step toward becoming a worldwide recruitment powerhouse, directly … Read more
Terminix Working on New Recruiting Ad Campaign to Bring Women to Bug Business
We’ve come a long way, baby — but not so far that women are beating down the door for a job that has to do with creepy crawlers. Yeah, Terminix … Read more
Fill Ratios Define You As A Recruiter
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
Search Firm Confidence Low, But Employees At A 10-Year High
Search firms are losing confidence that executive employment will improve anytime soon, according to what ExecuNet’s Recruiter Confidence Index … Read more
Utilizing Big Data: Do You Apply it to Your Human Capital Investment?
Big data is coming into its own. The Harvard Business Review blog published this excerpt of an article on “Big Data’s Management Revolution” saying, in … 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