How quickly some things change! The idea of a Walkman sounds positively archaic in today’s iPod world. Your kids (or interns) probably have no idea … Read more
Why Job Branding Is More Important Than Employer Branding
What’s all the fuss? Hiring top people isn’t as tough as most recruiters and hiring managers make it out to be. Job branding is the key. But … Read more
Building a Better ATS: Buyers vs. Users
Few people nowadays would disagree that recruiting is a business-critical function. Accepting that maxim would naturally lead to the conclusion that the … Read more
Retail and Restaurant Recruiting Goes Online
Here’s a riddle: Who is 18-25 on average, the first generation raised on the Internet since childhood, and ó strangely ó one of the … Read more
Security and Online Screening: What You Need to Know
Over the past few years we have dedicated a lot of time to understanding some of the major issues that are presenting obstacles to the adoption of online … Read more
Building a Better ATS, Part 4: Vendor Differentiation
Applicant tracking systems have, since their inception, followed a one-size-fits-all model. Originally this was a sensible strategy, since the market was … Read more
How to Improve Your Recruiting Processes: 80% Optimization, 20% Technology
Recruiters tend to fall into one of two camps. The first rejects most technology as unnecessary. These recruiters feel that traditional recruiting methods … Read more
Building a Better ATS, Part 3: Supporting Effective Recruiting
With this article I begin a series on improving applicant tracking technology. My previous two articles provided an overview of the bigger issues that (in … Read more
Building a Compelling Employer Brand, Part 3
In the first part of this article series, we explored five essential components of effective employer branding: Putting together a team that understands, … Read more
Employment Branding: Calculating the Economic Impacts
Employment branding is a powerful recruiting retention and motivation tool. For most successful organizations, great employment branding efforts revolve … Read more