The biggest Taleo World ever opens this morning in San Francisco with news the company has forged a partnership with LinkedIn that will streamline … Read more
A Little Chatter From the ERE Expo Halls
Just a bit of what I’m hearing here in Florida, at the annual fall gathering of hundreds of recruiters and companies in the recruiting, staffing, and … Read more
5 Ways to Keep Executive Candidates Secret
While running the executive recruiting department for a Fortune 50 company, I once overheard a conversation between two people at a well-known coffee bar. … Read more
Google+: The Holy Grail of Sourcing?
I’ve taken a while to weigh in on Google+, partially because I simply haven’t had time to play with it, and partially because quite honestly I … Read more
Getting to know Knod.es: A Quick Way to Search Your Networks
It’s eminent that recruiters make the best networkers. Being the face of a company and telling its story to potential prospects is part of our vocation. … Read more
Software 101: A Guide to Web-Based Applicant Tracking Systems
The process of reviewing resumes, interviewing candidates, and hiring & on-boarding is time-consuming. When searching for the proverbial needle in a … Read more
Recruiting With P.O.S.T. Planning
The book Groundswell by Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li was written in 2008 for the purpose of unpacking business relevance and use of social media in modern … Read more
The Boolean Five All-Stars: Fame, Fortune, and a Free Happy Meal
OK, I’ll admit it. Promising fame, fortune, and a free Happy Meal was a ridiculous exaggeration. So to set the record straight, the free Happy Meal … Read more
Five Tips to Writing Awesome Tweets that Get Read and Re-tweeted
Recruiters can use Twitter to advertise jobs, build employment brand, spread influence, and improve reach or popularity. However, before any of this can be … Read more
Bing Bang Boom
It’s been a full week since Yahoo converted the organic results for its European properties to Bing’s search directory. This news came almost a year after … Read more