Recruiting has not come very far in the past 15 or so years. We’re still trying to find the right technology and, while applicant tracking systems … Read more
Talent Community or Applicant Database?
Almost every recruiter has a database of potential candidates, but the most successful have gone beyond that. They have developed a community of people who … Read more
Charles’ Concern: An Interactive Case Study
Editor’s note: This case study features a purely fictional person. Charles Godden is the up-and-coming leader of the recruiting function for a very … Read more
Hire a Blogger Today
Passion is perhaps the most important component of performance. Blogs are providing a new window into what drives individuals that we’ve never been … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Video Resumes
Video resumes and video interviews are here. Yet some employers, afraid of the legal ramifications of reviewing videos of people in the hiring process, are … Read more
Chatter: Employment Branding Blog, Job-Hungry Boomers, and Recruiting Confessions
Tales from digital branding… There’s some new insight about employer branding in the digital world, with Tales From the Digital Side recapping … Read more
Web Hell and the Black Hole
You are a 20-year-old first-time job seeker just about to graduate with an engineering degree. And you have no idea how to look for that first position. … Read more
What Makes a Talent Blog Good
Just a year ago, there were fewer than a dozen blogs that related to recruiting or talent. Today there are probably over three dozen and more appear every … Read more
Employee Selection in the Second Life
Remember back in the early days of the Internet era, when the term “virtual reality” was applied to just about anything that had to do with a … Read more
The Future of Recruiting: A Retrospective
In a recent ERE article, I made some predictions about the world of recruiting circa 2010. Based on what I saw at the recent HR Technology Conference in … Read more