A recruiting or sourcing career can be remarkably rewarding. Helping connect people to jobs is one of the most satisfying professional pursuits imaginable, … Read more

A recruiting or sourcing career can be remarkably rewarding. Helping connect people to jobs is one of the most satisfying professional pursuits imaginable, … Read more
How do you tell your ____________ what you do for a living? Whether it’s recruiting or sourcing, or (gasp) headunting, it’s always an … Read more
In folklore, a silver bullet is the only weapon that can take down The Big Bad: a werewolf, a witch, or another creepy creature that’s looming over you. In … Read more
There are thousands of startups in Silicon Valley who all aspire to be the next Google. Unlike Google, they don’t pro-actively invest in the resources to … Read more
In the early 2000s, I had just started working in recruiting and didn’t know anything about the industry or its tools. My first week on the job, the … Read more
At ah HR event earlier this month, I advised organizations on adding more social media to their 2014 talent acquisition efforts. Since then, I’ve … Read more
Do you believe in serendipity? I do, kind of, especially today. I was sitting in a lotus position after defending a visiting diplomat from an incursion of … Read more
As I watched the news the past couple of days, the newest hot debate is over extending unemployment benefits. The previous extension has expired, and the … Read more
The hiring process has no minimum acceptable (or unacceptable) standard of practice. Anything goes and many recruiters prefer it that way. Perhaps … Read more
Every few years our business lexicon gets invaded by a new cliche. Management speak like “big data” and “social hiring” … vague terms that no one can … Read more