Fire Department of New York officials announced this month that a record number of minorities took its firefighter exam this spring. The Fire Department … Read more
Time Spent Creating Mobile Recruiting Applications Is Time Wasted
The use of the Internet with a smartphone is fast becoming the next mass media channel. That’s particular true with social media such as Facebook. … Read more
What Every Recruiter Ought to Know About Candidates With Questionable References
If you have ever been in a situation when checking references on a candidate you uncovered negative references and/or performance reviews, you are not … Read more
Hiring Executives? Search Out the “Different Ones”
When employers look for senior people — and 31 percent will be, a new survey says — the evidence is they’re all looking for the same … Read more
Minority Report: The Role of Race in Hiring
I started my professional career in recruiting when I was hired at a Native American casino to run the recruiting team. There was considerable … Read more
Yahoo’s CEO Problem Offers Opportunity to Improve Recruiting Process for All Parties
Last Week Dan Loeb of Third Point Capital sent a letter to the board of directors of Yahoo asserting that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson actually did not have a … Read more
Got a Minute? If So, Spend it Looking at Resumes
I recently read an article suggesting that recruiters only spend six seconds reviewing a resume to determine whether or not a candidate was a fit to the … Read more
Which Are More Valuable: Internally or Externally Sourced Candidates?
The science of recruiting is years behind our peers in other disciplines, but when I see research like this journal article, “Paying More to Get … Read more
Planet of the Apes: Narcissistic Behavior Allows Candidates to Ace Interviews
A recent study on what makes a person successful in a job interview found that narcissists do much better than non-narcissists. Apparently, the tendency to … Read more
Social Media Gone Awry
What does social media gone bad look like? Simply put, it is when information derived from social media, rumor, and our connections are used as a sole or … Read more