(In this article @ before a name denotes a person’s Twitter name.) @ValentinoBenito guested on the Recruiting @Animal Radio Show on Wednesday, June 15 and … Read more
A Vision for the Future of Recruitment: Recruitment 3.0
(This article, co-authored with Amy McKee, director, global talent acquisition, at Autodesk, is a greatly abridged version of an in-depth article also … Read more
Go South, Young Man
Texas Adds Over 700,000 Jobs The line was “Go West, Young Man” — and it was true for a long time. That’s where the money and the jobs were: … Read more
Attn: Recruiting Leaders — When Hiring Recruiters, You Get What You Pay for
Do you know what an experienced recruiter “looks like”? If hiring a recruiter to build a talent strategy, would you know the interview questions to ask to … Read more
One Difference Between the Jobless and the Employed: Luck
In an upcoming Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership I make a case — counterintuitive to many of you — that poaching an employee from your … Read more
This Is NOT Recruiting
I recently received an email with a job spec on it. An associate who had received it from a recruiter forwarded it to me because of my feelings on this … Read more
If Mom Can, So Can I
Anna Jarvis was from my home state of West Virginia. She introduced the traditional Mother’s Day celebration in 1907. It became a national holiday … Read more
For Us, Outsourcing Our Job Posting Works
Doing less with more. We measure it. Monitor it. Optimize it. Benchmark it. Roll it. So many schools of thought channeling through webinars, blogs, SMS … Read more
How to Be Sure Your Job Req Attracts Anyone and Everyone
One of the things that frustrated me when I was a recruiter was a poorly written job description. This was just one of many puzzle pieces that provided the … Read more
Why You Must Kick the Sourcing Habit
As many of you know — I announced it at the ERE Expo in San Diego — I’ve decided to bring recruiting back to recruiting. This is my new old … Read more