If your website isn’t mobile friendly and word of mouth is your marketing plan, then you may be doomed, at least as far as attracting candidates. A … Read more
Authentic Engagement of the Passive Candidate Part 3 – Sharing Your Sourcing Process
I recently addressed a challenge most of us in talent acquisition frequently experience– hiring managers failing to engage passive candidates in a manner … Read more
The Real Problem With Crappy, Mediocre Managers
Incompetence is contagious within companies — and it spreads like wildfire. Incompetence can originate from anywhere, but mediocre managers are like … Read more
Machines or Humans — Who Will Win the Battle for the Future of Recruiting?
Unless you happened to be called Rip van Winkle, it is impossible to have missed the gloomy predictions of many doomsayers that humans are set to be … Read more
HR’s Important Role in Defining Employee Engagement
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion around the topic of workplace engagement. Most notably, an expose of Amazon in The New York Times highlighted … Read more
Here’s What It Means to Be Strategic
I often talk about my leadership workshops as helping leaders think and work more strategically. I was recently talking to a group of middle managers who … Read more
How to Make Your Job Postings More Effective
As staffing professionals, we spend the vast majority of our waking hours each day actively seeking qualified candidates to meet the needs of our clients. … Read more
Ethical Sourcing – Yes or No?
This fall, in Amsterdam, the SoSU Europe Sourcing conference took place. On the grapevine I heard about a “cool” presentation from an eastern European guy … Read more
The 6 Strategic Recruiting Metrics That Executives Want to See
Stop Flailing, and Finally Understand What Makes a Metric Strategic During the many decades that I have been a metrics expert, I have found that the amount … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: When Was the Last Time You Dug Into Your Hiring Process?
Have you ever watched Undercover Boss on TV and been as astounded as I about how little the featured executives seem to know about what really goes on in … Read more