Recruiting Advice

If there is one thing we can be sure of it’s this: Combine a persistent shortage of skilled talent, a 2.7 percent Veteran unemployment rate, and a surge of organized… Read more

When I started this, my intention was to focus on how companies manage disaster relief efforts both internally and externally, particularly with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. As I began to… Read more

Here’s a question that has been on my mind: Why don’t we send out rejection letters anymore? I know — your company sends out rejection letters, and if they do,… Read more

As the market for talent continues to get more competitive, companies are increasingly turning to Talent Sourcers to find and recruit the best people. But remember, candidates simply don’t apply… Read more

It’s hard for hiring professionals to be frank and honest with candidates. I recently got a note from someone on LinkedIn about my RecruitingDaily post on companies that bring in… Read more

Last summer, RecruitingDaily contributor Alan Henshaw asked a great question: Why don’t organizations develop more  creative ways for rewarding employees who make candidate referrals? It’s a great question, because in… Read more

Sometimes, I find some really interesting stuff on LinkedIn’s Premium Career Group, and sometimes, it may even be the punchline to a recruiting joke. Here’s a recent (and amusing) example… Read more

In a workplace world where we conduct job interviews, exit interviews, and sometimes even “stay” interviews, it’s not surprising that there’s been a push for “declined offer” interviews. Yes, somebody thinks it… Read more

Look, your recruiting strategy is effectively 98 percent the same as every other company. You start with an ATS, you write and publish job openings on job boards and tell… Read more

It’s the Holy Grail of hiring: Finding the magic formula that will help you land the very best talent. Everybody has a different take on how to do it, of course,… Read more

I think we all know the recruitment process — i.e. the hiring process, the process of recruitment, whatever you want to call it — is a mess. It tends to… Read more

I’m one of the members — one out of 1,000,479, to be exact — of LinkedIn’s Premium Career Group. I recently saw a question/comment with the headline Thank you for… Read more

When you’re 18, it’s fair to assume that you know absolutely nothing about anything. What’s inconvenient is that most real knowledge really only comes in hindsight, which is about as useful as… Read more

There’s a good reason why no one ever finds that elusive “purple squirrel” when they’re recruiting for a job. It’s because 999 times out of a thousand, they don’t exist…. Read more

When I was 11, I collected rubber ducks, my favorite color was purple, and Blink-182 was trendy. So behold, my first email address — [email protected]. Tragically, this email address did… Read more