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So you work for an organization that has drank the proverbial recruiting and sourcing kool-aide and they beat the drum of measurement. Now you are tasked to start measuring recruiting effectiveness…. Read more

Given how hard it is to hire qualified developers and engineers in the first place, much less in Silicon Valley, where the laws of supply and demand for tech talent… Read more

Somehow, in recruiting, not only do we somehow think we’re marketers, salesmen and strategists simultaneously, it seems that of late, we also fancy ourselves as “hackers.” There is absolutely nothing… Read more

Throughout the course of my career, I’ve found myself involved in a seemingly infinite amount of existential (and extraneous) coversations about just how stupid candidates thought recruiters really were, a… Read more

Our story begins where most current day love stories begin… on Twitter. A few months back, feeling a bit lost and overwhelmed with the task of picking a new Candidate… Read more

Over the years, one of the many things I’ve given quite a bit of thought to is the relationship between recruiting and sourcing, and how these functions fit in with… Read more

This is the first in an occasional series of posts on using “old school” recruitment actions to increase your bottom line results.Today’s discussion is on candidate experience or should I… Read more

It seems counterintuitive to take a step back and challenge the basics of innovation, but all things considered, it seems apropos to pause and wonder exactly when innovation became so,… Read more

Recruiters have a job that, superficially at least, looks pretty easy to pretty much everyone who hasn’t ever actually recruited before. Like cooking or photography, it’s one of those things… Read more

Let me tell you a story, as told to me by someone involved. Candidate (let’s call him Steve) applies to a company to be a custodian. A few weeks later… Read more

A live q&a session with Dean Da Costa on sourcing strategies and tools to help you find the right candidates and their contact information efficiently.

Gig-Economy; the latest buzzword. But this one has quite an impact. A gig economy is one where workers are looking for short-term temporary work as independent contractors rather than take… Read more

People have always questioned whether money can buy happiness. But does the rise or fall of your paycheck change the workplace factors that are most important to you? From past… Read more

If you didn’t know who Simon Sinek was before, you have probably seen the viral video he has about managing millennials.  What Millennials Want Once I got past the bullshit rationale… Read more

While there’s been some slight advances in the tools and technologies available for finding top talent, even the most advanced systems are simply automating what the most effective sourcers and… Read more