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Can we be honest for a moment? Maybe, as the kids say, “get real?” When you and your talent acquisition team started talking about social recruiting, did you actually have… Read more

Way back when Skills and Endorsements were introduced (yes, they were announced in late September 2012), I did it myself. I wrote about the Facebook-ization of LinkedIn. Endorsements were frivolous…. Read more

Famously screamed by Maximus Meridius in a coliseum full of dirt and blood in the film Gladiator, yet I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I said it’s exactly how I felt… Read more

Finding talent is easy.  When you need to find candidate information; that is when it gets hard. Real hard. But as recruiters, we refuse to give up. That is why… Read more

Can You Gig It?: What The Gig Economy Means For Recruiting Recruiting is becoming more challenging every day. Not only do we have to find the best talent, we’re now starting… Read more

If you do a quick search for “education system is..” the first four results are adjectives like broken, flawed and failing. This is where I’d love to inject my own political commentary on… Read more

ICYMI, in this series, we will focus on sharpening your skills so that you can become a better technical recruiter. You’ll learn tactics and strategies to apply before, during and post… Read more

At first glance, employees may seem unusually attentive to their work this week: sitting at their desks, heads down, conducting research, making decisions and dutifully completing required forms. And then… Read more

I had the great pleasure of representing my beloved employer – Randstad Sourceright at the first ever – “Sourcing Summit Asia” conference in Singapore. (#sosuasia) After my presentation there, I… Read more

I’ve been at this recruiting thing for almost 16 years now, and I can’t say that I knew I’d be doing what I do for a living in my 40’s. And… Read more

You don’t read a lot of articles on RecrutingTools about Video Interviewing platforms. That’s because I, like most of you, I couldn’t figure out why I have to pay money… Read more

A business doesn’t grow by accident. Long-term success is planned, and a big part of that plan is knowing what data affects your company, and how you can use it…. Read more

With election year in full swing, you’ve probably already noticed that your social streams and news feeds have become like some weird version of Fox and Friends. It seems like… Read more

Earlier this year, I wrote about the rise of HR software that would help determine culture fit. It seems “culture” took the place of employee engagement in buzzword bingo. What’s… Read more

Think about your friends.  Some like to communicate via Facebook, others via text message. Some may use Word and others, Google Docs. So if you were tasked to get your friends… Read more