Recruiting Tools

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

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

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

If you’re one of those billion or so people who thinks that Google “knows” what you’re searching for, this may be of interest to you.  Let’s take a search such… Read more

Companies always like to say that, “people are our greatest asset.” They forget that people are also the greatest burden. Lawsuits, turnover, insider fraud, for example, all happen by the… Read more

Sending and reading emails is a major time suck. If you need more time in your day, learning how to manage your email should be at the top of your… Read more

I have yet to meet anyone who went to college to become a recruiter. That being said, most of us are just winging it until we can find something that… Read more

You use GitHub for tech talent. You use LinkedIn for executive talent but where do you go to recruit creative talent? If you are looking for the marketing, graphic design… Read more

One of the reasons that recruiters are so valuable is because they know where to find candidates. Tech candidates seem to be more elusive than the average candidate. The passive… Read more

Some scoffed when I wrote about Snap Spectacles being a relevant recruiting tool. Fair enough, but I may have been on to something after all. Here’s why. Citi is now using… Read more

Times are tough in the newspaper business, but I didn’t know they were this tough. You probably aren’t familiar with tronc, but you certainly know their old moniker, Tribune Publishing. They’re behind such… Read more

Some of the best recruiting tools were not created for recruiters at all.  ZenProspect is built for sales professionals, yet it is a must have for recruiters who use Gmail.  It is… Read more

Hireables is a tool that allows you to source filter and sort tech talent found on GitHub who are most likely looking for a new job. So how do they… Read more