Sourcing

One of the most important but intangible factors in recruiting and hiring job candidates is the often-misunderstood concept of “cultural fit.” Simply put: you want to make sure you get… Read more

Here’s the thing; as sexy as we make social out to be, and as much emphasis as we put on concepts like talent communities and targeted content, the fact of… Read more

Earlier this year, as has become something of an annual ritual, the HR and recruiting industry’s pundits (yes, they really exist) released their predictions of talent trends in the year… Read more

Nothing sucks worse than making a bad hire. When that happens, recruiters have no one to blame but themselves for failing to meet the one objective that’s the most critical… Read more

Talent Hacks from The Second City Second City has been attracting & developing top talent in our field for over 55 years.  Most noteworthy Tina Fey, Bill Murray and Steven Colbert,… Read more

Recruiters might run point on sourcing, screening and slating candidates, but it’s no secret who really wears the proverbial pants in the process. Hiring managers have almost always had the final say in… Read more

If you think that Klout, Kred or any of the other measurements of “influence” are going to be the determining factor in your 2015 recruiting success, you’re full of crap. Or… Read more

We brought in 2 heavy hitters to drop the knowledge on how you can use old techniques and tactics to create new value. And start building relationships instead of lead lists. In this… Read more

When I stand back and take a look at job interviews, the whole concept seems, I don’t know, a little weird to me. Sure, they’re as much a standard part of… Read more

In my last Recruiting Daily article, Unscientific Assessment: Phrenology for Recruiters, I explored some of the stupid, silly and specious culture of talent acquisition in which scientifically validated, insightful assessment tools… Read more

If you really want to tell how good at sourcing someone really is, the first task to assign them should be to find a recent, relevant and comprehensive guide to… Read more

Back in January 2013, Facebook launched one of the most awesome sourcing/recruiting tools of our time, better known as Graph Search. This was pretty much just basically a search engine… Read more

Last summer I found myself up against a deadline. Per our new Vice President of Human Resources, I had 3 days to pull together a diversity budget for our 30,000… Read more

Let me be really clear here to start this post off: I’m not hating on staffing agencies. In fact, far from it. I actually grew up on the agency side;… Read more

Webinar: The Sourcer’s Daily Dozen Which sourcing methods actually work?  The ones that a top sourcer could use every day to build their pipelines quickly and effectively.  You’ll learn 12 free… Read more