Guest Post

A couple of weeks ago, I met with the recruiting and talent leadership from a local tech startup that’s entered a period of hyper growth. They had read a report I… Read more

I consult with recruiters in social media, social recruiting and recruitment technology.  The number 1 question I get from directors and leaders of recruitment teams and third party agencies is… Read more

Your company likely focused on building its consumer brand long before you began worrying about building an employer brand. And while the two are promoting the same company and may share… Read more

What follows is an account of a successful early careerist having a career discussion with an influential mentor: After I graduated from Harvard and took my first job as an… Read more

Social technology has had a huge impact on the enterprise. From the way we do business to the way we find business – it’s changed many things.In recruiting, it’s changed the way… Read more

Intelligent Search Agents, a DC based staffing company specializing in combining “easy and affordable tools” with “expert support” for small business staffing, has recently released a new tool called Internet… Read more

Okay, you’ve created your LinkedIn profile, updated all of your past experience and education, so you’re all set to go, right? Wrong. If you don’t actually DO something with your… Read more

Nonprofit organizations that want to recruit top employees must compete against top-notch, for-profit employers that have reputations for being some of the best places to work. But with a carefully designed employer branding strategy, your… Read more

I often hear people likening recruiters to salespeople. As they see it, there are a lot of similarities between the two: the structure of their performance metrics is similar, basic… Read more

Picture the scene. It is  another conference/seminar/round table/unconference where a bunch of recruiters are sat around debating the latest topics of the day. The subject of candidate experience comes up… Read more

For the past few weeks now, I have been testing out a new mobile recruiting tool called TextRecruit. I don’t say this about many tools and sourcing technologies, but I’ve… Read more

MILITARY FRIENDLY EMPLOYER!      WE LOVE VETS! Those are both great slogans for a PR campaign or organizational branding efforts. They are not, however, great for recruiting or hiring. … Read more

As a shopper have you ever seen an advert for a great deal on a product the day after it finished? How annoying is that! Or have you ever seen… Read more

I was listening to a well-known comedian on my iPad this past weekend and had boisterous laugh as it immediately turned my recruiter brain on after a moderately humors segment…. Read more

Before you jump into social recruiting, it’s important to understand the strategies that have worked for other companies.