Job Market

Imagine that some hiring manager wants to open a req right away for some random role, let’s say, a building maintenance technician. So he calls the recruiter with his request,… Read more

If you’ve ever spent any time as a recruiter, you know that there’s nothing more painful than having to sit through a terrible job interview. That is, unless you’re the… Read more

If you’re like most employers today, there’s a good chance that you’re spending a lot of money establishing your company’s recruitment marketing initiatives. Whether that’s establishing an employer brand, replacing or… Read more

For an industry which prides itself on “none of us knew we were going to be recruiters,” those of us in talent acquisition seem to make it awful hard for… Read more

While specialized, in demand positions in fields such as tech and healthcare seemingly dominate the recruiting conversation, the fact of the matter is, these niche searches are much more the… Read more

If you’re in recruiting, I’m sure that by now you’re probably aware of the fact that as of last week, Facebook officially announced that they would be rolling out the… Read more

If you need any further proof that tech hiring is hot, consider the fact that pretty much the default search for any sourcing or recruiting CRM product demo out there… Read more

I was recently watching a bunch of those old black and white movies from the “Golden Age” of Hollywood. While I’d seen most of these classics before, this time I… Read more

It sounded, on the surface, like a can’t miss premise. eHarmony, one of the world’s largest online dating sites, would leverage its extensive data set, proprietary algorithm and established track… Read more

I’ve often described job-seekers as the most underserved customer group out there, and I still think it is. Consumers have certain expectations when it comes to their experience as they… Read more

As any recruiter or talent acquisition professional can tell you, at a foundational and fundamental level, that even today, job descriptions still play among the most important and influential roles… Read more

If there’s one career topic that remains particularly contentious, particularly when it comes to recruiting and HR practitioners, it’s about the relative importance we place on job titles – and… 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

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

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