Job Market

When it comes to engagement, recruiters walk a fine but distinct line. On one hand, recruiters are faced with the intrinsic necessity to reach out to candidates and connect with… Read more

“I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who… Read more

While this Friday’s monthly jobs report (something of a bellwether for labor economists and recruiting geeks everywhere) should paint a rosy picture of an economy at full employment, the global markets’… Read more

It seemed like a strange place to meet up with a Marine Corps Officer to talk about his pending retirement from the military, but I figured that an Irish Pub… Read more

If you’re like most employers, there’s a good chance that you’re already investing in employer branding by now. In fact, a recent Harvard Business Review study showed that fully 74%… Read more

I’d like to think I’ve learned a lot over my years as a recruiter, but I’d like to start with a piece of wisdom I once got back in the… Read more

There’s always at least one recruiter in every room who still reminisces fondly about the days of when candidates used to mail in resumes to ads they found in print… Read more

As a white male, there are few conversation topics more taboo than talking about (much less writing about) the issue of race. It’s one of those things, like politics, sex… Read more

Pick any trending topic that’s top of mind in recruiting right now, from the candidate experience to onboarding. Chances are that once you strip away all the unnecessary layers of… Read more

During the deepest depths of the recession, nightly news footage was full of seemingly stock footage of resume clutching job seekers standing in line at career fairs. The formula for these… Read more

  If you’ve seen one of the Horrible Bosses movies by now (and chances are good, if you get Showtime, since they’ve pretty much got it on an alternate loop… Read more

Sourcing is one of those skill sets that you continue to use even after you leave recruiting—and just as relevant if your new job, like mine, involves generating marketing-qualified leads…. Read more

While the whole job search is like dating metaphor has decidedly jumped the shark, the fact is that while this aphorism used to be something of a stretch, now, they’re… Read more

If you know me, you know that I love to eat. This hasn’t always been the case; the concept of “good” food is a relatively new discovery for me, and it’s… Read more

Just last week, the Department of Defense announced that veteran unemployment had reached its lowest levels since April 2008. While an estimated 6.9% of veterans were unemployed in October 2013, two… Read more