Recruiting Advice

Sometimes I am asked: “So why are you a recruiter?”  It’s a great question really. I mean you don’t go to school for it. I don’t know of anyone who… Read more

Today’s job market creates an unprecedented level of competition for strong candidates. Recruiters vying for top talent alongside many other businesses need every advantage. While no single professional is flawless,… Read more

Talent acquisition professionals regularly say, “I don’t want more applications, I want better applications.” When they look for marketing solutions, they don’t want yet another solution that simply generates more… Read more

When you’re a King, you don’t need long introductions or lengthy leads, because, well, people already know you rule. So straight to the good stuff – 23 tips guaranteed to… Read more

Every so often recruitment conferences (of which there are many,) need defibrillators strapped to them and set to 50,000 volts! They need a serious jolt – you know they do! Too… Read more

We think, and talk a lot about, the need to “Say Something” to attract an audience.  Send a message…. push it out. Be noticed and heard.  But let’s be honest:  most of what we… Read more

Most of us have heard time and time again that “people don’t leave companies, they leave managers”. I can’t recall ever seeing any compelling evidence for this. In our 2013 new… Read more

Video has become one of the best ways to communicate a company’s culture, especially in a talent recruiting context.  Doing it well can yield great results.  Doing it poorly?  Well,… Read more

Employer branding may not be new for your company. Maybe your organization has been actively branding its employment experience for several years. But an employer brand isn’t static; it’s an ongoing… Read more

Besides the fact that treating your candidates with respect is the right thing to do, there are also some solid and important reasons for creating a positive candidate experience that can and likely will… Read more

It’s time for a change in the key performance indicators for recruiting.

3 Reasons Why Being a Lazy Recruiter on LinkedIn Can Cost You Candidates

The 3 types of people involved with talent acquisition at every organization.

I recently went down to the Bayou, joining 1,100 HR practitioners and leaders in downtown New Orleans for the 11th Annual Great Place to Work Conference. It made sense that this… Read more

Recruiting has no barriers for entry, unlike almost any other profession, which at least requires a related degree.  Even in the absence of recruitment as an actual academic discipline, success… Read more