Recruiting Industry

“That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9… Read more

VCs want your company to be worth a lot of money – but that’s a bad thing. HR and recruiting, historically, haven’t exactly been hotbeds of innovation; instead, these back… 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

“A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.”   – Fidel Castro. It’s taken me a while, this post. The reasons, you see, are contrary to… Read more

According to a recently released report conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), the UK’s professional body for HR and talent development and global recruitment process outsourcing firm Hays PLC,… Read more

Editor’s Note: Thank you to our sponsor HiringSolved for making this trip possible.    I’m taking off at o’dark thirty Saturday morning on a charter flight to Havana with a ragtag assortment… Read more

Recently, it seems my rants against the rotten state of the recruiting industry have earned me the reputation of being “the angry recruiter,” an honorific that, while not entirely accurate,… Read more

Oh, “time to fill.” If you’re a recruiter, the very mention of this metric is enough to send shivers down your spine; after all, it’s been used for years now to… Read more

Not too long ago, there were a ton of technical, economic and access barriers anyone wanting to make a movie had to overcome to make even a short form student film;… Read more

Love it or hate it, LinkedIn is one of those companies that’s constantly tweaking their platform; that they put a ton more time and money back into their actual product than… Read more

Recruiting isn’t rocket science. But for some reason, that hasn’t stopped a cottage industry of consultants and commentators from adding unnecessary complexity to a pretty straightforward profession. Recruiting, ultimately, all comes down… Read more

If you’re like most recruiters, you already know that top talent can’t be bought; the best candidates aren’t just chasing a paycheck when they’re considering career destinations. Job seekers today have… Read more

With global talent shortages, growing skills gaps and increasing competition for qualified individuals, talent acquisition has become much more challenging in recent years. Further complicating the process is that the… Read more

Over the years, I’ve often written about my experiences as a lifetime recruiter. It’s a life that’s taught me some valuable lessons, to say the very least. Now, I’m going… Read more

“Only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me? … A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing. ALWAYS BE… Read more