Recruiting

Recently, I was finally able to take a real vacation that did not include conferences, meetings, or speaking arrangements.  My destination: Jamaica. My goal: to swim the warm waters and… 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

As someone who’s more or less grown up with the commoditization and corporate adoption of social media, and as someone who gets paid to do this stuff, I’ve seen a… Read more

Like many marketers, I’ve always been a huge fan of content; after all, it not only gives me something productive to do on the train, but it keeps me informed,… Read more

You’ve probably spent the last month or so being bombarded by holiday inspired music and content marketing – two of the most cliche, trite and grating genres ever invented. That’s… 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

I know, a lot of you think phone sourcing is either old fashioned or completely obsolete – the technological antipode of things like crowdfunding, social media or ecommerce. And I admit, phone… Read more

The only people fighting harder to earn credibility than recruiters are the rest of HR.  Pretty much everyone, everywhere, it seems, has some sort of severe dislike for HR as… Read more

Let’s face it. If we liked math (or were any good at it), there’s a good chance we wouldn’t be in recruiting. Crunching data has to be one of the… 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

I’m passionate about helping good companies recruit good people, which is why I’ve dedicated so much of my time and effort to building solutions designed to make those matches happen… 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

I bet you’ve already noticed how much harder it has gotten in the last year or two. The economy is improving, so everyone’s willing to look for a new job,… Read more

Editor’s Note: Thank you to our sponsor HiringSolved for making this trip possible.    “One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small. And the ones that Mother gives you, don’t… Read more