Staffing

You forget that somehow, life can pass you by if you let it. And even though this business has become my life, it’s still hard for me to take a… Read more

I have no memories (first hand, of course) of their now seminal Super Bowl spot, “When I Grow Up,” mainly because I was growing up, and, being in middle school,… Read more

If there’s one thing recruiters may never tire of, it’s trash talking other recruitment companies. If you’ve spent any time at all in this industry, you’ve surely heard the self-congratulatory… Read more

I’ve been a recruiter for 14 years now, and during that time, have been able to witness the evolution of the applicant tracking system first hand. Over the course of… Read more

A year or so ago, I saw an internal recruiter from Hewlett Packard bragging on LinkedIn about how successful he and his team had been in filling open job requisitions…. Read more

Early into my tenure in what I finally considered a “real” job, I decided for personal kicks and grins to take one of those manifold career assessments out there –… Read more

I’ve worked for a staffing agency for the last fourteen years, so I suppose you could consider me something of a lifer in this business. One of the things that… 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

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

Sometimes you just need a scapegoat. For the staffing industry, the applicant tracking system (ATS) seems to be taking on that role as recruiting challenges grow and results disappoint. Why… 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

There’s been quite a bit of hype about social media. Perhaps you’ve even become an evangelist (or at least a believer) by yourself. Social media is self perpetuating; networks are… Read more

OK. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “of course. Here we go with another political post. Damn you, Zeller.” But even though my niche network of cleared tech talent in the… Read more

I’m just going to jump right into this one; no one wants content or complexity in their content, therefore, leads are just kind of a waste of space. Everyone wants… Read more

“Welcome to my battle/For business recreation/I sweat and laugh and scream here For the working population.”  A Really Long Editor’s Note: When we were all discovering social media a lifetime (but… Read more