Tools

Not having the ability to market and pay salaries like Google and Facebook doesn’t mean you are relegated to second-tier talent.   If you tell your own compelling story with… Read more

While you might not ever have heard the term “Jobsworth” before, if you’ve ever worked in the business of talent, you’ve almost certainly run into at least a few of… Read more

There’s no denying that I love Twitter. And I know a lot of you do, too. With 284 million registered users, its a perfect place to look for candidates, especially… Read more

I’ve spent quite a bit of time on planes lately, jetting between Denver, San Francisco, Boston and Orlando in the past few weeks alone. For whatever reason – maybe it’s because… Read more

In the increasingly interconnected world of work, teams, employers and candidates continue to adopt the technologies, processes and procedures designed to transcend geographic borders or national boundaries, allowing organizations to overcome the… Read more

I’m not sure why I’m still writing about the importance of hiring veterans. It’s one of those topics that’s more conventional common sense than cutting best practice, but even after… Read more

I’m lucky (or unlucky) enough to have gone to enough recruiting related events and conferences over the past few years to realize that while mobile has progressed to the point… Read more

There is no single piece of technology that’s more universally despised throughout recruiting’s rank and file than applicant tracking systems. That these cumbersome, rigid legacy systems, written on a code… Read more

In December of 2013, I closed my LinkedIn account. As I retold in an emotional post Facebook post, I had discovered that I had been sending those annoying “Dan Schlosser has… Read more

By now, if you’re in recruiting or sourcing at least, you’re probably already aware of Connectifier. For those of you who haven’t caught onto this hot recruiting tool by now, Connectifier’s… Read more

For the second year in a row, I made the trek to Seattle to attend the #Talent42 event, one that stands out among the busy recruiting calendar as one can’t… Read more

If you’re like most recruiting and talent pros out there, you’re probably sick and tired of hearing about “big data,” a concept so seemingly complex that neither pundits nor practitioners… Read more

With the proliferation of increasingly sophisticated sourcing systems and solutions available to recruiters today, finding top talent today is easier than ever before,  meaning that simply finding the right candidates is no longer… Read more

With hundreds of employers voluntarily subjecting their hiring process to the intense scrutiny involved in being adjudicated by nearly 95,000 applicant responses, the 2014 Candidate Experience Awards did more than… Read more

You’ve heard it before, but even though it’s become so overused it’s almost a cliche, the fact is that hiring is broken – and the evidence is everywhere. From resumes… Read more