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This week RecruitingTools.com will be reporting from TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016. Why? Because this three-day conference and startup competition, gathers the best and brightest minds to talk about (and sometimes debate)… Read more

Knowing Boolean language is pretty much required for all recruiters.  This series was built to help you make sure that your Boolean game is solid. What is Boolean? The Boolean… Read more

Layoffs are troubling in any company. Much like a boulder thrown into water, it causes ripples in every faction of the business. A layoff, inevitably, triggers many of our deepest, scariest, psychological… Read more

The average attention span for a goldfish is 9 seconds. While you may not find that surprising,  did you know that the average adult attention span is 8 seconds?  Yes, my… Read more

Between face-to-face meetings, training sessions, Skype interviews, constant email inbox checks, and social media posts – recruiters are busy. That’s their go-to excuse for bad behavior, too. Fortunately for you… Read more

It’s prime hunting season for our industry. Heck, it’s always prime hunting season for sourcing and recruiting. That’s why we’re always looking for new tools that will  find contact information…. Read more

We’ve all had them. Those breakups that leave you hurt, confused, frustrated and angry. What you once thought was a beautiful relationship, is all of a sudden in ruins at… Read more

What is your email response rate? Based on the fact that so many recruiting companies send spam email communication, it has to be 80% at least, right?  I mean, why would… Read more

How well do you manage your leads? Let’s be honest here. I have this weird feeling you’re all thinking “lead management? As in…” Let’s face it. In recruiting, lead management… 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

At this point, I know you are mobile optimized. Ha. Ok. I’m not that hopeful that everyone who reads this is already mobile optimized but here’s some advice –  read… Read more

Employee engagement is one of those perpetual trending topics in HR and recruiting, probably because for years now, pundits and practitioners alike still haven’t figured out how to confront what… Read more

The terms “network” and “networking” have a rather nebulous definition, depending on who you ask; of course, for so many in our spam infested, hypersocial and intrinsically interconnected world, “networking”… Read more

If you work in recruiting, there’s probably a good chance that while you’ve felt the effects of public relations (which is almost always collateral damage), you don’t have any real… Read more

First off, let me just say that I am pretty much the world’s biggest Donald Trump fan, and in fact, 100% agree with everything The Donald has ever said or… Read more