I love recruitment because….. «. I love recruitment for many of the same reasons mentioned in the article and for many more. I have told people on more than one occasion that I can’t see myself ever doing anything else. I love what I do and I get to do what I love….Help People […]
The golden rule of cold-calling. Don’t! – The Savage Truth. There is no reason to have to cold call…..a truly cold call….chances are there is a way to leverage a common interest, a personal network, or a personal reference in order to make the call warmer….
How I got a job at Stack Overflow – Matt\\\\\\\’s Blog. There are some great nuggets of wisdom in this post, both about how to interview and prepare for a technical job interview, but also how companies should conduct and hire someone….it appears to me that Joel Spolsky and the guys at StackOverflow seem to […]
Hired Guns: How Search Firms Are Changing The Business Of College Coaching – Forbes. Interesting article about the use of search firms in sports….I can’t think of an industry out there where the use of a search firm would not be beneficial….not everyone has the time, skills, or network to do what it is that […]
Path.To\\\\\\\’s Social Media Mojo Transforms Your Facebook Posts Into A New Job | Fast Company. As more and more companies realize that there is more to hiring that just matching up someone’s hard skills to a job spec, companies like Path.To are going to become extremely useful tools in helping to identify the top performers […]
I have been going back and forth this past week about talent vs. Job specs and how skewed the decision making process has become. When I was lucky enough to partner up with The AlphaMan and recruit for VC backed start-up companies in The Valley it always seemed like we were looking to hire the […]
http://www.ere.net/2011/10/10/recruitings-blunder-of-epic-prop… John Sullivan provides yet more compelling evidence that companies and recruiters need to embrace mobile is the way to reach candidates….if you don’t you are making a HUGE mistake. Mobile is the way things happen now…believe it…. See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1edx9
http://www.ere.net/2011/07/22/is-the-current-corporate-recruit… He hits the nail right on the head…these changes are happening now and are only going to become more prevalent and relevant to the hiring process…..HR Pros are advised to pay attention and start to implement these new techniques or they are going to pay the price later (and later is not that far […]
URL: http://mashable.com/2011/08/28/social-media-recruiting-… Great infographic on hiring and social media…check it out…see what you think…pretty telling information. Social and Recruiting seem to be joined so take advantage and use the social to your advantage…. See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1c312
http://www.ere.net/2011/07/27/the-search-for-mobile-recruiting… More and more innovations are coming to market that are making it easier for candidates and companies to connect and even apply for jobs using mobile devices. Interesting stuff happening…. See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1bwkd
http://venturehacks.com/articles/a-players A Players Hire A players…this is a phrase used in the recruiting space often. The following post breaks it down….Good Stuff… Happy Recruiting. Hire Those A’s See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1bs9l
I have had a lot of conversations lately with both candidates and clients about the hiring process. It appears to be broken. In my mind there is no reason it should take more than a month to get someone hired! There is no reason interviews have gaps of weeks in between them! There is no […]
I have done a lot of thinking about the recruiting industry and the misconceptions that go along with it. One misconception is that there is a “secret process” that some firms have that make them better than others….clients are led to believe that one firm has an advantage simply because their “process” is superior…….what a bunch […]
I had a dinner party last night and the subject of contacts in business came up. A couple of my guests were talking back and forth about the level of personal information that they divulge to their business contacts….basically the gist of the conversation was if you are only doing business with the person, how […]
Recruiters. Technology-driven, resume-shuffling, price-cutting drones? – The Savage Truth. These are the same thoughts that run through my head, day in and day out. Kudos to Greg for being able to put them into words a lot more eloquently than I could…. Being Real and Getting to know people is the only way to succeed […]
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