A lot has been said about the deep Web or “invisible Web,” but still there is quite a bit of mystery surrounding this incredible resource. What is the deep Web and how can we access it to gather information or candidates? The deep Web has been around for years, and it is not a new... [full article »]

The successful Internet sourcer knows it’s not where you search, but how you search that really matters. I could be searching the same database or source as someone else, but come up with completely different results. In fact, it would be rare that I would come up with the same results. The only cases where... [full article »]

The Internet can be both a blessing and a curse! When you need to find something fast, the Internet and its various search portals can be painfully frustrating, returning long lists of sites both good and bad that may or may not give you the information you need. But you know what you’re looking for... [full article »]

Three months ago I was sourcing for a very difficult position and was lucky to find two candidates who fit my specifications. I performed the same search this week and found more than six candidates who fit my specifications, most of whom were asking for less money than their previous counterparts. I’m sure you have... [full article »]

With the economy slowing and unemployment rates rising, now is the time to review your costs as a recruitment department in order to keep your company afloat during the dry times. Staying “under the radar” from the CFO and CEO when it comes to overhead costs will help keep your department intact and in better... [full article »]

In a slowing economy, does it make sense to recruit the way you would in a tight economy? Has recruiting ever been a one-size-fits-all proposition? Absolutely not! Your traditional advertising dollars (job postings, ads, banners, etc.) are now generating more resumes than you can review. But since when did quantity equal quality? You’re buried in... [full article »]

Many of you have hired dedicated in-house people to search the Internet for resumes as well as names and numbers of candidates that match your requisitions. Some of you may have hired “sourcing teams,” while others have an individual “sourcer” who supports three or more recruiters. In either case, you know that Internet sourcing and... [full article »]

In my article Top Ten Rules for Successful Internet Sourcers, the first rule listed was “Research Comes First.” Many of you emailed me asking for practical research sites and steps to take in your sourcing strategy. This article is dedicated to giving you a step-by-step guide to proper research and showing you what I have... [full article »]

So many of you have been thrust into the role of Project Manager for the Recruitment division. Your job is taking your organization from point A (no online recruitment strategy) to point B (a Best-in-Class recruitment strategy) within months. You may not even be titled “Project Manager,” and this may not even be your full-time... [full article »]

Successful sourcing follows a pattern of rules and tricks of the trade that helps those sourcers be the best in their field. But not all sourcers know all the tricks of the trade, which mostly come from practice and perseverance. After writing the first five rules (see ERE Article for January 18th), I received a... [full article »]

Every experienced Internet Sourcer uses a general list of guidelines that they work successfully by. Like any profession, Internet Sourcers have a “Rules of the Road” that assists them in finding qualified candidates. I’ve listed ten rules, that I will break down into two separate articles. These rules are not necessarily in order of significance,... [full article »]

I received so many responses to my last article on ERE, “Tips on Hiring an Internet Sourcer,” I felt like a follow-up article was appropriate to help answer some of the many questions I received. The most common question posed to me was that of a pay range for an experienced Internet Sourcer. Here are... [full article »]

A lot has been said about the pros and cons of hiring an Internet Sourcer. Having hired and managed my own sourcing teams for a few years now, I’ve learned quite a bit about the pitfalls of hiring this new breed of recruiter. Before I launch into the dos and don’ts of hiring Internet Sourcers,... [full article »]

How many of us receive a requisition for an open position, immediately go to the hiring manager to talk it over, then start recruiting off of it? Are you guilty of taking your requisitions at face value? Have you lost good candidates when your hiring manager was too slow to respond? Have you ever had... [full article »]

In my last article, I talked about the art of posting a job. In this article, I would like to focus on the art of searching for resumes on the Internet. Spending time sourcing for candidates on the Internet is just as important as posting a great job. And sourcing is probably more valuable than... [full article »]

There is a definite “art” to creating interesting job postings that will attract candidates. Too many times we throw away our job posting dollars by simply cutting and pasting our standard job descriptions into the posting. If you take a little time to make a mental checklist of your posting, you will find much more... [full article »]

In my last article, I wrote of the need for HR to think outside the box when it comes to recruiting by offering relocation assistance. In this article I would like to explore offering visa sponsorship as a way to expand your possibilities in recruiting candidates. My timing is perfect since we are almost at... [full article »]

In my previous article, we explored various reasons to consider relocation assistance for the majority of your positions. I ended the article asking for examples of creative relocation ideas or polices to share, and was surprised by the lack of response. In fact, while researching this article, I noticed this same question has also been... [full article »]

The Internet has changed the face of recruiting incredibly over the last few years. One of the greatest changes is that the Internet has allowed the world to get much smaller. With the unemployment rate the lowest it’s been in 30 years, combined with over 75% of the people in this country rather spending their... [full article »]

Sadly, I have become entranced by the recent television voyeurism phenomena called ?Survivor.? This show is addicting! It?s about 16 castaways on an island who must survive on their own (having to eat rats, etc.) in order to win a prize of one million dollars. The true test however is not in the survival itself,... [full article »]