Until recently I was not a huge believer in putting a lot of effort, money, or time into driving company employment branding initiatives. It felt a little fluffy to me, and, honestly, I thought recruiting was a hands-on discipline (cold calling, relationship building, networking, etc.) measured in end results like time to fill, cost per... [full article »]

Staffing agencies struggle to differentiate their brand message and uniqueness in a sea of competition. In my dealings with staffing agencies, their pitches all begin to sound the same, but they also recognize that the sheer volume of competitors makes it difficult to sound different, if they truly are. In most local markets there are... [full article »]

For a thought experiment (and to encourage creative conversation), I recently asked a few recruiting friends, “If you were left with only one method or tool for recruiting talent, what would you use?” I’ve listed a few responses below and included some dialogue regarding pros and cons of each. Hopefully this discussion will help recruiters... [full article »]

Most corporate recruiting departments struggle to fully support the recruiting needs of their organizations. This is not to say that there aren’t strong recruiting functions or recruiters on the corporate side, but corporate recruiting does struggle with an image issue that is at least somewhat deserved. A couple weeks ago I published an article that... [full article »]

Over the last several years I’ve sat through no less than 100 staffing agency “pitches” in person or over the phone. At this point these meetings have begun to all sound very similar, so I’ll bucket agency sales pitches in to these three areas. “We’re Different.” Almost every agency says they have a special/unique process... [full article »]

Does your recruiting department have a vision statement? Do you have a clear strategy to accomplish this vision? If you are like most in recruiting functions, you probably do not (and likely should). How else will your recruiters know how their daily activities tie to departmental and organizational success? At DaVita, our recruiting team has... [full article »]