You might know me from my many years of contribution here on ERE or seen me present at previous ERE and Sourcecon conferences. After 16+ years of working in the recruiting industry across many different continents, I have decided to auction off my knowledge for a day to the highest bidder on EBay and donate... [full article »]
Rob McIntosh
McIntosh is the SVP of global talent acquisition for Avanade. He is a senior recruiting leader and strategist with 16+ years of global recruitment experience primarily focused on building world-class recruiting organizations. His expertise covers aggressive and creative sourcing strategies; talent relationship management (TRM/CRM) programs and solutions; full 'cradle to grave' sourcing/recruiting metrics and benchmarking; and international sourcing (offshoring, in-sourcing, and outsourcing). He is constantly looked to by leaders both in the U.S. and internationally for new, creative, and groundbreaking ideas to help identify and pipeline talent to meet current and future business demand. He started his recruiting career in Sydney, Australia, as a third-party recruiter before relocating to Canada in 1999 and ultimately ended up running national recruitment for Microsoft Canada. He relocated to Microsoft HQ in Seattle, where he was responsible for designing and architecting the Technical Central Sourcing organization, hiring and leading a team of sourcing luminaries such as Shally Steckerl, Jim Stroud, and Glenn Gutmacher. Prior to finding his passion in recruiting and sourcing, he spent many years in software/hardware sales and originally started his career as a COBOL/PRG Computer Programmer/Operator.
Articles by Rob McIntosh...
Bright and Shiny Recruiting Objects Are Dangerous to Your Corporate Health
by Rob McIntosh Feb 5, 2008
Howard Adamsky penned an interesting article the other day that struck a raw nerve with me. So much so that not only did I take the time to respond (which I do not do a lot of these days), but it actually lured me out of the darkness to jump on my soapbox with an... [full article »]
Building Creative and Aggressive Sourcing Strategies
by Rob McIntosh Oct 27, 2005
A few people have wondered if I might be dead. They have not seen any activity from me on ERE lately (no articles; no postings; I wasn’t at ERE’s Boston conference). The fact is, I’ve been heads down since my presentation at ERE’s March conference in San Diego (entitled “Central Sourcing: Developing a New Recruiting... [full article »]
Are Passive Candidates a Waste of Time in a Volume Hiring Model?
by Rob McIntosh Mar 15, 2005
Let’s first agree that no staffing model is solely based on identifying and finding only passive candidates. It makes sense to have a solid strategy built around quick hits, such as candidates in your own ATS or candidates on job boards. Most companies still need an active component to their hiring process, even as they... [full article »]
Give Away the Farm or Hold Your Cards Close?
by Rob McIntosh Aug 18, 2004
A few recent discussions with fellow recruiters made me want to write an article around the philosophical debate of the general sharing and swapping of tips, tricks, and strategies between recruiters. ERE itself is a great forum for the sharing of knowledge and the exchange of best practices, so I felt that it was an... [full article »]
Build a World-Class Network in 30 Days, Part 2
by Rob McIntosh Jun 15, 2004
In my previous article, Build a World-Class Network in 30 Days, I talked about how to create a new network from scratch. But now that we have started to create our network, we face the biggest challenge of all: maintaining and regularly communicating to our network. If all we did was just collect names, then... [full article »]
Build a World-Class Network in 30 Days
by Rob McIntosh Jun 2, 2004
I know a lot of you opened this article on the name alone, and yes it’s a big claim. But I will do my best in the next five minutes to show you how building a world-class network in 30 days is achievable ó regardless of your area of recruitment focus. I must clarify that... [full article »]
