Applicants know it and recruiters know it to… Job descriptions are boring! We WOW applicants with great web pages and savvy recruiters but when we … Read more

Applicants know it and recruiters know it to… Job descriptions are boring! We WOW applicants with great web pages and savvy recruiters but when we … Read more
With the thousands of websites offering online recruitment how do you establish a standard of evaluating these sites? The steps outlined below will help … Read more
Structuring the offer for a college graduate these days has become complex. More of them they have choices of employers and many offers and can be very … Read more
A few months ago, we looked at the major search engines and how they worked. But, in the world of cyberspace, a few months can change a lot. So, our next … Read more
If your company has a turnover of 20% per year and all of your new hires are mediocre, it will only take 5 years for all of your entire workforce to be … Read more
In Part I of this series (published on December 10 — before the snow, tornadoes, floods, ice storms, and flu season) we covered alternative ways of … Read more
Last week we discussed how important it is to create a brand image for your organization on campus. Equally important, is building long-term relationships … Read more
Remember the last job fair you attended? The boxes of stuff you lugged along? The people that just passed you by? Was it worth it? Of course, if you got … Read more
I hear HR professionals say they want to be strategic but often their actions indicate otherwise. Take the all too commonly used “cost per … Read more
This is the second of a two part series on how to “close the sale” after a world class recruiting effort Sales Reps know it – First … Read more
Let’s face it; most of us who do recruiting are not very good at marketing. We may be relatively good salespeople and we may know how to close a … Read more
We’ve all been there. We come upon a site that makes liberal use of frames, breathe a sigh of displeasure, and plunge in anyway hoping to find those … Read more
How can you ensure maximum efficiency from your sourcing routine, while freeing up many hours per week to recruit? Consider segregating, and then … Read more
Did you know that the average male college graduate got 2.65 offers and the average female graduate got 2.53 offers last year? Did you know that fewer than … Read more
Tired of searching out new sites to find those elusive candidates? Try the “Informant,” a nifty service from Dartmouth College that e-mails you … Read more
This is the first of a two part series on how to “close the sale” after a world class recruiting effort. SALES REPS KNOW IT – FIRST … Read more
Should search robots/spiders replace, or simply augment, the searches you perform by hand? If you are a recruiter or staffing professional, you may already … Read more
Have you ever hired someone who seemed perfect for a job, but who later turned out to be quite a bit less than perfect? Stressed by today’s … Read more
Organize your mail. When you’re at a point where you get hundreds of e-mails a day, you risk overlooking important pieces and people. You also may … Read more
FIRST STEPS IN BECOMING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE (EOC) Do a preliminary survey of top management to identify possible support or resistance. Read more