Have you seen the #10yearchallenge on social media? Basically, people post a picture of themselves from 2009 and put it next to a current photo. It’s … Read more
Use Emotional Intelligence in Your Recruiting
Emotional intelligence became popular in 1995 by Daniel Goleman, but has always been the core of psychology and sociology in helping understand human … Read more
Jobiak Says It Has Remedy for What Ails Staffing Agencies Dumped By Indeed
Back in October 2018, Indeed handed staffing agencies their very own version of a pink slip. Stating third-party recruiters must now pay to appear in … Read more
If You Really Want to Help Government Workers … Recruit Them Away
It’s not an overstatement to label the current federal government partial shutdown as the most extraordinary opportunity to recruit government employees … Read more
How We Are Experimenting With Talent
Drug development entails risk. Clinical trials are elaborate and expensive experiments, and unfortunately sometimes promising hypotheses prove false. This … Read more
A Look at Job-candidate Expectations Shows Europe Is No Monolith
Thanks to a growing talent shortage in their local labor markets, international recruitment is becoming an interesting option for many companies in Europe. … Read more
Get Ready for Jobster 3.0
Maybe the third time’s a charm. If you’ve been in the industry for less than a decade, the name Jobster probably means nothing to you. If … Read more
Executive Shuffling, Departures Continue at CareerBuilder
So much for things settling down in 2019. Multiple sources, who talked to me on the condition of anonymity, have shared an email that went to CareerBuilder … Read more
A Hidden Source of Talent: Reducing Recruiting Waste
If one cannot increase the supply of a resource, one must increase its yield. — Peter Drucker. I have yet to learn about a recruiting process that … Read more
4 Ways to Win Healthcare Recruiting in 2019
Being a healthcare recruiter is hard work, and it is only going to continue to get harder, with record low unemployment numbers in most geographic markets, … Read more
Happy New Year to Recruiters, Now Prepare for the Downturn
If you work in recruiting and you are not personally worried about an upcoming downturn, realize that many others are thinking about it. For example, … Read more
New Survey Declares Winner in One-page vs. Two-page Resume Debate
To debate whether one-page resumes are more effective than two-page resumes feels a lot like mysteriously waking up in 1995. Thanks to the Internet, most … Read more
Leading Corporate Talent Acquisition? How to Set Up a Company #1 Model
The company is your main customer. The company comes first. This is what I have been preaching to my team ever since I became a corporate … Read more
What Time to Schedule Your Interviews to Avoid Candidate Ghosting
Timing plays a crucial part in “candidate ghosting” — specifically the time and day a candidate is scheduled to come in for an interview. … Read more
Monster Eyeing Video Resumes, Resume Reinvention in 2019
I recently interviewed Monster CEO Scott Gutz and chief product officer Chris Cho for my podcast. We discussed a variety of topics, but here the five … Read more
5 Empathetic Ways to Calm Job Seekers’ Fears
The record-low unemployment rate hasn’t made job seekers feel more in control of their careers. Instead, it has brought deeply-rooted fears to the surface, … Read more
When Your Company Reputation is Called into Question, Turn to Employer Brand
As we near the end of 2018, negative press toward big brands like Facebook has been on the rise. Right, wrong or indifferent, this situation could happen … Read more
The 2 Most Important Employer-branding Metrics
If you’re starting from scratch on your employer-branding metrics, there are two major buckets you should be thinking about in order to have a strong … Read more
Better Business Bureau: Fake Holiday Job Scams Are in Full Swing, Up Over 100 Percent Since 2017
Remember the StartJobs story? A four-month investigation by AIM Group uncovered one of the more memorable job scams in recent memory. Unsuspecting job … Read more
5 Things We Can Learn from the Social-media Strategies of These Food Giants
The fast-food giants have excellent social-media game, and we could learn from in recruitment. Keep reading to find out how you could take some tips from … Read more