Actionable Tips for Hiring Those With Powerful Professional Networks Everyone knows the power of networks. But many hiring managers and recruiters are surprised to learn that the strength of someone’s professional network is also one of the strongest predictors of…
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Make Job Shadows Part of the Hiring Process
Finding the right employee for the right job positions an organization to have an appreciating asset. Great employees become more valuable with time. So the true cost of not finding the best aligned individuals through effective employment screening tactics is…
Muzzle Will Stop an Embarrassing Desktop Notification from Ruining Your Next Skype Interview
A few years ago, I gave a webinar entitled something like “The Top Ten iPhone Apps for Recruiting.” To my surprise, the app that received the warmest reception had nothing to do with recruiting. It was called “White Noise.” Like…
Montage Acquires Video Interview Competitor
GreenJobInterview, an early entrant in the video interview arena, is being acquired by Montage, one of its two leading competitors. No financial details were disclosed in this morning’s announcement, which also included news that Montage had closed an $8 million funding round…
Hiring Software Engineers: Should Round 1 Be a Behavioral Interview, Coding Challenge, or Take-home Assignment?
With the enormous amount of software engineers who are being hired, building a successful hiring process is extremely important. If the hiring process is too long, you can lose a candidate to another company. If it is too technical, you…
Skype Finally Gets Serious About Being a Video Interviewing Tool
There’s no shortage of video interviewing tools in the recruiting industry. Green Job Interview, HireVue, Take the Interview, Montage, Wepow, Sparkhire, and Vervoe are just a few off the top of my head. Though each one can talk up their…
Kick-Start Your Firm’s Growth By Hiring Candidates With Game-changer Competencies
This article covers how you can directly accelerate your firm’s growth rate through recruiting. If you’re skeptical about whether that is possible, be aware that data reveals that human capital has a much greater impact on kickstarting a firm’s growth…
How Recruiters Can Fix Intake Meetings
Ever go into a kickoff meeting, winging it with a hiring manager without having a strategic partnership plan? Recruiters can’t afford to not have a plan, as it may yield a heavy financial and non-monetary cost across the board. Instead of…
How to Create a Rising Tide of Talent Within Your Organization
Great leaders lift up the people around them. They help employees harness their natural abilities, guide the development of their skills, and support them along an internal career path. Nurturing team members has many payoffs. Staff members stay dedicated to…
3 Must-have Qualities When Hiring Your First Employee
Nothing will make or break your new business more than the first employee you hire. As an entrepreneur just starting out, you’re probably not too sure about what you’re doing when it comes to hiring your employees. Of course, you’re…
Interview Scheduling Solution GoodTime Closes Second Round of Seed Funding
GoodTime, a San Francisco-based interview scheduling solution, recently revealed the closing of their second round of seed funding via Crunchbase. As with the previous seed round, the company has so far declined to disclose the exact amount raised. However, CEO…
How Sales ‘Hunters’ Stalk Their Prey
You buckle into your business-class window seat, primed for a five-hour mental vacation. And then this guy settles in next to you. His wife practices family law, specializing in custody issues; their 11-year-old’s a little ADHD, but made the travel…
When a Recruiter Should Break Up with a Candidate
It’s not me, it’s you. No really, it’s you! Your candidate just rejected the offer. Or disappeared without a trace during the interview process. How could that happen? Was there any way you could you have seen this coming? Well,…
5 Common Sense Changes to How Your Company Hires
It’s been said that common sense isn’t all that common. I was recently reminded of this in a disturbing way. The people who run Tampa International Airport have installed an innovative device in their bathrooms. It’s called The Pouch. I…
3 Ways to Move On When Your Top Pick Says ‘No’
You knew from the very first interview. This candidate was a perfect match. From their skill level and experience to their enthusiasm about the job and cultural fit, they were going to make this round of interviews easy. In fact,…
These 56 Words Can Keep Job Reqs From Getting Stuck in the Slow Lane
Slow drivers are frustrating. Especially when they hang out in the left-hand passing lane. They backup traffic and create unnecessary delays. This same issue is happening in organizations. Hiring managers are taking their foot off the gas of the selection…
Experiential Interviews: 4 Steps to Help You Identify Superior Talent
If you’re still using conventional interviews when hiring, I’ve got bad news — common interviewing methods set you and hiring managers up to pick the wrong people. Why? Because conventional interviews give only the smallest glimpse of the candidate —…
Canvas Looks to Take on TextRecruit Following its $1.7 Million Seed Round
Hot off TextRecruit’s recent $3 million raise, a new competitor has arisen. Indianapolis-based Canvas is the brainchild of former Cha Cha executive Aman Brar, and uses the advantages of text messaging to help recruiters connect with talent. Brar was also president of Apparatus…
How to Keep Candidates Warm During the Recruiting Process
One of the biggest complaints candidates have about working with internal and external recruiters is the spottiness of the communication between them. Recruiters deal with dozens or scores of candidates, whereas a candidate may be in one, two or three…
The Definitive Action Guide For Minimizing Bias and Increasing Diversity Hires (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second part of a two-part article covering action steps on how to minimize biases that negatively affect diverse recruiting. The first part of this article was published on June 26, 2017. It explained the two types of…