Three weeks ago, I was invited to pitch to a group of investors on behalf of a potential client: a Series B Silicon Valley startup. Our job, as the … Read more
Building an Advanced Talent Acquisition Function Today — People and TA Structures (Part 1 of 3)
I wrote an article not too long ago called What does an advanced talent acquisition function look like?, and received a fair few calls about it. A lot of … Read more
RPO Wars: Episode III – Return of the Project Manager
A time right about now, In a galaxy not far, far away … The line between good and bad RPO implementations has been drawn Between the reality of well-spoken … Read more
Companies Outsource Recruiting For Hiring Speed
Nearly two-thirds of all companies outsource all or some of their recruiting, with larger firms the ones most likely to turn to outside vendors for help. … Read more
SHRM Survey: 2/3 of Companies Made Social Media Hires
Two-thirds of all companies have sourced new hires in the last year from social media. And, no surprise here, LinkedIn is the most popular site for making … Read more
Speed. Price. Quality. Are Your Recruiters Sacrificing One of the Above?
There’s a well-known project management challenge: “fast, good, cheap: pick two.” It succinctly captures the dilemma that project … Read more
Pinstripe + Ochre House = Cielo
Yes, that word sounds familiar from your childhood Spanish classes. Pinstripe, the U.S. recruitment outsourcing company, and Ochre House, out of the UK, … Read more
The Best Advice for an RPO Consultant: Immerse Yourself in Your Client’s Business
To be a successful RPO consultant you have to immerse yourself in your client’s business and industry. Once you’ve done that, your client will pull up a … Read more
Top 4 Process Improvements to Improve the Productivity of Your RPO
Discussions that revolve around talent acquisition “transformation” often involve long-term strategies and high-level shifts that require an extended … Read more
Keeping Your Enemies Close …Turning Agencies Into Allies
As a long-time corporate recruiter, I have developed a very bad habit of being animalistic in marking my territory, meaning that for me … I hate to turn … Read more
I, Robot: How Vulnerable Are Recruiters to Automation?
A recent study from Oxford University suggests that almost half of all job categories are at some risk of being automated within the next 20 years. That … Read more
Who’s Responsible for Social Recruiting?
Candidates today connect, communicate, and proactively do their homework as they interact with future employers through social media. Their first … Read more
Where to Find Dependable, Intelligent, and Hard-Working Employees
Say hello to your newest employee Baxter. He stands three feet, one-inch tall and weighs 165 pounds. He’s dependable and works well on teams and alone. … Read more
When We Connect the ‘Global Integration’ Dots, Recruiters Risk Being Defined Here by Their Practices There
The hiring process has no minimum acceptable (or unacceptable) standard of practice. Anything goes and many recruiters prefer it that way. Perhaps … Read more
Keep Calm and Optimize
Recruiting is very much reactive in nature. Someone quits, retires, or is fired — and for the most part, we begin at that moment to search for a new … Read more
5 Predictions for Recruiting From Government Shutdown, Sequestration
The predictions are below. You can skip the introductory setup and go right to them — just scroll down to “Predictions” Recruiting professionals and … Read more
Pick the Right Recruitment Ad Agency and Get the Most From It
External recruitment marketing companies are not one-size-fits-all. The key to a successful collaboration with an outside agency is finding the right fit … Read more
RPO Company Futurestep Rolling Out a Data/Metrics Tool
Futurestep has quietly been developing a tool called “Foresight” it will be rolling out to its clients, a dashboard meant to make heads and … Read more
It’s Time for Recruiters to Adapt (Again!)
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change” — Charles Darwin There is a … Read more
The Future of RPO? 3 Predictions for 2013 and Beyond
I don’t have a crystal ball. Nate Silver, who wrote a bestseller and predicted the outcome of presidential election better than any other pollster, said … Read more