Google for Jobs was launched to much fanfare. I lost track of the number of commentators saying … ”This is the moment Indeed has dreaded blah blah … Read more
Build a Successful Campus Recruiting Team
With employers facing the tightest labor market in decades, more and more companies are turning to college campuses to source talent for internships and … Read more
Sifting Through the Cost per Applicant Data
Cost per applicant benchmarks are a great way to understand how your paid media is performing when you are putting dollars behind job postings. The folks … Read more
New York’s Engineering Pay Is Hitting Silicon Valley Levels
Hiring software engineers has become increasingly difficult this year, particularly in New York. If you’re like many of the startups we’ve … Read more
Before Your Throw Away That Long, Boring Pre-employment Test …
While the topic of candidate engagement and experience with assessment has been written about many times before, the stakes are higher than ever. The prime … Read more
Measure Your Fall Recruiting’s ROI The Right Way
It’s not only back to school for the fall semester for students, but for companies, too. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, … Read more
Powerful Actions for Convincing Top Prospects to Apply in the Public Sector
In today’s highly competitive recruiting market, convincing public-sector recruiting prospects to actually apply for a job requires unique and powerful … Read more
Look Who’s Writing Job Descriptions at This Company
Job-description writing can involve managers, recruiters — even, in some cases, a departing employee, describing what they did on the job for the … Read more
The 8 (Data-driven) Secrets of Great University Recruiting in the U.S.
Recruiters will tell you that theirs is a tough job: lots of plates to spin, low resources, timeline crunches, and a lack of appreciation for a job well … Read more
Boomerang Recruiting — Bring Back the Stars Who You Let Get Away
You could reduce the pain from today’s record turnover by getting some of your very best to return. And that’s often possible because 72 percent of past … Read more
Google for Jobs’ Impact on Job Boards
Is Google for Jobs the end of the job board? Although it’s not launched in most European countries yet, the major European job boards seem to think … Read more
A Job Seeker’s Environment Can Kill Your Pipeline
Job seekers are people. People get distracted. So, you have to ask yourself: “Are my recruitment marketing materials attracting and engaging job seekers”? … Read more
Why You Need to Use the Full Power of the Google Recruitment Juggernaut
Just like that, Google has entered the job recruitment industry. This is game changing. Currently, 70 percent of job searches start on Google, typically … Read more
Cover Letters — Understanding Why Recruiters Must Discourage Them
The cover letter is antiquated, and it needs to be discouraged.It reduces applications and its content can result in mis-hires. Yes, overall the … Read more
This Is What I Want to Know About a Job Candidate
If you’re reading this article right now, I’m guessing you’re the type of person who likes to consume anything you can get your hands on about TA. Anything … Read more
Why Your Firm Has a Talent Shortage Explained (Bluntly)
Most organizations that are facing a talent shortage blame a variety of external factors, even though the actual culprit is the way their firm recruits. … Read more
Amazon Is Taking D.C’s Talent Fight to a New Level
As if the multi-year boom and low unemployment in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (where ERE’ll be this fall) weren’t enough, … Read more
Pane View Job Sites — Friend or Foe?
Over the last few years, the recruiting funnel has changed based on the economic environment we’re in, as well as the technically competitive environment. … Read more
Faux Employer Branding vs. Magnetic Employer Branding
Are you engaged in faux employer branding or magnetic employer branding? When employers do the following without doing what is described in the rest of … Read more
Top 5 Reasons Why LinkedIn Profiles Are Superior to Resumes
A fast and simple way to improve both your speed and quality of hire is to use LinkedIn profiles for your initial candidate screening. They are superior at … Read more