We’ve officially entered a new normal when it comes to campus recruiting. With fewer opportunities to go on campus, interview candidates in person, and … Read more
Going Virtual With a Career Fair
We’re living in strange times. Hiring the right candidates is challenging enough without a national crisis, but especially now, recruiters have it tough. … Read more
Know Your Purpose. Don’t Weaponize It.
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Digital event. Click here to view other articles in the series. … Read more
Coronavirus-Related Jobs Are Percolating
The unemployment rate peaked at 25% during the Great Depression. Decades later, the United States may soon be facing 20% unemployment due to the COVID-19 … Read more
The Ultimate Recruiting Story: Part 2 — The Recruiter’s Perspective
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles that tells the story of what recruitment can and should look like. You can read the first … Read more
The Ultimate Recruiting Story: Part 1 — The Candidate’s Perspective
Editor’s Note: This is more than just one candidate’s story about how a new job totally transformed her life. This is the story of what … Read more
Recruiters Are Lazy
That’s right. I am putting it out there. Recruiters are lazy. My 18 years of experience as both a corporate recruiter and recruiting leader gives me the … Read more
Why Job Fairs Stink — and the Superior Recruiting Alternatives
Job fairs stink as a hiring source. They don’t even make it on Jobvite’s top 13 list of most effective recruiting sources, and typically they produce less … Read more
Going Ghostbusters With Video
Are you dealing with candidate ghosting? Do people accept your offer and fail to show up on their first day of work? Don’t answer. The questions are … Read more
Recruiting Isn’t Rocket Science — Except When It Is
Every organization has a different goal that it wants to achieve, and a different reason for wanting to achieve it. But one thing we all have in common is … Read more
A Candidate Bill of Rights
Hey, corporate America! Your job candidates deserve better. The United States is experiencing a 50-year low in unemployment — meaning we’re in a … Read more
Rejecting Resumes With Spelling Errors: A Silly and Costly Hiring Mistake
Editor’s Note: The “Errors on a Resume” debate — more like saga! — continues. You may recently have read an article titled “Would You Hire … Read more
Talent in a Taboo Industry: Recruiting Cannabis Candidates
Read your favorite news source, and you’ll likely find at least one if not several reports on how the U.S. labor market is tightening due to a looming … Read more
3 Times You Should Look Past Mistakes on a Resume
Editor’s Note: We recently published an article titled “Would You Hire Someone With Typos on a Resume?” It caused a bit of a stir among readers. No! Yes! … Read more
Elite Firms Are Investing in These Big-Bet Recruiting Areas
This article is co-written by Michael Cox, a program manager at Dr. John Sullivan & Associates. The Big-Bet Recruiting Trends at the Top 10 Companies … Read more
What Does It Really Mean to Be Candidate-Centric?
Low unemployment, war for talent, everyone’s after the same people. We all know the state of affairs. But do we know how to get ahead of them? Well, yes, … Read more
The 5 Ps of Recruitment Marketing and How They Drive Great Hiring
Within the recruiting function, marketing should be king, because when assessing recruiting processes, I almost always find that the foundation components … Read more
Tom Hacquoil Says Many Recruiters Are Insane
Who’s Tom Hacquoil? Why does he think you’re probably crazy? Hacquoil is CEO of recruitment software provider Pinpoint. He recently gave a … Read more
A Recruiter Reveals What It’s Like to Recruit Recruiters
Recruiting recruiters is not an easy task. It’s actually one of the most challenging types of specializations to recruit for. Think about it: You are … Read more
A Student’s Advice for Campus Recruiters
Over the past year and a half, I have been to multiple information sessions on campus where recruiters are looking to reel students into their companies. … Read more