If you’re battling to recruit and retain top talent, you must have talent practices that go beyond the mundane in order to get their attention. And if you … Read more
Let’s Do These 5 Things Differently During College Recruiting Season
The competition for strong collegiate talent — especially technical talent — has intensified greatly in recent years. Here are five ways to … Read more
Is that College Degree Really Necessary?
The recent stories about Ernst & Young deemphasizing college performance as a hiring criterion and the even-more-important case of CapGemini now hiring … Read more
See How Your Recruitment Marketing Compares to the Fortune 500
We studied 13 modern recruitment marketing practices that give employers an edge in finding and attracting their target candidate personas, engaging … Read more
Cognizant Begins Series of Twitter Chats
Fast-growing, Fortune 500 IT services firm Cognizant is trying something new in recruiting: Twitter chats. Cognizant (which has two talent-acquisition … Read more
The Talent Gap: College Grads Are Not Getting the Skills Employers Want
About a third of all jobs in America require a college degree. Large numbers of people are going to college — over 23 million will be enrolled … Read more
Moderate Practices That Can Improve Your University Recruiting
As college recruiting heats up, it’s an ideal time to re-examine your strategy, processes, and recruiting methods. First update all of your existing … Read more
Bold Best Practices That You Should Add to Your University Recruiting Process
Corporate college recruiting budgets and processes have been mostly stagnant for years. But now the economy has turned around and the competition for grads … Read more
What’s Wrong With College Recruiting? Identifying Your Out-of-Date Program Features
What’s wrong with college recruiting? Well as a result of years of underfunding, the answer may, unfortunately, be “almost everything.” Nearly every … Read more
Don’t Pass on Game-changer Candidates Who Are Still Rookies
Don’t Pass On Game-changer Candidates Who Are Still Rookies Professional sports lead the way in recruiting “game-changer” candidates who are only rookies, … Read more
Cut Down on the Number of Students Who Change Their Minds
The Wall Street Journal story “The Workers Who Say ‘Thanks, but No Thanks’ to Jobs” last week talked about the jump in students reneging on … Read more
What Recruiters Major In
Psychology is the most common major of recruiters, and human resources the most popular master’s degree. That’s from a new LinkedIn … Read more
College Recruiting: Is a Tipping Point Coming?
The world of college recruiting is rapidly evolving as more and more employers spend more and more resources attempting to hire the best recent graduates … Read more
Job Prospects Are Looking Up This Year for the Class of 2015
The job prospects for this year’s college seniors are better than they have been in years, say two different employer surveys. CareerBuilder’s … Read more
Can an Algorithm Replace a Recruiter?
We at SAP, recent winners of ERE awards for branding and technology, thrive on pushing the envelope, disrupting existing norms and perceived recruitment … Read more
Let’s Rethink College Recruiting
College relations as a talent acquisition function is broken. It has been broken for a long time, but, like so many things in our space, it can be fixed, … Read more
The War for Talent Comes to Colleges
College graduation may still be five months away, but if you haven’t already been out on the campus recruiting circuit, you’re behind. Two out … Read more
Why Content Marketing Should Be Part of Your University Recruiting Strategy
Take a little trip with me. Don’t worry; you don’t need to pack any bags and your passport can remain safely stowed away. We’re just going to take a step … Read more
Your High School Kid Has a New Career Site
You can now recruit people young enough to wear braces, with the launch of a website for high schoolers to showcase their achievements and for helicopter … Read more
There’s a New Way for Students to Tell Employers They’ve Got an Offer
A new and unusual offering called “Explore Your Options” gives students a place to spread the word about their job offers. Read more