If you’d heard about and are surprised by job advertisements out of a UK recruitment agency, at least rest assured you’re not alone. Yes, a … Read more
A Recruiting-technology Company Is Testing Unusual ‘Early Admittance’ Job Posts
In searching for its own employees, SmashFly is dabbling in “early admittance” — something many of us have seen done similarly in the … Read more
A Contrarian Perspective on Hiring for ‘Fit’
Many industries today are accelerating their focus on innovation to capture opportunities in ever-changing markets. CHROs and recruitment leaders are being … Read more
Try This 5-10-minute Experiment if You Are a Real Recruiting Human Being
A great analogy for candidates (both active and passive) these days is a tourist wandering into a foreign food and goods marketplace. What first starts out … Read more
What the #$##@ Is Human-centered Design and Why Should Anyone in Recruiting Care?
Jill inherited a recruiting function in a large company with operations in numerous locations across the world, although her primary concern was for the … Read more
Your Job Postings Aren’t Attracting Top Applicants, and a Simple Test Will Prove It
You simply can’t catch trophy fish with weak bait, and similarly, you can’t attract quality candidates with dull and ineffective job post descriptions. But … Read more
There’s an 85% Chance Your Recruiting Tactics Are Repelling the Best Candidates
When a company advertises a position, they are essentially painting a picture of what the future could look like for the candidates they are trying to … Read more
5 Elements to a Killer Job Ad
Despite the rapidly changing climate of online job searches, the job ad remains a valuable resource to recruiters. With steeper competition in the digital … Read more
Goldfish Have a Longer Attention Span than Job Candidates
A Microsoft study shows human attention spans to be eight seconds in our mobile-device-driven world. Goldfish have an attention span of nine seconds, … Read more
Candidate Research — The Critical Information That You Must Know About Your Recruiting Targets
It’s a sad fact that most of what we know about those who we are trying to hire (recruiting prospects and candidates) is anecdotal and historical. At the … Read more
How to Make Your Job Postings More Effective
As staffing professionals, we spend the vast majority of our waking hours each day actively seeking qualified candidates to meet the needs of our clients. … Read more
Your Job Description Matters More Than You Think
Of people hired in the previous six months, the No. 1 activity was visiting an online job site. Candidates today are actively pursuing their next career … Read more
LinkedIn’s Coming Solution to the ‘Get Me More Like’ Problem
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there, to paraphrase Lewis Carroll. Now that might have worked for Alice, but when your … Read more
Stop Ignoring Job Analysis
Why ignore job analysis — a choice that costs dearly, with no offsetting benefits? SHRM characterizes job analysis as the “foundation of all HR … Read more
Writing Better Job Ads Will Attract Better Candidates
The advent of the Internet has vastly simplified the process of getting your job advertisements in front of thousands of jobseekers in just a matter of … Read more
Push Hiring Managers Beyond Their Comfort Zone
It’s a perennial recruiting challenge: telling managers their expectations aren’t realistic; that they’re asking for a candidate who … Read more
Neuroscience and Biometrics Can Dramatically Improve Your Recruitment Messaging
Use cross-pollination to bring proven tools like biometrics into recruiting You probably don’t know it, but most of your recruiting messaging and marketing … Read more
How to Recruit Champagne Talent For a Beer Budget Job
There you are one day, staring at a req for a specialist of this sort or that with a salary of “up to $700” a week. The list of required skills … Read more
Why Most Job Board Postings Don’t Have a Prayer
Recently, I had an opportunity to do some consulting work for a nationally known healthcare enterprise that was struggling to find qualified applicants for … Read more
The Best Way I’ve Ever Heard an Employer Say It Hires for Ability, Not Longevity
Remember that Brand Amper company I mentioned six months ago? It’s hiring a developer, as well as a client manager. And clearly it doesn’t care … Read more