bul·ly1 ˈbo͝olē/ noun a person who uses strength or power to intimidate, typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Candidates, have you experienced a recruiting bully? I've encountered it time and time again over my career, but after coming across 3 instances this week I wanted to discuss it a bit further.

1) Sunday morning I woke up…

In honor of Father's Day, here are a few TV Dads showing off their acting skills by portraying bad recruiters. Curious how a bad recruiter will react to a certain situation? Check out these important life lessons and learn what makes a recruiter a bad recruiter.

When a recruiter tells you they're listening-…

Let's say you leave your job without another job lined up. Crazy talk, right? Many recruiters will tell you that it is career suicide. (In fact, if you are one of those recruiters, please make sure to read this...it's important for you to understand that sometimes life happens and not everything happens in perfect scenarios.)

There are several reasons you might…

I am not a recruiting apologist. I feel to best understand recruiting as an industry, one should recognize the glaring problems in the profession. Ignoring these shortcomings benefits no one and further deepens the divide. I also feel that recruiting is, by and far misunderstood, leading to frustration. There are people that hate recruiters and there are recruiters…