Headhunters (or just hunters) are engaged in search and luring of top managers and senior executives. They can find any valuable specialist, to persuade him/her to go away from a rival’s company and close the position.

The profession is no less complex and demanding than other professions of…

Experiences of recruitment agencies differ widely and what it comes down to, at the end of the day, is the individual agency and the way the team deals with its clients. A great recruitment agency can make the process of fitting applicants to roles simple and swift for everyone involved – it’s the key to ensuring smooth transitions and great matches. So, what makes a good recruitment agency and how do you find one?

A personable approach…

At a recent conference there was a lot of talk about several new online services designed to assist with creating videos specifically for jobs. Off the back of this, one of our regular clients even grabbed me and suggested we film every hot job moving forward (this from a company with over 600 live jobs!).

The premise holds appeal, with video now the most popular…

We've long heard that there's a skills gap in many industries- healthcare, the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) have had particular difficulty in finding top talent.  Companies across the nation have felt the sting of trying to recruit top talent to fill open positions.  They don't call it a war for talent for nothing. But when candidates are in…

Your next new hire could easily be sitting at their desk at this very moment, completely ignorant of your existence, or at least of your need for them. Recruiting passive talent has been part of staffing – especially for crucial upper-level positions – for as long as recruitment itself has been an organized effort. Some may cast aspersions on the practice, claiming that it reflects negatively on the image of the organization. If passive recruitment is practiced in a disrespectful or…

Even a decade back, businesses were only concerned about productivity, and the entrepreneurs took great interest in generating profits. The trend hasn’t quite changed now. Even today, passionate business owners strive hard towards driving growth in their dream ventures. However, there have been transformations. Present-day businesses are knowledgeable about the significance of human resources, and consider HR as an integral part of the organization.

Perhaps this was not the approach…

An old saying goes that “employees leave managers, not companies” and it’s happening frequently nowadays. Citing an example of U.S, Department of Labour Statistics revealed that average employee tenure is 1 to 1.5 years that’s quite alarming! We usually ask ourselves; “are managers doing that bad to engage and retain their valuable employee”.

It…

You can now leave video comments on Facebook! Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Jim Stroud shares his thoughts. Plus, are you wondering how to find Java developers? Jim Stroud shares a sourcing tip on how to find them on Twitter. Tune in now for all the fun and if you have not already, subscribe now!…

In this episode of the "Its All Recruiting" podcast with Jim Stroud, Joel Cheesman discusses with Jim Stroud the demise of "Simply Hired," robots and automation taking over and his latest cool tool - "Ratedly" and why its the bee's knees for companies everywhere.…

Uniqueness is what we all crave for! Every individual has its own set of preferences, choices, and tastes, so are businesses! Every business has a different set of rules, services, products, way of functioning, guidelines and unique development phases and even their objectives. Have you ever considered some unique software that can be completely customized to meet your recruitment and staffing needs? Probably not! But now this is possible! Amazed, how? Simple, by…

So this is the 13th presentation of the conference and the 3rd Labs of day 2. It’s also the last for this series. There were 2 titled “Practical Tips to Identify and Engage Talent” By Shannon Pritchett and “New tools Every Sourcer needs by me.

In the first lab Shannon talks a lot about finding and engaging.

TIPS

1. The hiring manager…

So, people have mentioned that you should write a blog. You think you should too, but where to start? What would you write about? Will anyone read it anyway? And what about all the time it takes? You are busy, right? Where will you find the extra time? 

The list can go on and on. All the excuses under the…

It takes an average of 34 days to fill a job, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. And the bulk of that time is spent placing ads, reviewing resumes and scheduling interviews. Yet many companies struggle with the hiring process because of the vast amount of information that's required to make informed decisions. If you own a company or are a corporate…

Turn on the news or read the newspaper and you will see stories about teenagers complaining that they are being bullied in the schools, on the streets etc. These stories bring about almost immediate consternation from the public in the form of twitter posts, Facebook posts etc. In every case the predominant message is that this is wrong and needs to stop. The flip side is that we do not see that same outrage when it is management acting in the role of the bully in the workplace.

In…

There have been a few companies the last couple of years talking about programmatic advertising emerging into the recruitment space. RealMatch, AppCast, Recruitics, and a few other players all recognize that the job board has basically remained unchanged for over a decade now and that technology has to play a…

Yo!SCV is conceptualized based on the several recruitment challenges faced by the hiring managers. We intend to minimize the gap between the real requirements and the CVs shared by the agencies. By doing so, the efforts of the interviewer are significantly reduced and there by the hiring cycle.

Yo!SCV helps the job seekers to be creative and as accurate as possible. The variety of CV formats like one slider, detailed HTML resumes, PDF versions, images of the resumes etc should help…

There has been a lot of talk about Sourcing Tools & Techniques used by fellow Talent Acquisitionists at time we’ve even helped each other on countless occasions. We’re all looking for those hard to get needle in a haystack Talent and fill positions fast.  We use the commonly used tools to speed up the process but have you ever thought of the Tools that Companies use?

Well if you haven’t, don’t fret as we’ve had a discussion on the same because it was suggested by our Mumbai…

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These days, almost everything you put is online. And some companies are taking advantage of this to go over social media and find more information about candidates than they could cover with just a job interview.

But not all companies are doing this. A 2011 survey from the Society of Human Resource Management showed that just 18…