Journey to the edge of HR.

It is not a hysteria-inducing, stomach-churning helter-skelter ride.

It is not Woooooahhhh! But more of a Wooooo-Aha!

It is a controlled…

Change is hard, and we understand that. It is never easy but at times there is no recourse. Those of you who have followed this blog since 2006 when we began know that there are two topics I never discuss – Politics and Religion. But when we look at the current political turmoil that has come about due to the upcoming presidential race, I have to stop and consider the impact on the business world and change in particular.

Consider these facts:

• 1 in 5 of the supporters of…

For starters, Prophet is not new any longer but has gained much-deserved popularity since it was introduced and is absolutely worth using.

In the past few months, I’ve noticed a myriad of other tools, all of which will try to find an email address, starting from a social profile or, in some cases, from the persons’ and…

We’ve all read best practices about attracting top talent; there are about 4,987 blog posts dedicated to finding these coveted few. A recent Jobvite study has highlighted one major element of attraction in their “…

With so many people connected to the web, online recruitment has blossomed in the last few years, making it the most effective way to find jobs in the healthcare sector. Doctors and nurses can now be targeted directly…

As a caveat, I've worked in retained search and now in-house and I see the value in understanding, identifying and recruiting passive candidates. This post is by no means a diatribe against including proactive recruitment efforts into your overall sourcing strategy.

This post is aimed more at the attitude and…

If you need to manage your transactions and check proceeds, then you should know that there are lots of important things that you will have to keep in mind. If you are not paying close attention to the things that will help you in the best way possible, then you will end up facing a lot of issues. Most of the time, people find it difficult to make the right choice, and if you are also going through the same issues, then you should know that there are multiple things that will help you to…

This latest post from national recruiter, Pertemps, is a take on a popular thought of ‘who would make the worst boss?’. However, this has been taken up a notch with them creating 3x fictional management teams made up of TV and films most famous bosses.

Taking the…

The Importance of Social Profile Resumes in Recent Times

Over the years, social media has proven useful beyond the usual photo/video sharing, connecting with old high-school classmates, and tweeting. Nowadays, your social profile can be used as an authoritative…

As most of you know Spring Sourcecon 2016 coming in Orlando, Fl on March 1-2. I am speaking at it, running a lab as well as helping to MC all the labs. This year is the year of the Sourcecon All Stars. In an attempt to bring you the best ever the folks at Sourcecon have brought together the best…

Volunteerism has been …

The modern techniques or trends of recruitment have boosted the Sourcing process for recruiters and companies as well. The modern method of recruiting no doubt has improved the recruitment process due to easy access to a huge database of Social Media like LinkedIn.

Gone are the days where job seekers went through job ads in newspapers while employers waited…

You just got through your final stages of deliberation. You found your new employee and you are ready to incorporate them into your workplace. You have all of your regular …

Getting to know your candidates and keeping them is harder than ever before. As a recruiting professional, you’re overloaded with candidate information from LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook and you have hundreds of relationships to manage through your own internal systems. Add to this, today’s candidates expect you to know who they are. Not just their job requirements and channel preferences, but they expect you to know who they are on a human level. During the course of conversations with…

For almost a decade, recruiters have been trying to figure out how to use social media for recruiting.

Although LinkedIn has virtually eliminated the relevance of the resume database, and companies everywhere now post jobs to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, social media accounts for a slim share of hires overall (as I’ve written before though, you can’t…

A product that works well is not enough for it to be good. It needs to look good as well. A working mobile application is not enough for it to be used. It also needs to have a beautiful design that will make it appealing for users to want to download and use it (for the sake of the example, please forget about all other factors like marketing, sales, etc.). If a…

Do you have Structure as one of your top rated …

We take it too personally when hear that our job application is rejected. Especially if it is the position we really wanted or spent hours on writing the essay and filling out the forms. All in all, we are people and it is hard not to take it to heart - what if it’s our qualification or skill set that matter?…

The Evil HR Lady is Actually Very Polite

We contacted Suzanne Lucas, also known as the Evil HR Lady, and asked if we could interview her about the topic of technology in the HR world. She agreed, and during the very first question, we mentioned that we didn’t know if she’d have an opinion on this matter.…

Recruitment process sustainability is becoming a key focus for many companies, but this topic has only started to take hold in the last few months. In the past, the recruitment industry has focused on simply filling current positions as quickly as possible, without paying much attention to ensuring efficiency or sustainability. Due to the lack of alternative options, many…