So how do you go from nothing to the top of www.google.co.uk’s natural search? This is a massive question and not one easily answered. There are plenty of ‘gurus’ who are happy to tell you their thoughts.…

Every company is searching for that perfect individual (and many like him) that is able to deliver the highest yield when it comes to the job proficiency. This means that the HR department is responsible with finding people that have a certain range of skills, abilities and talents that resonate with the company’s vision of a model employee. Here are some ideas on talent acquisition and how to approach this matter.

The Journey To Finding Professionals

First of all,…

LinkedIn is a veritable treasure trove of candidates. Any recruiting professional worth his/her salt knows how to make best use of its myriad features and keeps abreast of its latest additions and changes. Lippl is one such free service pertaining to the professional networking site that is fast gaining popularity as a handy tool.

Intended to make browsing easier and…

As powerful as Saturday Night Live is, it could face problems if it doesn’t adapt. Credit: NBC

By any measure, Saturday Night Live is one of the most successful shows of all time.

The NBC hit has lasted 39 seasons, won 36 Emmys and nearly two-dozen characters created on the show have been…

Resumes are incredibly flawed sales tools that prove the common saying that “less is more.” Case in point comes from a salesperson new to the staffing and recruitment industry. Instead of the resume he sent to the buyer creating buy-in, it’s generating pushback as the hiring manager is questioning why the candidate for a contract role has worked at seven companies in the past 10 years. The answer—each of these was a contract assignment. Yet, this fact did nothing to allay the concerns of the…

There are many cumbersome technical steps from registering for an account, creating a unique password, to then taking the time to clean up your so-called “parsed” resume.  At times, their sites have technical difficulties and many times the ATS systems do not provide enough memory to even be able to load a 128kb…

Linking Recruiting With Intelligence

Recruiters know how to successfully identify talent amongst the crowd. They also know how to exploit the intelligence gathered during the research/sourcing process. Often realizing the value of such intelligence and the importance it plays in creating a strong pipeline. But what happens to this intelligence once the pipeline is filled? Is the once sought after talent suddenly dismissed?…

Employee Referral Program is a tried and tested method of recruiting that has retained its popularity amid all the new developments in the domain of recruiting. It is still widely believed that “referrals make the best hires.” Therefore, a carefully crafted employer referral program yields productive candidates at a quicker pace and effectively…

I believe in less than 5 years, everyone’s contact information will be accessible to anyone. If it isn’t sites like social sites like Facebook pushing everyone to share everything or hackers stealing and leaking everything, it will be irresistible new…

[thnks to Scott Adams for being so astute about HR issues & for the use of his intellectual property]

My thesis is that most have no idea what is meant by employee engagement:

That employee engagement isn’t something that company leaders can inspire just by being leaders.

That engagement is not an HR initiative…

Finding the right professional to lead your company is rarely an easy task. In some cases, you may promote from within. Usually, however, a leader must be hired on through an external process, which means that the human resources department is responsible for finding an individual who is eager to join the team. This person must meet specific criteria for the position and share the same vision…

*** Please note this post originally appeared on The RecruitLoop Blog ***

I have a confession to make: I only joined Facebook about 2 years ago (having resisted for manyyears).

A few days after I joined, a friend of mine posted the following…

Okay guys this is the one you have been waiting for. A place to go to find some of the most sought after and hardest to fill positions there are. Kaggle, Is the home of Data Science. Data Science that means “Big Data”, “Machine Learning” and everything  DATA .  Think of it as github for DATA people. Few have heard of Kaggle and even…

Just before the Giants claimed the World Series for the third time in five years, my colleague at Great Rated Ed Frauenheim penned an excellent piece on the Great Rated blog that I wanted to share with this community as well:

A LESSON FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: HOW WORKPLACE CULTURE CARRIES THE…

I love Halloween, and after living in Ireland for a year, I love it even more. Halloween is a national holiday in Ireland, both children and adults alike get the day off to celebrate. Halloween is the only holiday when it’s good to be scary and wa…

Human Resource departments get audited constantly, but it doesn't have to be a scary experience. Here's how to be prepared in the event of an HR audit.

HR has a tough job. So much paperwork is created in the department that it can be a real challenge to tame it. Worse yet, Human Resources is one section of business that gets audited…

In the words of the corpses in The Nightmare Before Christmas, “This is Halloween.” It’s a time filled with scary movies, fantastic costumes, candy, and – the real horror – villain look-a-likes in the office. These individuals ruin company culture quicker than a cinematic serial killer takes his victims.

Hannibal Lecter

“Hello…

As an Executive Recruiter it is an awesome experience when you are able to call a candidate and inform them that they are going to be offered an opportunity. The down-side has been to share with a potential candidate that they are not being considered for an…

Recruiting top talent in the financial services arena is a highly competitive and complex arena and one that is filled with immense challenges. As a result, in the UK last year around £10.8 billion was spent on hiring in the sector – approximately 36% of the total recruitment spend across all industries. Talent Leaders from Visa Europe, Nationwide Building Society and more shared their hiring challenges and how they are tackling it in 2014. 



In this white paper we…