The main problems faced during the recruitment process these days is firstly, time consumption shortly followed by extensive costs.

On average it can take 6-8 weeks just to hire one person, and according to the 2012 Annual Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey Report by CIPD, one in three (33%) organisations report that they have lost potential recruits due to the…

Humans are often described as creatures of habit.  We like things to be how we’ve known them, even if the current system, tool, or habit isn’t perfect.   It’s very clear that most of us just don’t like change.

A recent and on-going example of extreme drama caused by change is Windows 8.  A quick Google search will load up countless articles sharing users’ experience with the move to Win8.  As said in this …

Compassionate HR - December 07, 2012

There's a lot of buzz among recruiters about talent communities. The idea, from the recruiting side, is to build a talent community of dedicated professionals in a particular area. Professionals benefit by being connected with job opportunities and news in a particular area. Recruiters…

If your clients are planning to sponsor a foreign worker on an H-1B visa, you might want to advise them to start preparing now.

H-1B visas allow employers to hire foreign workers with specialized knowledge or technical expertise, such as scientists, engineers, or computer professions. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B visas subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2014 cap on April 1.

The cap on H-1B visas for those with…

Employee skills assessment becomes an even more difficult process when you try to hire for both skill and culture fit. Some companies, like Google and Dell, accomplish this dual task by lobbing oddball interview questions that candidates couldn’t possibly have prepared for. The conventional thinking behind this method - at least, as conventional as asking these kinds of questions can be - is that forcing candidates to express creativity in a sink or swim situation can tell you a lot about…

As an industry, we are making huge strides in the way we measure and evaluate our recruitment marketing strategies.  While efficiency metrics like time to fill and cost per hire are still part of the evaluation process, quality metrics that are tracking where organizations are finding their most qualified candidates and hires are becoming integral to strategic decision making.

However, even with these metrics there is room for growth.  Over the past few years, there’s a push to move…

I must be behind the times or just in denial. 





I don't believe that so many employers are taking to the online streets of Facebook for pre-employment screening. I think they might be making it up just to look hip or as part of some kind of…

By gathering feedback before and after a recruitment process has been carried out, organisations can build an understanding of how they are perceived and how their recruitment process affects that perception. However, the method a company chooses to measure their candidate experience can significantly affect the accuracy, impact and influence these results have on their recruitment strategy and within the wider…

The stats are scary.





The average cost-per-hire is something like $5,000 USD.…

Some advice for the job seeker. Try updating your resume the resume you posted to the job board 2 years ago is not an accurate reflection of who you are now. I have been recruiting for a number of years and it still amazes me how many resumes are not up to date. Either you have the same objective on your resume when you applied to the  position you currently have or you have…

An April 2012 Oklahoma City television news interview gone viral has now reached tens of millions of people across the  globe who've heard Sweet Brown’s  famous words:

“Ain’t nobody got time for that.”

While Brown was referring to the choking smoke from…

The Job Interview and the Little White Lie

 If you say you haven’t told one…that would be it right there.

 Little white lies are not necessarily a bad thing. In some situations, a little white lie could be humane. For example, let’s  say your best friend just spent every last penny of her savings on a non-returnable designer dress.  She asks you “isn’t this dress gorgeous?”  What would be the point in telling her the dress should have gone down with the…

The online marketplace can be both challenging and rewarding at the same time, and you need to use this to your advantage if you want to increase your sales and profits. To overcome this, you need to implement a successful strategy that will help to promote your business and guarantee growth.

Online marketing refers to the use of the internet to promote your business…

“We are stronger when we listen and smarter when we share.”

Rania Al-Abdullah

I develop people for a living; it’s my thing, my speciality. In that capacity it can be tempting to try to be the most knowledgeable person in the room, to try to be the person with all the answers and to be ready to convey…

Sourcing is dying. As Dr Sullivan eloquently points out, new tools make what was once hard, finding people, easy. With the birth of online tracking tools, software, and social media the cost of finding people will dramatically decrease. Bad news for recruiters, good news for companies.

However, the next recruiting frontier is not selling but assessing the multitude.…

The number one purpose of a resume is to enumerate the skills of a job candidate for the person who might wish to hire him or her. If it does not serve that end, it fails completely as a resume. And one of the most valuable skills that a candidate can offer an employer is language…

Can you look at yourself in the mirror?

Long ago I made a promise to myself. I promised myself I would live by 4 simple rules.

1. I would never do or say anything that would make me not like the person I see when looking in the mirror
2. I would not  do or say nothing that I would not be willing to share with my wife…

I am exploring some vendors for outsourcing our reference checks and I'm wondering if anyone currently does this in their recruiting department.  One of the vendors we are looking into is Chequed.  Has anyone used them in the past, and if so were you pleased?

Thanks!