Just wanted to introduce myself. Stumbled upon this site today after looking for best cold-calling techniques. I'm Courtney and am currently a recruiter for a firm in Atlanta!

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It is superior to use pictures rather than just words when communicating a message — this is an application of “The Picture Superiority Effect". In this article, I’m gonna co-opt it for us recruiters and call it “The Visual Recruiting Superiority Effect” or “Visual Recruiting” for short.

But first, some advertising/design/recruiting…

With the US elections fast approaching, let’s take a look at the parallels between the campaign season and the sourcing of top talent. Both election nominees and corporate recruiters actively engage in a series of tactics to prove that theirs is the winning side, whether it be political party or company. Their strategies serve to paint a positive picture of the results they pledge to carry out, including:

1) Benefits: First things first – what do you bring to the table that…

At least once a week I get a call about advice for someone who is contemplating a career change. This is a topic that is near and dear to me, as I know it all too well. Let me first start by saying a career change is not for the weary at heart. It is much harder than anyone who is thinking about making a change can imagine. I want to share with you a very…

I read recently that Google released a new version of its search app for iPhone and iPad this week. (Yawn.) I scanned the article and read that part of the update included a "siri-killer." (Really?) I downloaded the update and experimented and I must say, LOVE it! (big…

You've seen them, but did you know they had a name?  Emails with the following drivel conveniently inserted at the bottom:

"In accordance with Bill S.1618 Title III passed by the 105th U. S. Congress, this email can not be considered spam..."

Ugh.  I hate these things.  As if our profession didn't have enough credibility problems already!…

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As expected, the October BLS.GOV employment #'s came out this morning, and is unchanged.

Direct Link to BLS report:  http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm…

StaffingU and the Wintrip Consulting Group recently sponsored the Wall of Ideas, an idea exchange done graffiti-style, at the most recent Staffing World. This is the fourth in a series that I’ll share over the coming weeks along with commentary on how to employ these in your firm.

Focusing on Value Creation

The battle against…

Mining for Gold that is already there!!

ATS, HRIS, CRM what do all of these have in common? Answer almost every company has them, but most do not use them right. To that end let the mining or more correctly strip mining begin. How many companies have a candidate database(DB) of some kind, filled with candidates no one ever…

After the movie Moneyball came out there were lots of blog posts about how Moneyball had lessons for HR. Essentially this was a Big Data argument. The essence of what the Moneyball process was all about was taking vast amounts of information about your people and your potential recruits and applying data analytics to see that information from new angles. The new angles allowed them to see productivity and efficiency differently than conventional wisdom had always said it should be…

Members of the military are asked to put their lives on the line. But what can feel just as scary is facing civilian life without the skills needed to enter the next phase of their career.

Unemployment Among Veterans

Currently,…

If you’ve been a recruiter for any length of time, you’ve heard candidates give excuses for missing an interview—or missing their first day on the job (if they even give you an excuse).  And once candidates become employees, they also develop a habit of giving their employer excuses, as well, especially when it comes to missing work.



Job board site CareerBuilder recently released a list of employee excuses for missing work.  Of course, this list has been quickly…

Video Series: The Staffing Moment – The ABCD of Order Review

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Scott’s new video book,…

The Candidate Experience is one of the biggest, most talked about topics in recruiting today and for good reason.  With more candidates looking for work, companies are dealing with increased levels of potential employees for every job position they recruit for.  This leaves them with more time needed to screen and interview candidates and less time to have one on one engagement with these candidates.

Obviously, one on one engagement with candidates would be preferable in the…

Many current recruitment processes are costly and, to a certain extent, ineffective. We created an Infographic that recently ran on The Undercover Recruiter to show how social recruiting, coupled with a targeted and proactive approach to pursuing passive candidates, can help recruiters and hiring managers find and evaluate the best talent.…