How many people took part in this weeks election? Of that, how many voted based on the local candidate and how many went with the party as a whole? I know that’s pretty much the same question, but sometimes staying with the local guy will help with local problems. Enough. Here is the real question, How many of us understood the big picture; and how many of us went in thinking that one vote won’t change the landscape?

How does the preamble relate to recruiting, sourcing and our place…

If you don’t have a “Ballerina File” you’re losing money!

One topic that seems to be a hot button for many is the lack of qualified candidates derived from job board ads.

First, let’s be clear the role of a job board.  A job board is not the Holy Grail or a guarantee of a quick placement with little effort; neither is an ATS, Linkedin.com, target lists, etc.  A job board is a tool and like any…

Have you ever sat in a job interview and been sweating uncontrollably as you stumble through the interview questions? Have you found yourself shaking hands with the hiring manager on the way out of the job interview and thinking to yourself how you just completely messed up the entire interview? Of course you have. Who hasn’t!

Why does this happen? Do you remember back in school…

On this blog, we talk a lot about building your Talent Network and we go over all the ways that you can start building it today.  But the question that comes up most when we're talking to recruiting professionals is how do you leverage your Talent Network once you've built it?

Your Talent Network is a group of recruiting contacts that you collect through both active and passive sourcing efforts and store in a database,…

The number one question HR professionals in Canada ask me everyday is "When will the market heat up for HR talent once again?"

The HR Talent market has been through a roller coaster of demand over the past few years.  Many organizations cut back on resourcing within HR starting in 2008.  Many areas of HR were hit very hard including Talent Development, Talent Management and Recruitment.  Many senior HR roles were eliminated as part of a corporate wide cost cutting exercise.  Many…

In the recent issue of Inc. there is a page that directs readers to Inc’s online presence. There are ten different topics listed with an appropriate link to each. In this month’s issue all of the content was related to celebrating National Small Business Month. And here I thought that every month was National Small Business Month.

One of the topics,…

Judi Wunderlich posted a good blog this week entitled, "Why Recruiters Get A Bad Rap (a cautionary tale)".  There were a bunch of responses including one from me saying that recruiters should be held to a higher standard.  I thought I would share a story which I originally posted on my blog, www.viewfrommadisonave.blogspot.com.  I thought it would amuse all professional and above board recruiters so I am repeating it in its entirety…

Jobseekers today grow weary of sending in online applications and never hearing a response. Sometimes they wonder if they’re a fit for an organization, but there’s little to help them understand, so they just apply…or not…and wait for a response.

Let’s tip our hats to the 10 fastest-growing staffing agencies in the U.S. They know how to recruit, use staffing software, and employ social media to fill their client’s staffing needs quickly and reliably. Annual growth figures reflect average growth between 2005 and 2009.  This list will wet your appetite while we wait for…

As a background checking service we see our fair share of physical and sexual violence that can be related to the home  or domestic environment.  But domestic violence is not necessarily contained within the home.   Domestic violence may originate in the home, but it can affect the workplace.

Studies claim that one in four women are victims of domestic violence.   Homicide  is the second leading cause of death among women in the workforce.  While women constitute the majority of…

Today’s question, is recruitment Agile?

For anyone not familiar with agile this is the agile manifesto:

We are uncovering better ways of developing

software by doing it and helping others do it.

Through this work we have come to value:

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer…