For as long as I have been in this business, the business of sourcing, screening and selecting great talent for client companies, I have felt that more could be done. I felt that those of us who do this type of work were only being allowed to do just so much in bringing great talent to an organization, and that once the offer to a candidate had been made and accepted, our role ended. This is especially true for 3^rd party recruiters, but is also true for those of us who provide a…

Why is the Australian Resume different?

All job markets around the world are unique in their own ways. The culture of a certain country plays a large part in how the job process works. In Australia, for example, it is neither necessary nor required to put a picture on your resume. Providing…

This is a my 5 point checklist for hiring for a small business. Essential points you should keep in mind if you own an SME/ Start-up and are looking to hire initial few employees and the next few. This list should complement your functional screening.

• Hire people who want to work with you – Look for people who want to work with you, who feel confident about your abilities and who share your dream.  Avoid people who want to work because your you have a premium address, or because…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we'll be talking about candidate experience stories, sourcing, online recruiting surveys, Monster's new BeKnown and some cool info-graphics.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order),…

Regular readers of the Rockwood Blog already know how important it is to avoid typos.

But sometimes even perfect spelling and grammar aren’t enough – there are some things that should be left off a resume.

Here’s a great article from Yahoo! Finance discussing 10 things…

Don’t miss the opportunities. Here are some ways to access 3 large sets of organized data that LinkedIn has pulled from the Deep Web into the open.

Welcome #LinkedIn Updates

To learn more about LinkedIn from this post, simply start at…

Since the July 4^th weekend is upon us, we realize this is an opportune time to relax, catch up with family and friends, enjoy life and be thankful for everything our wonderful country offers.

This holiday weekend is also a good time to reflect about your professional career – where you are, where you want to go, and how you’re going to get there. If you’re an…

I couldn't help but smile as I drove home today, blessings abounded as my belief in incredible possibilities in my staffing realm had all but hit me in incredible bursts.  A 4 hire day.  Something as magical as that I have had privilege of being a part of before in April, but to do it in this way well it was just a sweet little icing on the cake to a day I knew would end with some interesting moments, while I was sourcing the day away helping partner recruiters nail thier placements - my job…

The site works on…

Every year The Redhead (my wife) watches The Oscars. She loves to see celebrities walk on the red carpet, check out the expensive jewelry or clothing, enjoy the faces of the winners and hear them give the rushed acceptance speeches. We as viewers are always shown the top handful of contenders for each award just before the envelope is ripped apart and the winner's name (or…

You ever wonder what recruiting would look like in a perfect world?  What your recruitment strategy and process would be if you didn't have supply or demand problems in your recruitment funnel?

I have and here is what I think of when I visualize the steps of a perfect recruitment marketing process:

1. Job Opening: First and…

Partnerships in the Recruiting Industry can creating a winning dynamic or spell certain disaster. Before jumping into any form a business partnership consider the following thoughts:

SHARE THE SAME VISION ~ For any partnership to be successful, everyone  involved must agree on the same strategic direction of the company. If…

After many years in the world of recruiting, it is easy to forget how tough it was to get started. 

Making that 1^st call, negotiating pay rates, people not showing up for interviews, people turning down offers, & of course finally - your 1^st placement!  Starting out on the rightpath can help the road be a little less bumpy……

The 1^stcall: Making that 1^st call can be intimidating.  I’ve seen lots of new…

It's quite interesting! LinkedIn keeps organizing more data and taking it out of the Deep Web.

Check it out:



Recently Updated Profiles

(Guess who is likely to update their LinkedIn profiles.)

In your results check on the cached pages.

-Irina

P.S. This is the previous set of data. Want to view all job titles with a…