Part 1 of “The ever expanding staffing function” Series!!!

So this is part 1 of the series. Here we are going to focus on the monofunction model also called full lifecycle, and A-Z.

The monofunction model is very simple. 1 staffing professional does it all A-Z; they help with the job description, they source candidates, they screen candidates, they walk them through the interview and hire process and work directly with the…

Total volume added in the past 60 days and the percentage increase compared to the same period last year.

Data: WANTED Analytics | Analysis: StaffingU…

There are 8,766 hours in a year, and out of those hours the average Recruiting Professional spends about 520 hours commuting, 3,120 working a desk, and, if they are lucky, 2,190 hours sleeping.  Add all of these hours up and you have 2,936 to take care of your family, friends and yourself.  Is this unusual? No. What is unusual are the stress levels Recruiters are…

This list of our Top Ten Graduate Recruitment Advertising Agencies is based on feedback we have heard, agencies we have worked with, awards we have noticed and pretty websites we have been distracted by.

It's not quite like the list of Top Ten Vending Machines, which by the way is pretty darn fabulous, but for people in the recruitment and graduate business, it's a thrill a minute.

So, (alphabetically), here we go:

33 - …

One of my very favorite songs is called Down Together by the Refreshments. The refrain includes the lyrics, "Cars break down and people break down and other things break down too so let's go...down together".

I had the chance to have dinner with…

For those of you looking for a little good news for a change, USA Today is reporting a huge hiring surge the technology sector.

According to the article, the United States stands to gain…

I have been recruiting for 25+ years and just came across a new issue.  If anyone has suggestions, I would really appreciate the help.

I am dealing with the American subsidiary of an Asian company.  They are looking to hire a COO.  The compensation is about $300k, so it is pretty senior.  Now that they have started interviewing candidates, they are telling the candidates that they have a policy of a 90 day trial period.  This is, of course, a turn-off to all the people I have…

Supposedly the economy is getting better, but it’s going to take…

Some of the responses I have received from this post worry me.  I see that some recruiters do not understand some of the finer points of email protocol. They believe that you can set your email to check for received, open or read by recipient and everything will be cool. Many clients or prospects set their email systems to not respond like this in Preferences/E-mail Options/Tracking Options.…

Here is part 2 of our series of posts on The Importance of Candidate Experience - from the job description to the application form, here is our list of DOs and DON'Ts:

Don’t have scrolling bars within an application form that you need to scroll down with. Multi scrolls on one screen are extremely annoying.

Do use drop down lists if you have multiple options to choose from as an alternative to scrolling…

I recently read this very interesting post (via twitter) about an age old issue that continues to pop its awkward head above the parapet in the world of recruitment.  The double submission - when two agencies submit the same candidate to the same job vacancy (and the subsequent squabbling over ownership that inevitably ensues).

The…

On January 3rd, 2011, we opened the doors to start-up Jobspring Partners Silicon Valley. Day One we stood there, business partner Scott and I, taking in an open space of roughly 2500 square feet filled with new desks, chairs and white boards. It also came with a top-floor view from downtown San Jose overlooking all of Silicon Valley to the north and northwest. As the morning sun dawned on our new balcony, we watched a plane take off from the most technically advanced airport in the world, as…

"Hey you... Yeah you... the tall, balding guy who's getting a bit tubby around the midriff. Whats the best way to lay out my CV?"  I get asked this question a lot by friends and colleagues.  Over the years I've seen many designs and layouts from competency to chronologically career based with everything either side and in between thrown in for good…

Recruiting metrics are integral to bringing in top talent to an organization and every successful recruiting strategy has a successful reporting solution that is underneath it.  Through this reporting, the organization is able to set goals and measure the success of every one of their recruiting initiatives.

Most importantly, a successful recruiting organization will collect and track important…

As recently as several years ago, it was considered standard operating procedure for job seekers to post their resumes on as many job boards as possible. Why?Visibility. Employers and recruiters used the job board resume databases to find possible hires, so it made sense to have your resume in as many places as possible. Job boards encouraged this behavior because it made the resume access features easier to sell to employers.

Enter LinkedIn. It was…

An article in the national press here in the UK yesterday reminded me all too clearly that we live in an online world where identity is all too easily obtained. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8426426/Millions-warned-over-substantial-email-data-theft.html

I, like most, am bombarded by a huge number of emails, tweets, status updates, blogs…

Having just returned from visiting family and friends in South-western Ontario, I was once again reminded of the frustrations talent faces when organizational “process” road-blocks potential.

Before I begin, I have a confession to make - my name is Lisa and I was once a process-obsessed HR Professional. I was many talents’ worst nightmare, the ironclad gate-keeper with minimal awareness and direct impact on the bigger picture within my organization. The most unfortunate…