I recently came across a resume that listed a summer cashier position in 1976 as part of a person’s “professional experience.” While it may seem a little strange or ridiculous to include an irrelevant position from nearly 25 years ago, I can tell you that it’s actually not that uncommon to come across something like this. A lot of people think that they literally need to include everything they’ve ever been involved with on their resumes, and I can assure you that not only do you not have to…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing. This week’s topics include rethinking recruiting, interacting with candidates…

As surprising as this might be, prospective candidates that engage with your employment brand are not always ready to apply the moment they become aware of available employment opportunities. Think about the candidates that find your career site using an iPad or iPhone. Yet, many employers force candidates to make an application decision. This can either lead to a rushed application in an attempt to signal interest or an abandoned/incomplete application because the candidate is not prepared…

At lunch today I was reminded that the mythology of generational differences in the work place is still out there. You know, the belief that twenty year olds are dis-loyal gaming fanatics who lack discipline, focus and patience, while boomers are the opposite of all that, whatever that makes them. Whenever I hear this stuff I am reminded of a seminar I attended where David Foote, author of Boom, Bust and Echo, reminded us that twenty year olds have always behaved like twenty year olds, and…

The future death of social networking

Looking for Predetermined responses can cost you candidate!…

Just looking for a few responses to guage what is REALLY going on out there.

First I want to say thank you to all of you who privately and publically commented about the Telephone being a social networking tool. It stirred the pot but seems to be resinating more and more...the importance of the telephone as part of…

As I stated in my previous blog post, it's becoming more and more difficult to place the unemployed. Some companies are omitting them from the job search process, sight unseen, to the point where they're telling job seekers not to apply in their job posting and…

The five-year-olds on the baseball field deserve better. At least that’s what I told myself as I walked off the field last night. The game ended in a tie, of course, as all games at this age do given we don’t count outs and runs, but my feeling of failure last night as a head coach had nothing to do with the game result. Looking back on the game the kids had fun, we avoided any significant injuries, the players generally understood where to be and what to do, and the flow of…

Traditionally, recruiters have sought out job seekers who are already employed, as opposed to those who are not.

Apparently, they are even more prone to doing so in the current economic climate.

According to a recent CNNMoney.com article ("Looking for Work? Unemployed Need Not…

For some time now, the team at www.SearchtoEmploy.com have been planning and throwing ideas around about the next evolutionary step in online recruitment.



It is their aim to provide one of the most secure and compelling job websites on the planet, using fresh thinking, savvy tools and ideas that no other jobsite in the world have made a…

Our office is back off the road a bit, located behind a car dealership and another building not really seen by anyone from the street. You have to be looking for us to find us, so we strategically do not get a lot of foot traffic. Today was different…