If people are a company's key to gaining competitive advantage, then this is the area where an employer brand strategy should be looking to generate the most traction.

To place the sole responsibility for your employer brand strategy with one department, be that HR or Marketing makes no sense at all. This is a shared responsibility and so needs a shared involvement. How many CFO's or COO do you know that have involvement in their company's employer brand strategy? Then ask why it is…

Was talking to a neighbor about work and she mentioned that my job must be easy as they are tons of people out of work. 

My response was that the skill sets that my clients are looking for (right now mostly CPA with Big 4 experience & Chemical Engineers) that most of those candidates are currently working. 

She then said that the recruiters role was to "get candidates jobs". 

What do you think is the recruiters role?

Every recruiter everywhere is doing everything they can to drum up new clients—and keep existing ones.



Should that include making client visits?  If so, how many client visits should recruiters make?



To be sure, there are many factors involved.  Below are a few:



1.The industry and niche in which the recruiter works

2.The business model of the recruiting firm

3. The…

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. In this article, we’ll be talking about the best recruiters, making someone do something, trendspotters in HR and recruiting, making recruiting fun, better LinkedIn Inmails and employer branding.

Here are the articles that interested us this…

Are you pondering whether or not you are a trusted advisor to your client?  If so – then STOP pondering, the answer is likely “no”.  If you are viewed by your client as a trusted advisor, it's obvious and you don’t have to think about it.  It’s odd to me that in my 16 years in executive search (on both the agency side as well as on the inside within corporate America), I can count on one hand the number of clients that authentically view me as their search trusted…

Are you networking?    Some people are, but EVERYONE should be.    While networking this past month or so, I have run across some Do’s and Don’ts that I think everyone should follow.   

DO

1. Keep in touch with industry leaders  (Nationally and Locally)
2. Have coffee or lunch with industry leaders, co-workers and…

Do you really understand how the mobile/social convergence will impact your prospect Candidates?

In the recruiting and HR technology sector over the past few years we have all been hearing the voices get louder and louder about the impact of mobile and tablet device usage is having and will have on how a prospect candidate will experience and use the web in relation to not only their personal consumer and social activities but also their career and job related activities.For me…

I have just come back home to the San Francisco Bay Area from the Sourcing Summit in Australia. The event was flawlessly and skillfully organized by Phillip Tusing.

My top impression from the Australian sourcing…

Stinky is my 13 year old cat.  The other day I  was moving some mattresses and had leaned a couple lengthwise…

It turns out your favorite video game of 1994 can be a pretty useful hiring tool. Go figure.

Every new small business hits the scene like a rebellious teenager. They’re young, they’re proud and they’re full of energy. They know what they can do (and…

For nearly every recruiting organization, the corporate Career Siteis their recruiting hub.  It’s the one place that all the online recruitment activities point back to and where candidates ultimately end up when they are looking for and applying for employment opportunities.

Done are the days where the Career Site is just a static repository of your jobs.  Just…

The Face of Recruiting Today

We found that contract and temporary staffing are hot in 2012 (temp staffing has doubled from 2009 to…

By Carmen Lapham, Director of Recruiting and Operations, Q4B

A colleague of mine recently had a birthday. He is an avid reader and a beer guy who borders on being a beer snob. His wife gave him a book for the occasion entitled 300 Beers To Try Before You Die by Roger Protz. He calls it his beer bucket list (although he would refuse to drink any of his beers from a bucket) and after paging through the book he discovered a few things.

Over the years he thought he…

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), which provides funding to healthcare providers for the adoption and “meaningful use” of EHRs, has generated a huge demand for health IT professionals. This demand has created a new niche recruiters who have the ability to place profesisonals with the unique skills set needed to fill these positions.

One recruiter who is focusing his efforts on this niche is …

Recent respected surveys show the way to your employees performance sweet spot is through recognition the survey suggest the following.

Recognition Keeps People Working Harder and Loyal to You

• 64% of UK workers would leave their job for a company that clearly recognised contributions.
• 90% said employee recognition motivates them to do a better job.

People Like Recognition, but Aren't Recognised Enough

• 86% said they like to have their…

Instead of opening your headhunting calls with “Are you looking for a new opportunity?”  You might consider opening with one of Harley Marketing’s, 10 Valid Business Reason for interrupting someone's day:

1. Solve a problem

The best interruptions rarely have to do with the services you sell. Instead, share information…

As a candidate, how would you feel if you knew the recruiter you were speaking with on the phone was sitting at his desk, at his home, in his boxers, and maybe hadn't showered in a few days?

As a hiring manager, would it bother you if you were entrusting your search to the same guy mentioned above? Should it matter as long as he is getting the job done and going it well?

The truth is, you really have no idea if you are in that situation or not. It is funny - and creepy - to…

Every good recruiter knows that social media is becoming more and more important when it comes to finding a great candidate. Just days ago Mashable reported that a social media monitoring service Reppler found that 90% of recruiters and hiring managers have visited a potential candidate’s profile as part of the screening process, and 69%…

Every relationship, whether it is personal or professional, is maintained by a certain set of behaviors and attitudes. Think about it. Whether you are dating, conducting an interview, or making new friends, you expect the other person to act “properly” whatever that may mean to you. If your blind date is sketchy, spends the evening ignoring you for his or her phone, or stands you up, would you really try to see this person again? Not likely. So why do you, as recruiters, pursue relationships…

It is almost September. Schools will be starting everywhere all over the country.  People of all ages will have new experiences, and their lives will change forever.  Some kids are going to college, and some are going to Kindergarten.  No matter the age, something different will happen to them this year that didn’t happen to them last year.  Their classes,…