Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz gives it to us straight in his post, “What Company Culture IS and IS NOT.” There are thousands of articles, posts, chats and updates having recruiters and hiring managers in a mental…

Sourcecon 2013: 4 Resources for Searching Twitter

Amybeth Hale, "The Research Goddess" brought the audience to on a journey as she shared her most favorite twitter sourcing tools.

During the session she talked about a few tools that I feel the need to mention so that recruiters that may…

When adding contract staffing services to your existing direct-hire recruiting business, you must first decide how you are going to handle the back-office tasks. You can handle them yourself, or you can outsource them to a contract staffing back-office service.

Most recruiters opt to outsource because it allows them to focus on contract placement opportunities without taking away from their direct-hire business. A contract staffing back-office service should assume…

Back at the start of the year we blogged about the controversial decision made by the RAD awards not to shortlist, or appoint a winner, to their 2013 Candidate Experience Award due to the quality of the entrants. This year the category has…

If You're a Recruiter

So, you’re filling a position that requires your prospective employee to be able to obtain a security clearance. This is a challenge that many recruiters face because, although your applicant may have the skills and qualifications to perform the job, he may not have the “background” that allows the government to trust this applicant with classified or sensitive information. The last thing you want to do is spend time and money hiring an…

We lost an Amazing Man today...

Here is his official bio:

Jay Conrad Levinson (born 1933 in Detroit) is the author of a popular 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing. The first to use the term "Guerrilla Marketing," Jay described it as using 'unconventional' marketing tools in cases when financial or other resources are limited or non-existent. Guerrilla Marketing is the best…

Sourcecon 2013: Turbocharge Your Front-End Talent Sourcing Efforts for (Nearly) Free

This Session was on resources for searching and sourcing.

Glenn Gutmacher one of the top sourcers in the country ran this session. He spoke at first about which you would rather do; buy expensive software, use inexpensive tools or build it…

There has been a lot of talk about a technical skills shortage in the United States. Some industries have already experienced it, but there have been warnings that, with the aging workforce and other factors, this will someday be an issue in nearly every industry.

But could American employers already be struggling with a different kind of skills shortage? According to a…

I have just read on the BBC that Cardiff City (a Welsh soccer club just promoted to the English Premier League) have just appointed a 23 year old Kazakh as head of recruitment. He replaces a safe pair of hands who has helped the…

Please note: This article originally featured on the RecruitLoop Blog.

If you measured every metric that every article on the web suggested you should measure to confirm whether you are employing effectively or not, you would end up spending most of your time measuring recruiting activities…

Sourcecon 2013: Creating a Self-Sustaining Sourcing Team

The Session was about creating a self-sustaining sourcing team. Mark Tororici ran this session, and started it in a very interesting way. “First the good News” which was the market for sourcers and recruiters is hot. You can imagine the cheers on that one. Of course if there is good…

Hi everyone,

I have been into the recruiting field now for almost a year, but I can see that the resources for finding candidates is getting worse, with zip-recruiter payment so high and the candidates are of no quality... So I was doing a research on finding candidates and I found a site called OnMyWay their fee is so good, has anyone heard of it or tried it??? If someone did please advice.

Frustration, anxiety and uncertainty. Yes, we all have it! What to do next?

As recruiters in the federal government community, we are also confronted with a large community of job seekers who are flooding you with resumes and applications. When the ball gets rolling again, you will need to hire -and fast- qualified cleared talent. What do you do while at a standstill?

Here are some recommendations on maintaining your employer brand and keeping your talent pipeline…

Social media has changed the hiring process immensely, particularly for those seeking job interviews. Hiring managers who search an applicant's name will most likely discover at least one active social media profile.



Even if your resume paints you to be the perfect candidate for the position, your social media activity could prevent you from getting a job interview. While it may be fun to share your adventures with your family and friends on Facebook or Twitter, you may not want…

The demand for ‘online survey’ jobs has increased what with the amount of reviews, advertisements, suggestions and comments that has spread over the Internet. Even for a fresher there is a storehouse of information which will encourage him/her to jump into this job profile. Since all the knowledge required for this job is already available online, registering followed by afflicting oneself with any one of the ‘survey providers’ is extremely to start with.…

The best way to describe a career in oil and gas engineering is to call it adventurous and rewarding. The oil and gas industry is growing and this growth has boosted the requirement of good and efficient oil and gas engineers. There is a steady rise in the need of energy resources around the world. This means the industry requires skilled candidates. Those employed in the roles of oil and gas engineer need not be concerned about job security and stability with a generous compensation…

The environment and air of an organization and workplace becomes the basis of the attitude of people, towards each other as colleagues and towards the work that they are assigned. Hence, it is vital to create a positive and healthy working environment.

Following factors should prevail in a positive working environment and help business…

Sourcecon 2013: The State of Sourcing – 2013

To start off Sourceon, we had a “state of Sourcing” by Sourcecon Editor Jeremy Roberts. In this session he talks about the characteristics of a sourcer in 2003 and compares that to how the role has evolved and is today.  In 2003 sourcers…