While working a blended desk may sound easy in theory, it takes a special person to do it effectively.  Not calling myself special...I left the last company that had me doing…

What a way to start off the New Year!

The 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show officially starts today, although AT&T and Microsoft grabbed the spotlight early by unveiling the upcoming the first 4G Windows Phonesduring the press conferences…

Talent community is a word that means different things to different people.  In a recent addition of TChat radio, I was amazed at the diversity of opinion from the panelists.…

What was the greatest lesson learned in 2011?  It was breaking down the barriers that others imposed whether that was laying to the dust those who said something couldn't be done, being firm in the resolve that no matter what people said the greatest outcomes came of the audacity to dream, and the inward hope that one could make anything happen that was the greatest of all steps to achievement.

As this New Year has come, so too has my inward knowledge that somewhere along the…

 I have a question for the group. When, or do you stop communications with a candidate? A candidate being defined as someone that had a scheduled interview and the interview was cancelled by agency or the prospective employer. Do you instantly stop communications with the candidate or do continue to maintain communication for a period of time? I was going to go into a long dissertation as to why these questions are being asked, but I think the bigger question is do recruiters have an ethical…

As I pondered the death of a 19 year-old former classmate of my daughter this past weekend, I was reminded of just how fleeting time and life can be. While goals and aspirations are worthy endeavors, the most meaningful aspect of life is each and every present moment.

This week, your being fully present with every customer, colleague, and individual in your life is the highest level of service you can provide. As you give the present of presence, you’ll be rewarded as well as you hear…

Whether you’re a first time job seeker or deep into your career, it helps to “refresh” our brains of the basics when it comes to interviewing for a job.  Some tips?

Arrival:  Show up to your interview 5-10 minutes early.  Anything more or less than this is running the risk of looking too eager or unorganized.

Cell Phone/Pager/Laptop:  Doesn’t matter if you’re in your interview or sitting in the lobby, you are not to pay…

There are a lot of…

More good news today for recruiters.  The jobs report is good.  I know we can spin it into being not so good and nobody should throw a party for 8.5% unemployment, but the numbers are still helpful to those of us in recruiting.

The level of unemployment is not necessarily a big factor for the recruiting industry, but the direction it is moving is.  So when unemployment was getting worse, things were tough.  They weren’t tough because of unemployment, but the direction unemployment was…

Jesus Christ, I’m on the clock here again.  It’s a good thing my wife made me quit smoking.  I’d need a carton to keep these nerves at bay. Now, instead I compulsively refresh my stock portfolio. It’s down 40%.  In four seconds it’ll be back up.

Just checked. It’s down 45%. Shit, that doesn’t help.

Well, at least I’ve still got Bourbon. As long as I’m in this business I’ll never give that up. It’s noon somewhere for chrissake.

It’s D-day on a…

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 the first week of 2012 we’ll be talking about true SaaS, HR technology commandments, an innovative recruitment campaign, social media saturation and stagnant recruitment.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no…

I am new to blogging on RBC....so be nice :)

Some recent encounters have prompted me to write about  this recent revelation… In Staffing, going through hundreds of resumes per week, if not more, and submitting qualified candidates to open requisitions, I often find that we look for reasons to turn down or discount a candidate. I am not the only guilty party here…I find that I run into this with Clients, Managers, Vendor Management companies and sometimes even…

I just love a happy ending. One of the great emotional payoffs of this business is how darn happy people are when you help them land their “dream job”. It’s even sweeter when someone overcomes the odds.

I sent an offer letter last week to a young lady who first applied to a position back in June. Six months ago. She got the standard rejection letter, someone else was hired for the job, and that’s the end. Or was it…? For Ann, it wasn’t. She knew she wanted to…

If you watch my show, I could really use your help! Tune in to find out what I mean.

New year, New articles to curate, New stories which just cause me to shake my head. One such story which has been making the rounds starts in (not-so) Merry England where “A human resources executive was forced from his job because his employer found his resume online and that he would consider career opportunities”. The site (Linked In)…

I would wager that it wasn’t a recruiter.  This was a question I used to jokingly ask my potential candidates to break the ice, get them relaxed and open up.  Usually they would say something like “I’ll let you know when I decide to grow up” or “retired” or simply “employed”.   Funny, they all seem to hold true, even today.  I don’t ask that question anymore but the “retired” answer seems to be more and more attractive to me now.  If not retired, then maybe ready for my next stage of life…

Staffing and the Jerry Maguire syndrome!!

“Help me to help you!” We have all heard it, that very very famous and perhaps even over used quote from the movie Jerry Maguire. But when it comes to the staffing world it should be one of the most important quotes we ever hear.

Too many times there is a less than great relationship between staffing and the hiring manager (HM). Too many times, there is not enough…