Recently, I played a vigorous game of charades with a group of friends. The players’ acting abilities were worthy of an Oscar -- ridiculously creative, intuitive, and skillful . . . with the exception of one of us who told us in advance that he did not want to play because he was terrible at the game.  I thought he was kidding.  After all, who’s bad at charades?  However,…

Scott explains the secret to implementing the change that somebody else stopped doing.

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Bill Snyder, Kansas State’s legendary football coach, is famous for his 16 goals for success. His players recite the line: “…to common goals & being successful. Individually, if we accomplish these goals, the entire team will be successful.”

Throughout the year, we will discuss these 16 goals and how to apply them to the Vermillion…

Do you not have time, money or resources to train yourself or your Recruiters? Have you considered where one “lunch and learn” could make you money?  Here are 10 reasons you should always invest in training for your Recruiters and Staffing Specialist:

1. Decrease the need for Micro Management – How often have you or your managers said that they cannot…

It’s being labeled “Instagram for video”.

Staying true to Twitter’s micro-sharing style, video length on Vine is limited (6 seconds or less), with use of the app designed to spark creativity via snippets of special moments. Vine says that the video posts are “about abbreviation – the shortened form of something larger”.

The big idea is that…

Unfortunately quite often software training can…

Last week I argued that recruiters (and indeed all service providers), need to fire clients who are uncooperative or unprofitable.

Plenty of ‘The Savage Truth’ readers agreed, but many asked, “How do I actually do it?”.

Fair question. And the truth is that it is not easy. But there are two guiding principals I have found are fundamental for this to work out well.

•    Be upfront and…

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"Anyone can find workers online; it's not rocket science so why should I have to pay for it."

Those words were said to me recently by an entrepreneur I was talking to about tech startups that are trying to 'disrupt' the staffing industry.

For anyone who hasn't heard about disruptive technology, it…

For at least the past decade, Americans have been lamenting the loss of jobs to countries overseas. Everything from call centers to manufacturing operations have been shipped to countries with lower wages and fewer government regulations.

Now it appears that some of those jobs may be coming back home. A new trend is emerging known as "re-shoring," which refers to companies that previously off-shored functions bringing those functions back to the United States.  A…

Is here anyone who has experience with Linkedin Recruiter Corporate edition. Is it a valuable recruiting tool?

Last week I introduced you to a job seeker asking for advice on how to handle a “missing” recruiter. This candidate (I interviewed him – he’s good) was frustrated after following instructions and getting zip / zero / nada in response. Check out Part 1 here. My advice to our friend? Here’s a portion of the email response I sent –

“Here's what I would do. I would…

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Scott’s new video book, The Avoidant…

There was a time when online branding was only important to large organizations and well-known personalities, but branding is increasingly important for anyone and everyone whose work revolves around technology or the Internet.



This can make recruiters’ and hiring managers’ lives easier, but only if they know how to assess a candidate’s online brand. Gathering insight into job candidates can be difficult if you don’t know what to look for. We’ve written a …

Changes in Technology have changed the way we work, communicate, read books, listen to music and even watch TV so it should come as no surprise that its now changing the way we hire. Although video interviewing has been around for a while 2012 saw it really start to take off and 2013 it is being called the must have recruitment tool. Now…

It’s the toughest part of any marketing/sales professional’s job. Tracking down and engaging your target client.…

Electrical engineers are involved with design, set up, maintenance and improvement of every type of electronics items. The profession offers vast opportunity for intellectual stimulation. The engineers in order to carry out their work properly have to study technical manuals, publications and other articles. Typical activities that every engineer in this field has to carry out include designing, examining and setting up devices. At the same time they have to write reports and keep track of…

Plenty of explanations or excuses exist for why many in the recruiting industry decide to put minimal effort into creating a quality candidate experience. One of the most common gripes job seekers have is lack of follow up after they’ve applied for a position. Even worse, many applicants never hear any feedback whatsoever after interviewing. Or, the communication they receive along the way is vague, mystifying, and in some cases downright unprofessional.

The following are…

Please Note - This article was originally posted on Sourcecon.com in 2011.  I still feel it is relevant today so I am re-posting.

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