The End of Sourcing Is Near … is a post by Dr. John Sullivan on ERE that is drawing lots of attention. I am not going to…

So how is your recruitment website performing. Bringing in all the high quality candidates and clients you want. Remember this is your shop window. In the recruitment world,apart from linkedIn it is the main way people experience you.…

Whenever you walk in on someone crying, you can’t help but think “who died"? Yesterday, tragically, my question was the right one. I learned that a very close co-worker had passed unexpectedly the night before.

This news comes on the heels of a previous loss last week – one of our sales people died. HR had already done what they do in these instances – made sure everyone had the EAP number, worked with leadership to pass along information while retaining privacy for the family, looked…

Do you remember driving without a cell phone back in the day?  What were we thinking?  What did we do if we were the unfortunate recipients of a flat tire on the highway at 11PM?

We survived.  We walked.  We stuck our thumbs high in the air (not recommended).  That’s what we did back then.  These days, our mobile devices are pretty much our everything and they can do just about everything.

While mobile is critical for every business and function, it’s currently not the most…

A very simple interview tip. How do you feel when you open a door for someone and they walk through it? Now how do you feel when you open a door for someone, they walk through it, turn and say “Thank you very much, no one opens doors for people anymore”. You feel good don’t you?

Well exactly the same goes for interviewers.  They are definitely overworked, that is why…

The high quality business broadband is seen making history by creating a good distinction in the business world and surviving or going into liquidation.

Certain foremost experts believe it should be a legal necessity for small firms to have access to decent broadband for business speeds. High speed business…

So as the world turns so goes LinkedIn and so goes your profile links. Have you noticed that you can no longer add links to your LinkedIn profile?

I am not sure how I feel about this yet. Although there are…

Converting a Military job to the Civilian World and more!!

So one of the most difficult things to do is convert a military occupational classification (MOC) or job to a civilian job. It is hard because the MOC’s typically do not carry standard titles, and the verbiage used to describe it is military talk. The problem is without…

How much time do you spend screening candidates? A whole day can be spent reviewing resumes to create a shortlist, followed by 30 minutes per candidate on a phone screen, and then 1 hour or more per candidate for a first round interview.

This webinar recording from SocialTalent shows you how to shorten the screening process so you have more face time with your most qualified candidates.

They review:…

Time’s past networking meant attending an event (In person) and carefully spreading your time across a room of ‘like-minded’ individuals, productive if everyone in the room was your target networking pool, but this was and still isn't always the case. Two hours and a cup of coffee in a room of fifty doesn't always ensure…

A lot of folks talk about the value of performing Search Engine Optimization on your job postings, but very rarely do we get the chance to see actual statistics regarding the benefits.

In order to get an accurate read on the performance of an SEO project, we first need to gather the current performance data to use as a benchmark for the "Before" statistics. To do this, establish the list of keywords you want to optimize for and run the queries through the Google search engine. You may…

Social media is no longer a passing phase, it is now a way of life that has revolutionized the way people do business. This is especially true in recruitment and hr. Linkedin is one tool that has become a vital…

Scott suggests five steps to overcome craptacular attitudes in an organization.

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Reference Checking may or may not be a part of your daily recruitment activity. For many, it's a love / hate relationship. For some it's a significant channel for lead generation, for others it's a way to create better hires, faster.

Regardless of your reason for reference checking we have found that on Recruiting Blogs, there are many…

Ok, so your candidate has thought long and hard, and they've come to the conclusion that it’s time to find a new job. You’ve sent off their CV, you’ve guided them through the nail biting interviews, and finally, you’ve secured them the offer of a lifetime. Hurrah! You deliver the good news, they accept and hand in their notice to their boss. And that’s it, right?

Not always, no.

Cue urgent call from your candidate. What’s this? He explains that his contribution is vital to the…

No matter how thorough your workforce planning process, shortages in the availability of candidates with the required 

If effective workforce planning is the ‘right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time’, then the quality of the journey into the organisation is crucial…

So I assume a lot of people got the "Congratulations! You're profile is among the X% most viewed on LinkedIn  email. I got it earlier this week and my natural suspicion immediately clicked in. I don't trust any email that says "click here for more info" if I'm not ABSOLUTELY sure of it's provenance.

However a bit of judicious googling shows it to be genuine...but also…

There are days when I love my job as a Talent Management Pro. 



There are days when I want to end my own life by throwing myself into a cage full of wild animals, ideally gorillas who are under the influence of amphetamines, and let them rend my body limb from limb. …

Contract jobs offer various types of advantages for both the employers and the employees. More and more companies are offering contractual jobs to employees. There are many reasons to seek a contract job of an engineer.

Benefits of contractual job

Jobs that offer a fixed timing have the benefit of providing variety. The employers value experience and expertise. Due to diversities of contractual job, you will get the opportunity of learning different aspects of…