True story. A recruiter at Agile was working with a candidate for a position at a client company. It was a terrific opportunity, and the candidate – let’s call him Chuck (not his real name) – wanted the job. Chuck had been unemployed for several months, so it’s only normal that he was anxious about closing the deal. The process was taking longer than he had anticipated, partly because the hiring manager was on the fence about Chuck.…

So the media cannot wait to tell us that unemployment is up again.

Does the British public really thrive on doom and gloom? Is it the only way to sell news papers? I really hope not.

Those of you that know my work will be aware of how I feel on the subject and that I do my best to compensate for the media with positive blogs about the economy, our society and employment.

So here it is, the five things you didn’t know about…

So the media cannot wait to tell us that unemployment is up again.

Does the British public really thrive on doom and gloom? Is it the only way to sell news papers? I really hope not.

Those of you that know my work will be aware of how I feel on the subject and that I do my best to compensate for the media with positive blogs about the economy, our society and employment.

So here it is, the five things you didn’t know about…

On a post I did last week, Don’t Hide your Company Culture, Flaunt It!, I received some interesting comments & discussion on where candidates actually go when researching a company to get a feel for how it would be to work there.  Do they go to the company’s Career Site?  Do they search on Twitter?  Do they reach out to an employee on LinkedIn?  Do they look the company up on…

I guess the good news about drug use is that cocaine usage has declined in the past couple of years.   In fact, cocaine usage has declined some twenty nine percent.  Only about one third of one percent of the population uses cocaine, or so the story goes.

Now for the other news...heroin use has increased.  The federal government applied tighter stands to drug test as part of the employment screening.  There were testing people in such occupations as pilots, airplane mechanics, and…

A fresh look, and a new perspective, a new dawning and renewal of continuous zest for life, and an eye on the goal in all scenarios.  There is no secret that life adds a great twist and turn when we least expect it.  But each new day is like a gift.  Mistakes made yesterday can be made a new perspective of.  They can be buried in the wide swath of the past.  Brilliance is not a sometime thing, it is an everytime thing. 

As I arrived home from work this day, I thought how…

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has launched new enforcement initiatives for 2011. Are you ready?

Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011 

Time: 9:00am - 10:30am PST 

Registration:…

I am currently doing some market research for one of the Portal Applications I am currently working on  and needed to pick your minds from a Marketing perspective.  Any thoughts, questions would be welcomed.  I am tied to a Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) and I can’t get into too much detail.  Here goes..:

What if there was a Global Portal that allowed Recruiters to identify…

If you pay attention to some commentators on recruiting and human capital management, we’re at war.  No, I don’t mean the one in Afghanistan, or even the one against terror. I mean the War for Talent.

I s there anyone out there who, with me, sees this metaphor as tired and tastelessly inaccurate in today’s world, not to mention downright silly and…

So like all vocations and companies, staffing has their own language of sorts. Most of it revolves around acronyms and abbreviations. I know in the US Army alone they have a "book of Acronyms". Actually more like a set of books, in that the "book" is composed of 28 books each book being 400+ pages of acronyms.

Well the Staffing one is not that big. Today I am going to state what some of the more common acronyms stands for. For a definition, simple put the following string in…

This is something everybody uses; yet on a number of occasions they feel silence trumps silly, or banal, or demonstrating that they don’t have all the knowledge they need to proceed. Its human nature to want to have all the facts before proceeding on a project, just as it should be human nature to want to confirm information if there is any possible chance your results will be contrary to what is expected.

Not everybody has all the skills in the world needed to accomplish every goal.…

I have to brag - I can't help it...  My search, recruiting and staffing firm was tired of every Tom, Dick and Harry applying to our job postings - it was just too easy!  We'd get hundreds of unqualified candidates responding to postings they hadn't even read!  We decided to change the game and it works!  Now, if a candidate wants to reply to our postings, they have to make an effort!  We added TalentRooster.com technology to our postings, which will require all candidates to answer questions…

Great recruiters need to understand their industry, their company, the competition, and the business environment for the types of people they place. You need to be a mile deep and an inch wide!

I find that recruiters are easily seduced. In fact, truthfully we can be a bit tarty. A client wants help with a hire that’s outside our area of expertise and we jump right in. And then we find we don’t have the skills, knowledge, or connections to do a good job. We waste time, we get…

Here’s the latest update of the candidates your competition is currently seeking.



Our data comes from 14,546 staffing and recruiting firms, from which, we’ve listed the top 25 titles being sought and the number of jobs posted for each in the past 60 days. In addition, we’ve included the increase or decrease in demand compared to the same 60-day period last year.

Data: WANTED…

Walk around the workplace today and ask this question: What do you know about the moonwalk?

You are likely to receive four different responses.

1. The moon is in space. You can’t walk on it.
2. It was a very important step for mankind. I remember watching it on television and wanting to be an astronaut one day!
3. I’m doing it right now! (Person…

by Traci K and BrightMove Staffing Software and Recruiting Software

My Pay It Forward post was spurred by reading an article on putting an employee’s future potential ahead of a company’s immediate gain. Perhaps the reason for the impact that article made was the recognition that, due to the effects of this…

Last month I posted a blog titled "Recruiting, How to do it Better and Safer"  In it I listed why employers typically engage in a pre-employment screening program and why choosing a licensed private investigator who is a CRA would be beneficial.  The question that begs to be asked is, what to look for when selecting a private investigation agency  or employment agency and what will the final report include?  After all your…

I recently had lunch with an old colleague of mine who is in the front lines of the job search market.  He also has a recruiting background and was telling me of his woeful and harried efforts to find a job.  Sharp guy, leader, knows his stuff and could work circles around most newbies in a heartbeat.  Trouble is, there just aren’t many jobs out there for seasoned professionals.

To add insult to injury, a Corporate Recruiter called him last week on a job he’d applied…