I’ve been staring at this blank page for weeks. In the past couple of months I’ve heard from two very different contacts that they’ve gotten pretty far in the recruiting process, only to have the recruiter disappear. They don’t call, they don’t write. They certainly don’t pick up the phone when it rings. Why is that?

I received an email from a job seeker I've crossed paths with both as a candidate and professional networking contact. He is smart, educated, and has a great deal of…

Is the recruitment industry as smart as it portrays itself?

Recently, I've been doing some competitor analysis - I'm a UK-based headhunter by the way, so my research was biased in that direction - and I've been surprised by the results. There are probably two main threads that betray some pretty poor thinking and activity…

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 this article, we’ll be talking about social recruiting, candidate experience, identifying talent, building trust and talent pipelines.

Also, here is John Sumser’s list of…

• Traditional hiring methods take 45 days on average to hire a new position and cost $1,500 – $5,000 per hire on average.

• The cost to replace employees can be up to 4 times their annual salary, with bad recruiting costing companies over $50,000 on average.

• 80% of employee turnover can be linked to faults in the hiring…

Click here to download the 2012 Candidate Experience Awards Report

This past year, we were fortunate enough to sponsor the 2012 Candidate Experience Awards.  This marks the 2nd year for the awards and the feedback this year was overwhelming positive.  And with more participating companies than last year, there is a lot more learnings to be had from the rich candidate survey…

Recently, I spoke at a Recruiter Summit in Orlando, Florida and had a blast! The people were very kind and I was fortunate enough to learn a lot from the other speakers. My topic was "What can recruiting expect in the year 2013?" In my presentation I gave three predictions and backed them up with research, anecdotes and the occasional laugh. It was so well received that I decided to post a version of what I shared here. So, check it out and let me know what you think?

In a…

Good show today with someone who places old execs in temp jobs.

Unfortunately, someone was doing some heavy-breathing into his mic at the start of the show. And here's something that bugs me. To talk on the show you have to call a number in New York. Jerry calls in from Indiana and Carmen called in from Toronto just like me. They were both clear as a bell but my voice…

Human beings have two lives – public and private. But in this digital age where we choose to put out private lives in a public space, where do we draw the line?

If you’ve recently discovered that people you’re not even Facebook friends with have seen some of your embarrassing photos from your past, the answer is no, you can’t do anything because Facebook hasn’t actually violated your privacy.

Today the Facebook user is losing more and more control over their personal…

Superbowl Sunday was yesterday and it got me thinking about things.  I thought about Colin Kaepernik.  I thought about Steve Biscotti.  I thought about John Elway. I thought about all of the sports figures that I have watched throughout my life.  I also thought about the ones I have read about that were before my time.  I thought about what it must feel like to reach the pinnacle of your career.  Some reach it early; some reach it multiple times, some reach it…

I talk to a lot of recruiters.

And it is tough for many of them right now. That we know.

Everybody is scrambling for a dollar, chasing every client. A bit like that sad, desperate guy in the bar at 2 am, harassing every one of the last few women left standing.

But there is the irony. As recruiters push ever harder to win…

Several of Social Recruiting’s top thought leaders gathered in San Francisco last week at a conference focused on the latest trends in the field.

The roster of experts ranged from corporate talent acquisition executives, to entrepreneurs bringing new technology, to specialists in the latest techniques in Social Recruiting.…

The moving target that is the job Description!!

We have all seen it and dealt with it. A job Description (JD) not written with us being involved, that says almost nothing, and when you speak to the hiring manager (HM) and ask question they give you almost nothing.

Part of the problem is the HMs…

Here’s an admission from a recruiter, I save my best candidates for my best clients. Not all clients are created equal and neither are all candidates. Sometimes an “A” player will walk into your office and he or she does not know that they are an “A” player and their just looking for a better job. I love these humble candidates. They know that they are hardworking and successful but have been working under terrible conditions or a terrible boss for so long that they think that this is…

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 this article, we'll be talking about hiring process mods, quality candidates,…