When I interview experienced prospective hires I used to expect them to be well prepared,well presented and engaging,but this is rarely the case so now my expectation is low.Surely that's

not right! Shouldn't it be the opposite? Shouldn’t it be second nature for

recruiters to be great at interview?

ReThink is growing fast and hiring lots of people…

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I am writing this on a plane on my way back from a week visiting the Aquent offices in Japan. It was a great week, and the business is tracking well, but as I had not been to Japan for a while, I spent my

time meeting with virtually every recruiter, looking at activities and shining the light on efficiency and productivity…

Over the last two weeks I have used this analogy when talking to recruiters within my company that recruiting via the social networks is more like a garden and not a grocery store. It seems to have connected with them and I know there are hundreds of other analogies out there describing "social recruiting" and this one just came out of my mouth during a conversation. My point is when a recruiter is using the social networks to find candidates and…

Originally posted on the SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Blog.

Big Brother isn’t the only one that can keep tabs on where you are in the U.S. More and more companies and recruiters are jumping on the bandwagon and tracking where the candidates that apply to their positions are coming from geographically. But the real…

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about how many feel that HR is losing the battle of delivering a positive candidate experience. When I read in Peter’s newsletter his thoughts on…

Leaders VS Managers

Recently I was asked by a fellow…

It’s a well known fact that some people lie on their resumes. There are plenty of statistics around that show the percentages. Some people embellish a little, some embellish a lot, and some outright lie. Most of the time, that lie is about their education. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, one in four candidates misrepresents his or her educational attainment. If someone lies on their resume, how can you trust them as an employee?

I can remember several…

Let’s face it, not every prospective candidate who applies will be selected for a job opening. However,the way in which your organization treats each applicant during the recruiting process may determine whether or not your employment brand can continue to attract top candidates.



A recent blog post on Harvard Business Review entitled…

The answer may be simpler than one would expect: humans don’t like doing things that they are not great at, especially if there are grave consequences when executed poorly.

Hiring can make or break any business. This is especially true with small and medium-sized businesses. In general, most people are not very good at hiring employees. In fact, according to…

At 31Projects (www.31projects.com), we strongly support the principal that students should be paid fairly for the value they create for organizations. Even though money is typically not students’ primary motivation for participating in projects, we ensure that project sponsors compensate students fairly for the time and effort the students put into their project.

There’s been a decent amount of discussion in the press lately…