Google+, to be sure, has some serious work to do. Facebook has around 700 million users and LinkedIn has around 120 million. Both companies are mobile-savvy and respond quickly to the needs of their users. Both also have a lot of top-notch minds working for them and…

A simple question that is not so easily answered!  However, if you can answer this question and focus your recruitment marketing efforts on the channels and places on the web that bring in your best candidates, your recruiting organization can yield great success.  The thing is there is no secret formula for what channels will work best for a specific organization as every recruiting strategy will have…

We all read a ton of articles about how to recruit people, where to find people blah blah blah.  Right?  I mean, it’s almost like information overload with regard to how to find great candidates.  One thing I’m finding though, with all this talk of how to find people.....I’d like to focus on how NOT to recruit someone.  Why?  Well, l’m noticing all these great recruiting tools have made recruiters lazy.  Rather than picking up the phone…

Recently, I wrote about the scourge of lateness that plagues business these days, and I gave meeting start-times as an example of the disrespect many people show their colleagues. That blog post created a storm of comment, and some of the discussion centered on meetings themselves, and what a waste of time they can be.

And in…

Everyone says recruiting is changing. The evidence is overwhelming that we are on the cusp of a seismic shift in the way our industry needs to work. It is all changing. Client expectations, candidate behavior, social media, technology.

But how do we sort out the reality from the hype? And what should the ordinary recruiter do to prepare for the future?

Well, a great place to start is to make sure you understand what is different about the way our clients are thinking…

I find what we, collectively, do to be amazing.  We headhunters are the envoys of employment, the captains of commerce, the of potentates of potential!!  We help our clients accomplish their challenging goals by finding and securing for them the talent they need to succeed.

It really is a beautiful thing, man.

I've been feeling especially reflective because I am heading into my 5th year of being in business for myself. I've been a recruiter for wow, 17 years, I can…

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Is your company taking advantage of its internship program?  As a recruiting and staffing professional, are you targeting…

Unfortunately, just as the economy was showing signs of improving, a number of factors are causing it to weaken again. Rising food and oil prices, supply chain disruptions due to the Japanese nuclear disaster and a still-horrendous housing market are all to blame. How will it impact your business? Mostly by affecting consumers.

As oil prices have climbed more than 20% this year, high gas prices are slowing the momentum of the recent economic improvements. Gas and food inflation are…

1. Better pay.

According to The Wall Street Journal, contractors are usually paid at least 20% to 40% more per hour than employees performing the same work.



2. More tax benefits.

According to NOLO.com:

Being an IC also provides you with many tax benefits that…

A recent story on Forbes.com supports a continuing trend: With many more candidates on the market than open job assignments, hiring managers are indeed asking some very challenging interview questions.…

I listened to this song by the Eagles on my way home today, and for just a moment, I found peace as I realized, being comfortable in your own skin, is as much a part of success, as anything.  A simple lesson really, but yet so important.  Sometimes, people have thier opinion of your direction, be it small, be it simple, yet, learning to be still, and just patiently enjoying the moments is so vital and key to every momentous success. 

At times, I can't help but be amazed at…

Thankful Tree, a musician performing in a unique museum setting, among the art…

I was recently working with the adwords tool doing some keyword research and the word "recruitment marketing" came up with 90,000 local searches.  This means that people in the US search the words recruitment marketing 90,000 times a month.  WOW, I never knew that recruitment marketing was so popular.  So with such a interest in recruitment marketing got me to thinking exactly what these words mean and even…

MacGyver, the 1980’s television icon played by Richard Dean Anderson, was a secret agent who never carried a weapon.  Instead, MacGyver relied on improvisation and a sound working knowledge of scientific principals, his Swiss Army knife, some duct tape and the occasional…

Last week we discussed the seven basic elements of a great career website.  As a principal feature of your internal sourcing resources, effective management of your site can help you tap into a greater pool of qualified candidates.  Today we will look at how implementing Google Analytics can optimize your site’s traffic performance, and…

Employers and staffing firms posted more than 103,000 new online jobs for Registered Nurses, a new 4-year high for this occupation. As the most in-demand job in the US, hiring demand in July increased by 40% from the previous month and 69% from July 2010.

Online Job Ad Growth for Registered Nurses…

For any recruiting organization to be successful it is important to know what recruiting activities are driving performance in bringing in the most qualified candidates and hires. To know this information, you need to set up a way to collect metrics and analytics in your recruiting process and most importantly a way to easily display this recruitment marketing data so you can make quick informed decisions on ways to improve your recruiting strategy.



But what data and metrics…