When I transferred into Georgia Tech during my undergraduate tenure I had a lot of school slang to catch up on.  My fellow students would talk about having the “word” on different professors/classes.  Although I wasn’t initially impressed because I had Microsoft Word on my computer already, I learned the “word” refers to previous exams on file at the different fraternities…

There's no doubt that job interviews can be tough, but what too few people realize is that that the difficulty exists on both sides of the interview desk.

Of course, for interviewees, nervousness can quickly take hold and cause panic, but for interviewers, there is a different type of pressure: finding the right candidate or risk hurting the company.

As the…

What’s a football team without a quarterback? A concert without a drummer? A kitchen without the chef? Teams have needs…

Every day people all around the world watch millions of videos on the Internet and the numbers of hours they spend watching this type of content is apparently increasing by 50% every year. Moreover, studies say that 46% of adults who have online accounts have become content creators and are frequently posting photos and videos on their profiles.

Jobseekers are…

Twitter is a great place to attract the attention of potential candidates yet many people are still unconvinced about using it. Once an advert is posted a tweet can then link to the specific job and be made visible to your followers in an instant. Suddenly followers retweet the link and the job advert reaches hundreds if not thousands of people in a single…

Skipping all suspense, I will just say that the minimum requirement for improving quality of hire is that the quality of the hire is measured.

As Peter Drucker said,

If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.

Well, duh (some of you might be thinking).  I know…it seems obvious.  However, do you get any reports on how well your hires are…

In today’s age of ubiquitous connectivity, we have hundreds of recruitment tools at our disposal. There’s social media, there’s video, there’s a world of clever automation technology… the industry is saturated with options.

But this is recruitment, where the pace never seems to slow. Appetites for more are…

What's your company’s current time-to-fill? How does it compare to the 27-day national average? Is it longer? Shorter? What’s your industry? How much money do you lose by not filling that position? How vital is a given position to your organization? Why are we asking all…

How to find hidden talent on talent and google plus is the topic of this episode of "The Jim Stroud Show." Plus, Jim gives some insight on the phenomenon known as geocaching, shout-outs to certain viewers and a couple of announcements. Tune in for all the fun! / Links related to this episode can be found here: http://goo.gl/l78ZEu…

One perversion mindset is a top contributor to time-to-fill reaching a new, all-time high of more than 27 days:

Fear It

These fears include:

• The department head who fears it’s too risky to hire someone who is anything less than a perfect fit.
• The talent acquisition leader who fears that increasing hiring speed will negatively impact accuracy.
• The staffing firm manager who fears it won’t be worth it to offer risk-free offerings…

Scouting for talented individuals has never been simple and so for recruiters to advertise job specs to get the word out for a vacancy to be filled is just as difficult without cost effective methods. While most recruiters prefer traditional methods of recruiting as against modern ones, the efficient and cost effective method of recruiting that is now making the…

Are you fresh out of university? Have you recently graduated and are about to embark on your first career? Are you organised enough and ready for the challenges ahead?

For many graduates, a jam packed schedule can be a real culture shock after finishing university. A typical week suddenly consists of working 9-to-5, as opposed to attending classes for a few…

You know what time it is, well it’s time for a recap on the discussion that we had in our WhatsApp Group Chat platform. And I’m sure you are impatiently waiting to refresh your memory on the aspects that were discussed. So find out what our fellow Talent Acquisition professionals had to say about, “Are Present day Recruiters well equipped to assess the culture fit of a candidate?”  If you weren’t present then you’re in for a thought provoking session and are likely to gain interesting…

In Part 13 of the TLS Continuum Blog series we talked about the necessity of getting out of the corner office in order for process improvement to take place. This sequel will present 10 strategic initiatives to aid you in that journey towards the new corporate culture.

Strategic Initiative #1: Visit a customer – Set aside one day a month to get out of the office and visit with your organization’s top clients. Begin a dialogue with them as to what they expect from your…

It’s time to refresh our memories on the SourcingChat (#SourcingChat) that was conducted by our all-time favourite Community, Can you guess which? Yes, you’ve guessed right Sourcing Adda (@SourcingAdda). We at Sourcing Adda would like to thank all our participants for sharing their interesting insights about “Candidate assessments, does it matter at every level?” It was quite informative for the ones present. But let’s get right to the point and find out which were the Top Tweets of the…

So we are going to take a short break on our series on lesser sights to address 2 issues, 1 is meta search engines the other is

starting Searches narrow or broad. First up Meta search engines.

MetaSearch engines are search engines that allow you to search multiple search engines from one engine. Example is Zuula.

However there are…

Only about 0.9% of the population holds a doctoral degree, and because that degree does not come without the completion of a dissertation, it means that everyone with that degree has a very specific skill set:

1. Top expertise in the topic of their dissertation research
2. Significant expertise in both small and large research design…

When the topic of successful careers comes up, the images that it creates are of hours and hours of toiling over books, endless exams, five and six years of study, and a whole lot of bother in general. Think doctors, engineers, architects, scientists, lawyers and programmers. ‘Grueling’ is the word that is most often used to describe these conventional career paths. We treat…

If you just graduated from college or university, then you must be puzzled by the task of resume writing. You need to send several job applications, but you cannot expect to get a call for an interview if you fail to present yourself as a decent candidate.

How do you catch the attention of a potential employer? There is only one answer to this question: you…