My presentation from the recent Talent Net Live Social Media Recruiting Conference is attached (btw, the conference was incredible and standing-room only). Big thanks to Fishdogs for pulling off the best conference I've been too in a long…

Amanda Sachs, Senior Director, WW Customer and Partner Experience, Microsoft Corporation, will be a speaker at the marcus evans Customer Experience Management and Retention Conference on 15-17 September, 2010 in San Francisco, CA.…

It looks like the economy is starting to get a pulse again, making employer branding a top priority. Whether the marketplace is raging hot (think 2007) or on life support (think the last 2 years), employer branding is extremely important. How people are treated in the recruitment process should never be underestimated.

Whenever I am introduced to someone outside of work I try to find out as much as I can about them, what they do, where they work, do they like what they are doing. I

do this because…

At Cytiva, we sit on a lot of facts and figures that we use in our white papers, webinars, and in generally trying to spread the word of better people practices through technology.

But they tend to exist in silos across our “marketing assets.” How’s that for jargon?

Several days ago, I got inspired to tie many of these talent management facts together to tell the larger story of how business has changed. And how leaders and people managers have to take…

Originally posted on the SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Blog.

I was flipping through the channels last night and I came across Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Every week…

Last week I was honoured to present a keynote address to the RCSA National Conference in Hobart.

All subscribers to ‘The Savage Truth’, will receive the digital version of my presentation over the next few days (subscribe here to ensure you receive…

I get an email from a friend or client and there is no phone number with it. It drive me crazy.

If there is a phone number I most likely call them back ASAP. But if I need to go look it up I may not. I think all email should have the following

Chris Stallings

Recruiter

XXX-XXX-XXXX

chris@seephotonow .com

You thoughts?

Originally posted on the SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Blog.

In honor of Dave Letterman’s bit on The Late Show, I’ve put together a top 10 list of my own. Here are the 10…

When was the last time you really sat down and looked at you résumé? Remember finding a misspelled word or typo after having hit the "send" button - no turning back now. It can't really matter that much, can it? Well that depends, do you really want to be considered for the position...because you just made it easier to screen you out. Yes, that's right that little document is that important. Of course I respect…

Job matching is the AI of the job board world.

It’s like this: for decades AI has been held out to computer geeks and normal folks alike as something that was ‘just around the corner’. Even the definition of AI has changed – sure, Big Blue could beat a chess master but that wasn’t really intelligence, right? Since 1950, the Turing test has been the gold standard for AI…

A recent article in the Toronto Star identified a 'bed bug' infestation in a prominent Toronto theatre. The Scotiabank theatre is located in downtown Toronto

and will be a key venue in the upcoming Toronto Interntionational Film Festival (TIFF) where thousands of reporters, film critics flock every…

Same pants... for the rest of your life!

The Scenerio:

Hiring Manager: "So what do you want to do"

Candidate: "I'd like to do XYZ but I would also be interested in working later on in ABC!"

Hiring Manager: "Well I think you could really do well doing GHI so you're hired! Congrats... Hear is your uniform, this is what you will wear for the rest of your career!"

Candidate: "The rest of…