Even though Electronic Insight and eiTalent are just getting started (companies can sign up for our demo), we've been able to attend a majority of the conferences in the HR/recruitment arena in 2013. I've been able to catch up with old friends (I'm looking at you Gareth and Mervyn), meet lots of new ones, learn more about an…

Why?  

Why did that happen?  Why didn't that deal close?  Why did the company fail? Why did you get let go?…

Human Resource Executive magazine in their September 16 issue reported the results of the 2013 “What’s Keeping You Up at Night” survey. As in past years 35% of the respondents replied that getting employees engaged within the organization. The ongoing solution was employee engagement surveys every 12-16months. While surveys are fine, they tend not to explain some of the reasons for the non-engagement

Without exception every organization is seeking to find and retain engaged employees…

Twitter is, hands down, my favorite social network. It's a great source of information and learning, and a wonderful way  to connect with people who share similar interests. As a recruiter, it's also great…

Everyone knows that training is important. We know that it can affect 60-80% of your staff if you do it RIGHT. But the question is, how do we get to the place where we can do it right? When introducing training into an organization, even those…

I am still surprised to learn of candidates who do not know how to write a Thank You note. Most of these candidates seem to be surprised to learn that creating a Thank You note could be the thin line between an offer and a rejection. A Thank You note can give you a step up on the competition of another candidate who may have similar skills and the personality to match the team.

The Art of a Thank You note is not to Google “how do I write a thank you note for an interview” but…

Managers.

That’s right, managers. If your training programs don’t have quality and comprehensive information that compounds upon your investment in your management team, well…it probably won’t work!

Why? Because managers directly affect the people around them (at least they should) so if they…

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It was one of those weeks that describes, facilitates, and encompasses the staffing journey.  It never ceases to amaze me - the increasing importance of knowing, controlling, and bringing to pass great staffing outcomes.  In the short space of 1 week, I realized that in the past 3 months - 40 hires have been brought into my company or were impacted…

From snazzy one sheets to tightly scripted, carefully rehearsed webinars competition for the billions of dollars in annualized spend in HR technologies seems predicated not necessarily on the actual use case and business impact of the product itself, but rather, on the…

Rule 001 Once you have their money, you never give it back.

Rule 002 The best deal is the one that brings the most money.

Rule 003 Never spend more for information than you have to.

Rule 006 Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.

Rule 007 Keep your ears open.

Rule 008 Small print leads to large risk.

Rule 009 Opportunity plus instinct equals money.

Rule 010 Greed is eternal.

Rule 011 Even if it’s free, you can always buy…

Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz gives it to us straight in his post, “What Company Culture IS and IS NOT.” There are thousands of articles, posts, chats and updates having recruiters and hiring managers in a mental…

Sourcecon 2013: 4 Resources for Searching Twitter

Amybeth Hale, "The Research Goddess" brought the audience to on a journey as she shared her most favorite twitter sourcing tools.

During the session she talked about a few tools that I feel the need to mention so that recruiters that may…

When adding contract staffing services to your existing direct-hire recruiting business, you must first decide how you are going to handle the back-office tasks. You can handle them yourself, or you can outsource them to a contract staffing back-office service.

Most recruiters opt to outsource because it allows them to focus on contract placement opportunities without taking away from their direct-hire business. A contract staffing back-office service should assume…

Back at the start of the year we blogged about the controversial decision made by the RAD awards not to shortlist, or appoint a winner, to their 2013 Candidate Experience Award due to the quality of the entrants. This year the category has…

If You're a Recruiter

So, you’re filling a position that requires your prospective employee to be able to obtain a security clearance. This is a challenge that many recruiters face because, although your applicant may have the skills and qualifications to perform the job, he may not have the “background” that allows the government to trust this applicant with classified or sensitive information. The last thing you want to do is spend time and money hiring an…

We lost an Amazing Man today...

Here is his official bio:

Jay Conrad Levinson (born 1933 in Detroit) is the author of a popular 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing. The first to use the term "Guerrilla Marketing," Jay described it as using 'unconventional' marketing tools in cases when financial or other resources are limited or non-existent. Guerrilla Marketing is the best…

Sourcecon 2013: Turbocharge Your Front-End Talent Sourcing Efforts for (Nearly) Free

This Session was on resources for searching and sourcing.

Glenn Gutmacher one of the top sourcers in the country ran this session. He spoke at first about which you would rather do; buy expensive software, use inexpensive tools or build it…

There has been a lot of talk about a technical skills shortage in the United States. Some industries have already experienced it, but there have been warnings that, with the aging workforce and other factors, this will someday be an issue in nearly every industry.

But could American employers already be struggling with a different kind of skills shortage? According to a…

I have just read on the BBC that Cardiff City (a Welsh soccer club just promoted to the English Premier League) have just appointed a 23 year old Kazakh as head of recruitment. He replaces a safe pair of hands who has helped the…