October 2009 Blog Posts (187)

Would Antoine Walker be a Good Recruiter?

An interesting question indeed. There are many recruiters, search consultants, headhunters or talent acquisition specialists (for the purpose of this article, all titles are interchangeable) whose skill and talent closely mirrors the approach he took to playing basketball.

Additionally, if you look at his career resume for his years in the NBA, as well as where he went to school, you will see the same trend that mirrors the career trajectory of a recruiter.

Let’s look at a… Continue

Added by Chris Hood on October 23, 2009 at 5:46pm — No Comments

HR is the New PR

Hold on to your hats, folks. Your HR team is the new face of PR. Human Resource departments aren’t just cubicles full of paper processing, copy making, policy writing drones, they are the future of your company’s business success. Ask any corporate human resource professional, and they will tell you that they wear many hats from recruiting, to referee, operations expert, legal counsel, trainer, and now branding, public relations, and marketing experts. Yes, you heard me correctly, Public… Continue

Added by Jessica Miller-Merrell on October 23, 2009 at 4:12pm — 3 Comments

Meaning Over Money; How Companies Can Add Value to Entry-Level Positions

With the economy beginning to turn around, entry-level job seekers are starting to shop around the job market instead of jumping at the first company who offers them a paycheck. Choosing a first job is a tough decision for anyone, but for recent college graduates, it’s their first leap into the real world.

A few months prior to graduation; my classes, email inbox and seemingly every conversation I had with my parents revolved around my job search. I hadn’t even ordered my cap and… Continue

Added by Laura Gargolinski on October 23, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Job Search Tools for MBA Alumni from Top-Ranked B-Schools

Sign Up for the MBA Alumni Resume Database & Job Board Today! Starting immediately, MBA alumni will be able to market themselves to and search jobs from thousands of the biggest and best MBA employers around the globe. You will be able to put your full resume and a streamlined profile online using your school's new alumni MBA resume database and job board…

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Added by Ryan Pratt on October 23, 2009 at 1:14pm — No Comments

Duplication of Effort

Because the market is loaded with high unemployment, hiring managers are approaching candidates directly to circumvent paying fees to recruiters. Corporate recruiters are therefore competing with the very professionals they’re assigned to support. Agencies, sensing a schism and a possible opportunity to snap up a quick albeit reduced fee, are vying to squeeze a toe in the door with the hiring manager and pitching the line, “I can do it better for less and without politics.”

I… Continue

Added by Suzanne M King on October 22, 2009 at 3:38pm — 1 Comment

The Fine Line Between Follow Up and Harassment

It’s happened to all of us.

As a Recruiter, you send the job description to a candidate to review for consideration and potential submission to your customer, have a “great” phone conversation, lock up the details, psych up your Sales Guy with the “perfect” candidate and boom…after sending the resume to the Sales Guy to send to your customer, you hear crickets. Chirp, chirp. Your candidate falls off the face of the earth.

Or as a Sales Guy, you send the “perfect” candidate… Continue

Added by Jeffrey Burkhardt on October 22, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Resume Review - Getting Through the Stack Fast

I'll never forget the moment I saw 9,000 as the number of applicants to one position I was working on. I was an internal consultant to a Fortune 500 company and the shock I got from registering the number 9,000 was dumbfounding. How the heck was I supposed to feel that 9,000 people had a fair shot at the position? And how could I possibly feel confident that I had presented only the absolute best qualified candidates? I sat back and tried to breathe through this sudden crisis of the mind and… Continue

Added by Lesa Caskey on October 22, 2009 at 1:51pm — 4 Comments

Do You Know What You Are Looking For?

So often, I have people that are looking for a new job, network with me but they can’t tell me what kind of position they are seeking. Sometimes they only know they don’t want to do the same thing as their previous position, or they don’t want to ‘limit’ their options, or they just don’t know what’s available. They tell me they are “open right now”.

I can’t help you if you can’t tell me what it is you want!

That may sound obvious, but to a great many job seekers it’s the… Continue

Added by Harry Urschel on October 22, 2009 at 1:07pm — No Comments

A Big Bowl Of Reality'os

In the past I have pondered the phenomena of entitlement associated with Gen Y and Millenials. Well, hold the phone...I think the past 10 months has given all of us - Gen X'ers and Y'ers and beyond - a little dose of reality. 2009, so far, has shown us economic turmoil that most of us have never experienced in our lifetimes - and hopefully never will again. Collapse of the housing market, unemployment rates through the roof, banking crisis, bankruptcies, layoffs...you name it. It all equals one… Continue

Added by Ragan Kellams on October 22, 2009 at 10:48am — No Comments

Hiring Manager Profiles and Why Recruiters Dread Working in Corporate America

It’s Friday. You got a date planned with your soul mate. Reservations were made in advance. Then Tom over in Accounting, a total Dork with a capital D, asks for an activity Report on all the candidates in the last six months.

Cindy in the PMO Group created half dozen flow charts on the Recruiting process. She is so impressed with her flowcharts she is convinced that this is the process that all Recruiters should follow. Problem. The flow chart includes weekly meal… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on October 22, 2009 at 10:26am — 1 Comment

You can be Heroes

It's a great job when it all comes together isn't it?

The last 12 months haven't been the best in industry, many people struggling to stay afloat, keep themselves relevant and employed across all markets. But TODAY, I got my groove back...

It didn't start well today. The bat signal was being loud and clear from a distressed constituent (AKA A grumpy/distressed call from the business). A hiring emergency was happening... "holy recruitment issues… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on October 22, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

When are we really interviewing?

I am one of those extremely lucky men who has the good fortune to get critiqued by my wife on a daily basis. I am not the only one, you know who you are out there if you’re like me, or better still…like my wife. Yes, on a daily basis as I am having what I believe might be a conversation about dinner at the Jones’ the night before, or the upcoming Scout meetings for the boys – I am being covertly scrutinized from head to toe about everything from the length of my hair or nails, my… Continue

Added by Randy Levinson on October 22, 2009 at 4:30am — 5 Comments

Stand Out Among Job Applicants by Creating an Enhanced Resume with Recommendations from Facebook Connections on ResuWe.com

In today's ultra competitive job market it is essential for job seekers to differentiate themselves. Now they can using ResuWe.com to build a resume and create a Facebook enhanced resume with comments and "thumbs up" recommendations from their peers and supervisors. This revolutionary feature allows hiring managers to immediately see that a candidate is respected, highly recommended, and a team player.

With over 15 million unemployed people and an unemployment rate of 9.8%, Americans… Continue

Added by Dan Boersma on October 21, 2009 at 6:53pm — No Comments

Chaulk it up to Paranoia or is there something to it?

I'm hearing from more and more good candidates how they get good feedback from the interview process and then, ... nothing. Their recruiters don't make any effort for closure and candidates are becoming more concerned that employers are making calls, checking backgrounds and/or using informal channels to weed out candidates earlier - and, like identity theft, if there's something out there that is wrong or erroneous - it has a definite impact on the candidate without recourse or even being… Continue

Added by Joe Orlando on October 21, 2009 at 5:19pm — No Comments

A list of 21 HR people places you should know about according to Icims

Icims put out a list of 21 HR people and sites worth following/knowing about. Thanks for including RecruitingBlogs.com

Added by Slouch on October 21, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

The Mechanic in a Suit: Harbinger of a Buyer’s Market

The Mechanic in a Suit: Harbinger of a Buyer’s Market

by Gary Kustis, Ph.D., Sr. Consultant, The Aldridge Group

written for www.hiringsciences.com

Twitter: @hiringsciences

It hit me just the other day when the candidate I was interviewing for a shift mechanic position for a client of mine showed up for the interview in a suit and tie—not the usual dress code for the occasional shift mechanic candidate I might see. Further… Continue

Added by HiringSciences on October 21, 2009 at 2:28pm — 1 Comment

The Client Side - Manny Being Manny

It’s just Manny being Manny. That’s the line on Manny Ramirez, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Manny did steroids. That’s a bad thing. Manny seems to care only about Manny. That’s not good either. But……Manny gets the big hit…..All the time. The stats show that Manny’s home run to at bat ratio goes way up when the game is on the line and especially in big games and in the playoffs. At the most critical point, when nerves crush most players’ ability to perform, Manny just does… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on October 21, 2009 at 2:27pm — No Comments

Diversity, HR and Technology: Social Media Planning

Susan Hand’s Tips on Social Media

1) Decide! Do it, or decide not to do it. Don’t over think getting involved, learning about it, just start investigating today. If it is fear holding you back or lack of time, start one day at a time.

2) Think and plan! Have a goal and stick to it.

3) Research and Discover! Know what you want to use the resource for and the audience you want to develop or discover. Does that social media site operate in the manner you operate?… Continue

Added by Susan Hand on October 21, 2009 at 10:07am — No Comments

Hispanic Human Resources Network at LinkedIn reaches the 500 member mark!

It is with great pleasure that I get to announce that the Hispanic Human Resources Network (HHRNet) on LinkedIn has reached its 500 members mark.

The network brings together bilingual (English/Spanish) HR professionals from around the world to share professional experiences, job opportunities and HR practices that cultivate and foster diversity at work.

Our mission is to act as an advocate for the Hispanic/Latino employee, and assists employers in developing strategies to attract,… Continue

Added by Mark A. Lema, SPHR on October 20, 2009 at 10:48pm — No Comments

Expert Telephone Techniques

Recruiters know how to use the phone since they spend so much time calling clients and candidates yet many are ineffective in their ability to set appointments or present candidates. I still hear recruiters telling me all the time about how they submitted a candidate via email vs doing a call-and-present. Technology is a great asset to us but we need to get off email and do more F2F, especially in this market, and the best way to get there is to improve your phone skills.

Here are… Continue

Added by Craig Silverman on October 20, 2009 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments