Sourcing done with all the skills necessary and in a way that is most effective will rule out the redundancy of the task. As recruiters we have targets and deadlines to meet along with all the tasks we are involved in. With the limited time that we have, getting leads becomes difficult and time is of the essence. So let’s pause and evaluate the way in which we Source…

On the way to the Veterinarian’s for an emergency run, we passed a church whose billboard stated “You can’t see the picture, if you are inside the frame.” The statement clearly applies to both our organizations and the dichotomy that exists in almost every workplace on the face of this globe we call earth.

Taiichi Ohno, the creator of the Toyota Production System, charged his managers with standing in a circle and observing the organization in real time. If we take Ohno’s charge in to…

I'm right! Yes, it does happen occasionally. 

I now have substantial evidence from a highly credible global consulting firm that supports one of my more common rants; the ludicrous waste of time and money that a vast number of tenders and Preferred Supplier Agreements (PSAs) prove to be. 

Wasteful recruitment tender and PSA processes are one of my pet hates, and I am willing to bet my house on the fact that they are also a very big hate of many recruiters. 

Last…

I’ve been in the Talent Management industry for 20 years and I have had the opportunity to work for a third-party agency, I’ve worked in corporate talent acquisition, I’ve been an HR Leader and for the last 10 years, I’ve been delivering Recruitment Process Outsourcing solutions.

All of us have stakeholder groups in this business, don’t we?  Hiring communities, HR partners, candidate talent pools, co-workers and the list goes on.  The one thing that has fueled me, in this…

Losing the candidate at the last second!!

Yet another break in our series on lesser known sites, has us addressing a huge issue. Losing candidates at the last second.…

“Technology won’t change bad habits, cease professional grudges, make up for inadequate knowledge nor make bad managers great leaders.” - @LevyRecruits

Dealing with a cellphone like your traditional flip-phone, or your standard 1980s give-you-brain-tumors phone, isn’t easy in today’s…

If you are looking for a new opportunity, or even If you just want to surf around the web for attractive job opportunities, I recommend that you begin with social media channels!

- Don’t just seek – become sought after: You may not know it, but employers spend time searching for their most suitable candidate online too. Run a search of yourself on search engines – are you there? If you are, is the information found professionally branded? If you’re not…

Innovative corporate leaders may wonder why their Talent Acquisition professionals seem darn good at their jobs. When we ask them, many say it’s because they found the key to perfecting the company’s employer brand. Take a look at the anatomy of a lock. It seems rather simple, but all of the pieces work so cohesively that a…

I found a great infographic from MedReps.com called "Recruiters are from Mars, Job Seekers are from Venus," which gives job seekers some advice to get on the same page as recruiters. While it technically provides advice to job seekers to help them work better with recruiters, I thought there were some good lessons in there for corporate and agency recruiters as well. Read…

Is this you? You trip up and your first instinct is to tweet your misfortune. You spot a Christmas tree in October and you’ve uploaded to Instagram before you can say bah humbug. You’ve got 2,000 Facebook friends and more likes than a meme of the world’s cutest kitten sitting next to a cupcake on Brad Pitt’s…

The field of recruitment has also evolved due to the changing times. Unlike the traditional method that weren’t very effective in results, the modern methods use social media as a recruiting strategy as it is not only cost effect but also speeds up the process. Nevertheless, for recruitment to be successful besides Social Media there are other aspects that have…

For the most part, the celebrities below have had successful careers, and gone on to fame, fortune and riches.

When it comes to background check compliance, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) gets most of the attention. However, there is more than just federal law to consider. More and more states and localities are creating their own criminal background checks laws that you must make sure are followed when checks are run on your contractors. Even if…

Steve Jobs always wore a black turtleneck. Credit: Wikipedia Commons

What do Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, our current president and Homer Simpson all have in common?

They've all worn the same outfit, pretty much every day.

Why? It isn’t a coincidence. Jobs and President Barack…

If you thought that LinkedIn being the most popular site for recruiting is your only choice, think again? As a Sourcer if you’re looking to streamline your search further and wondering how to do it then you are on the right track. Although, LinkedIn is the leading site for recruiters, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t others. So, here is a list of alternatives that…

Ronald Reagan was the only Republican president since 1929 to have the unemployment rate drop from the start of his term to the end. Credit: US Government, Public Domain

Today is Election Day, and since I write primarily about hiring, I wanted to see what correlations there were between politics…

Companies growing a fast rate put a heavy strain on their Human Resource departments. Paperless employee onboarding can help ease growing pains for thriving businesses.

Growth is a great thing for a company. A healthy, growing organization means more business; and more business means more revenue. When a company grows very quickly, however,…