Now before recruiters get all defensive, I know that it's not as black and white as this.

However let's see what we can learn from this recent survey.

The survey asked people if they felt they were in the right job. It also asked them if they felt their work environment was compatible. …

You may have just embarked on your first year studying. You may have just graduated from a top university, fresh and ready to set sail on your engineering career. Or, you may already be embedded in the working world of engineering, ready to take the next step up. If you are dreaming of where your next post will be, whether a…

Learn how to walk the fine line between knowing your worth and arrogance to unlock your maximum reward potential.

Skip back to the 1960s. Fresh-faced graduates and hopeful apprentices were marched in front of potential employers like a faceless beauty parade. The skills employers were looking for back then were…

So how do you go from nothing to the top of www.google.co.uk’s natural search? This is a massive question and not one easily answered. There are plenty of ‘gurus’ who are happy to tell you their thoughts.…

Every company is searching for that perfect individual (and many like him) that is able to deliver the highest yield when it comes to the job proficiency. This means that the HR department is responsible with finding people that have a certain range of skills, abilities and talents that resonate with the company’s vision of a model employee. Here are some ideas on talent acquisition and how to approach this matter.

The Journey To Finding Professionals

First of all,…

LinkedIn is a veritable treasure trove of candidates. Any recruiting professional worth his/her salt knows how to make best use of its myriad features and keeps abreast of its latest additions and changes. Lippl is one such free service pertaining to the professional networking site that is fast gaining popularity as a handy tool.

Intended to make browsing easier and…

As powerful as Saturday Night Live is, it could face problems if it doesn’t adapt. Credit: NBC

By any measure, Saturday Night Live is one of the most successful shows of all time.

The NBC hit has lasted 39 seasons, won 36 Emmys and nearly two-dozen characters created on the show have been…

Resumes are incredibly flawed sales tools that prove the common saying that “less is more.” Case in point comes from a salesperson new to the staffing and recruitment industry. Instead of the resume he sent to the buyer creating buy-in, it’s generating pushback as the hiring manager is questioning why the candidate for a contract role has worked at seven companies in the past 10 years. The answer—each of these was a contract assignment. Yet, this fact did nothing to allay the concerns of the…

There are many cumbersome technical steps from registering for an account, creating a unique password, to then taking the time to clean up your so-called “parsed” resume.  At times, their sites have technical difficulties and many times the ATS systems do not provide enough memory to even be able to load a 128kb…

Linking Recruiting With Intelligence

Recruiters know how to successfully identify talent amongst the crowd. They also know how to exploit the intelligence gathered during the research/sourcing process. Often realizing the value of such intelligence and the importance it plays in creating a strong pipeline. But what happens to this intelligence once the pipeline is filled? Is the once sought after talent suddenly dismissed?…

Employee Referral Program is a tried and tested method of recruiting that has retained its popularity amid all the new developments in the domain of recruiting. It is still widely believed that “referrals make the best hires.” Therefore, a carefully crafted employer referral program yields productive candidates at a quicker pace and effectively…

I believe in less than 5 years, everyone’s contact information will be accessible to anyone. If it isn’t sites like social sites like Facebook pushing everyone to share everything or hackers stealing and leaking everything, it will be irresistible new…

[thnks to Scott Adams for being so astute about HR issues & for the use of his intellectual property]

My thesis is that most have no idea what is meant by employee engagement:

That employee engagement isn’t something that company leaders can inspire just by being leaders.

That engagement is not an HR initiative…

Finding the right professional to lead your company is rarely an easy task. In some cases, you may promote from within. Usually, however, a leader must be hired on through an external process, which means that the human resources department is responsible for finding an individual who is eager to join the team. This person must meet specific criteria for the position and share the same vision…