The results of a recent study conducted by Pew Research Center shows that most professionals use social media at work to take a mental break. Around 34 percent of the candidates said that they take to social media to give themselves a mental break. However, owing to the addictive and all pervasive nature of social media, there is every possible chance of the break…

The world of talent acquisition is changing fast. People expect to be treated in a different way now and all this means recruiters need to develop new skills and ways of recruiting.

Companies like Indeed have woken up the world of jobs and recruitment in good and bad ways. Before large aggregator job boards arrived, candidates often had to…

Following the uncertainty around the impact of Brexit there was much discussion in the media about the catastrophic and immediate impact on the jobs market, with some media outlets stating the total number of advertised jobs had been halved in the week following the referendum. 

However, the data coming out from all major job boards in the UK is telling a different story.  …

If you watch the media and social postings there a lot of comments about why process improvement efforts fail. The reasons for excuses run a wide gamut. I would suggest there is a more fundamental reason for improvement efforts that fail. We have the wrong focus. I am not suggesting that the problems are the wrong focus instead I am suggesting that the problem is how we look…

We all loved Sales Prospector by SalesLoft... isn't it? but for some reason they decided to stop Sales Prospector and from their point of view it look valid. But for many people it was time to hunt for other product which work in line with Sales Prospector.

Earlier in January 2015 I started working on eToggler.com which would make sales/candidate…

As someone with scientific training, related to a Nobel geneticist (a farmer/agriculturalist) it has piqued my curiosity whether or not there really is a "gene" for hunting (and/or "headhunting").  Using the results of my DNA test from Ancestry.com, I plugged them into a computer model called "Eurogenes K7" on the Gedmatch.com site.  

This particular computer model is…

Modern business should publicize a lot of information about its function and results. Exclusively

constant and quality notification of your target audience will bring the assumed outcome. Articles, booklets, flyers, reviews and analytics will characterize and describe your activity. For your business may also work booklet texts, promotional…

You know that terrifying moment when you look into the mirror after a haircut, and it is completely not what you wanted. Of course, you have to be politely British and say “I love it!”… but you absolutely hate it!! Or what about when tradesman say they are going to have your work done by next week… but one month later you’re still waiting for it to be done. Or when…

Anybody can tell you that the secret of sourcing is to be resourceful, that social media feels important, and that all you really need to do for your career is center your chi. In lieu of more unspecific adjectives,…

Many organizations around the world embrace the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, better known as the MBTI, to better understand and utilize their employees. It's thought by putting the right employees to work on the right projects, we'll all see better results. This is why MBTI…

I don’t work for free.

Let me re-phrase. I don’t like to work for free. 

To put it another way, I totally get why people want me to work for free, but since I’m not running a non-profit (and, I would argue, if I was, I still wouldn’t work for free), and therefore I want to be paid for the work I do.

Regardless of whether the business changes its mind.

Regardless of whether an employee referral falls out of the sky.

Regardless of whether…

Know what I really hate? When I attend an event expecting original content and I get the same regurgitated ideas from everyone else who speaks on the topic. It’s not only lame but it’s a big ol’ waste of my time. Unfortunately, this happens most often in those “recruiting is marketing” webinars.

The ones I used to really like as a marketer living in a…

These days there are a plenty of things demanding our attention. There are plenty of ways to attract attention. And, plenty of subjects and subject-matter that always seem be the center of attention.

In fact, whether or not you realize it, many messages recruiters send (calls, voice mails, emails, inMails) come across as if the recipient is expected to drop…

If you are reading this article, you might be thinking how much prep work is really needed to recruit someone. After all, if I need to recruit I just put an advert out and phone our agency, that's what my process tells me to do.

Well, the success of your recruitment function may have more importance than you realise and need more work. Firstly, how many…

There are certain skills that every recruiter must master if they are passionate about their career.

Without them, you'll simply lose your recruiting game and will continue to let your employer, client, candidates down.

Fortunately, there are a few common skills that every recruiter can master that will…

In Part 1, we talked about hiring talent with Snapchat & Virtual Reality, if you haven’t go check out here. In this article, we…

So back in the dark ages of sourcing, before social media, before job boards, before wide use of the internet, one of the ways you would source would be to try to find out were the people from a company would congregate after work. You would go there and try to connect with them, figure out what they do and see how they fit what you need. This was called Live…

No big news here. I often write simply to crystallize thoughts, so much so in this case that I changed my mind 3 times during the writing. I've read serious articles from ERE to The Fordyce Letter aimed at this painful subject, as well as, lots of blog posts. I just refuse to believe, or even understand, why staffing firms and their customers still bang their heads against…