How much does it cost to post a tech job these days? Well the answer varies from free to $495. I went on a tour of the tech job boards that I found online and here is a quick list. These are just single job post prices as of today's date.

• http://itjobcafe.com - $149, includes…

One of the most important questions to ask when embarking on any recruiting initiative is, “How do we measure our return on investment?” If you’re going to make your recruitment program the best it can be, you need concrete, measureable goals and solid data that shows whether you’re meeting them. Whether a recruiting drive ultimately exceeds expectations or has a lackluster result,…

So …

Higher retention rates, engaged employees and effective communication are …

HR departments are lagging in technology; they have not gotten the best and latest technology. However, this trend is changing at a fast pace due to our understanding of what affects human productivity and the value of skilled employees is increasing. All of that knowledge is developing into software and technology.

The…

As you begin your startup, you are concerned about getting the idea, getting the funding & getting the customers. But at some point, you want to start thinking about getting a Human Resources specialist on board as well. It is no fun to have to use the restricted funds to someone in the "cost center" role, but making someone onboard at the right time will save you money in the long run.…

According to Pew Research, Millennials surpassed Generation X in the workforce as the largest group of employees. In 2015, they made up a third of the workforce. Many projections estimate this group of employees will…

I want to learn everything about certain topics. As a kid I studied vertical jump training so I could dunk.

I ruined my legs. But in a good way. My leg muscles still remember the training and I can still dunk a basketball to this day.

Cold email is one of the topics I study now. I started studying it 6 years ago.

More important than learning…

The idea that extroverts alone should lead the workforce is slowly fading away. Susan Cain’s book …

Can you imagine spending $140 billion dollars on something you aren’t happy with? ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY BILLION DOLLARS.  That’s enough money to buy each citizen of Brazil coffee every day for the entire year. You’d be a saint down there.

This is the dilemma the recruiting industry faces: $140 billion is the amount spent EVERY YEAR by…

Moz is a SEO orientated site were SEO type people live, talk, and show their skills. MOZ is not well known in the staffing community and few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool, called x-raying.

So to source within MOZ you simply…

I have this theory that job ads reflect the "quality" of a company's culture. Here are a few examples of what I mean... 

Job ads full of typos, misspellings, grammar errors and poor formatting, such as chunks of jumbled text, look sloppy and reflect a place that doesn't value professional communication skills or care about producing audience oriented…

In the last 8 or so years we have seen a lot of disruption in the recruitment industry. The traditional advertising channels like job boards and newspapers have become increasingly under pressure and for good reason. Now the new disruptive competitors in the recruitment industry are taking their corners in what should be an interesting…

This week all my various news feeds have been full of comments about two recent events: Connectifier being acquired by LinkedIn and LinkedIn’s share price tanking.

Dealing with Connectifier first; I’ve tried using it several times, it’s not a bad piece of kit. It’s comparable in a lot of ways to 360 Social, TalentBin, Discoverly, Prophet and the like, but with a comparatively…

Based on a suggestion from Andy Headworth and just before St Valentines day, I've been looking at sourcing techniques for recruiters to find love. As a result I've added to my Facebook search tool to include 'Relationship Status' and 'Interested In' searches. You can now use this to find single people who like recruiters.

I can think of no practical (or legal)…

Inspiration can come from anywhere. A career opportunity to advance, working as part of a  well-oiled team or nailing a challenging task are perceived in different ways from employee to employee. George can value repetition as progress, while…

We're live here in Austin - halfway through our road tour of Texas. If you haven't heard about it yet, we're hitting the road this week to connect senior HR and recruiting people with our insider crew of vendors. Now, this isn't like any event we've been to in the recruiting industry. In fact, we had to partner with Brits, aka …

I spent a lot of time in my previous talent acquisition roles targeting college students for my various employers. We had two goals in mind, build brand awareness of our company and drive applicants. We had to make them aware of potential opportunities first before they could apply.…

7 Smart Reasons to Quit being Busy

I am curious. Are you happy with your work?

And by happy, I mean this.

• Are you getting the results you want or your business needs?
• Are you sure that what you do adds value and has…

Are we experiencing a general tools decline? What are the most innovative tool concepts since people aggregators made their appearance a few years ago?

Here are some tools that have reduced functionality or are gone altogether:

• The latest version of MS Outlook no longer supports the Social Connector. The last Outlook version that still supports ir, the one from Office 2013, has stopped supporting LinkedIn.
• Topsy, the search engine that…