Sam Fletcher's Blog (3)

The Passive Candidate Problem

As a caveat, I've worked in retained search and now in-house and I see the value in understanding, identifying and recruiting passive candidates. This post is by no means a diatribe against including proactive recruitment efforts into your overall sourcing strategy.

This post is aimed more at the attitude and…

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Added by Sam Fletcher on February 26, 2016 at 8:00am — No Comments

A Case Against Optimization in Recruiting

Over the last few years, we've seen a range of attempts at applying technology to human interactions. Whilst I applaud platforms such as LinkedIn which make it easy for recruiters and prospective candidates to find each other, often companies go too far in implementing technology in pursuit of optimizing their recruitment process.

I recently received a…

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Added by Sam Fletcher on November 20, 2015 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

An Open Letter to Recruitment Agencies

Dear Recruitment Agency,

(Yes, contingent recruiters, I'm talking to you)

Working as part of an in-house recruitment team, you receive a lot of approaches from contingent recruitment agencies all offering the same…

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Added by Sam Fletcher on November 19, 2015 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

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