Great tools by themselves do not make a great relationship, but they sure can make it easier to foster a great relationship. When HR reps and recruiters work together, they need many open lines of communication. The more they utilize those lines, and the more effectively they use communications tools, the better the relationship will become between recruiter and HR…

For the past few years HR managers have had to deal with a new reality in hiring, and it is only growing more pervasive. Instead of hiring bonafide employees, many companies now prefer to hire contractors. While an employee staff is necessary for some functions, companies are quickly learning the advantages of hiring contract workers to deal with many day-to-day functions. And it's easy to see…

When a former boss told me about a new project IT was working on, my eyes lit up. For the longest time we'd been using this old, outdated software to run essentially every HR function. Seriously, it was around 2002 and we were still running software that could run on those old monochrome black-and-green monitors. But as my boss told me, IT was working on new software that could do so much…

A great recruiting team can make an HR Administrator's job fairly easy. They bring us vetted, pre-screened candidates who possess many, if not most, of the qualities we're seeking for available positions. It sure beats going through stacks of mostly unqualified resumes. 

At the same time, there's plenty of work for us HR administrators to do after the recruiting process. This sometimes…