I’ve been in the staffing business for 25+ years, the last five with the firm I founded to recruit for companies from Startups to the Fortune 10...
Résumé Guide: How to Format & What to Look for in a Résumé
Here is a list of things candidates should include in their résumés and recruiters/hiring managers should look for when sourcing talent....
Why a Positive Candidate Experience Should be Your Top Priority
When companies make a mess of the candidate experience, it’s not just the loss of a good potential employee they’re left to contend with....
External Recruiting as a Budget Line Item
Active recruiting has emerged as the most viable way of procuring top talent. The problem is: no one is budgeting for external recruiting!...
Playing Chicken with Your Open Positions
Hiring managers who are waiting for candidates to sell themselves may have to wait a long time. This makes for a game of chicken where everyone loses....
Social Media Isn’t Doing Young Candidates Any Favors
Social media prioritizes digital connections, but the human ones are in short supply with the up and coming generation of employees...
Bonuses and Benefits ≠ Salary
While they may be excellent tools to sweeten a competitive offer, bonuses and benefits do not make up for a competitive base salary. Here’s why....
Food for Thought: Recruiting as a Fully Outsourced Corporate Function
Some inflexible, traditional corporate functions are holding modern companies back. Food for thought: imagine recruiting as an outsourced function...
The Harsh Reality of Hourly Hiring
For companies hiring hourly employees, the lack of qualified candidates applying to job boards disrupts a critical cost model. So what's next?...
Why You Now Need to Sell Your Company to Candidates
Recruiters & HR reps are scrambling to shift from screener to salesperson - working to convince the candidates of all reasons they should come aboard...