I have just made the best purchase. I finally took the plunge when offered an upgrade on a cell phone. After years of timidly telling myself that I just wanted a phone that simply “called people”, I decided to step up to a phone with the latest... [0 comments]

Am I confused or maybe I’m just not that bright. From all the articles, recruitment advertisements, blogs, etc. I read you would assume there are two types of candidates: ACTIVE: Someone looking for a job. Someone that is unemployed and/or unhappy... [1 comment]

While the purpose of this blog is to share ideas and techniques with regards to recruiting in China I have been getting a number of questions from concerned friends regarding the best way to help. - I heard on the news this morning that the... [0 comments]

I've recently had a few questions come up related to what makes a good recruiter. I've decided to make my answer as simple and open as possible. -- PASSION-What is your one (or two) word answer? -... [0 comments]

When I think of the word “recruitment," I immediately envision a soon to be college graduate attending a career fair on campus and being courted by a number of corporate recruiters What about the “older” worker, and by that I mean the baby... [0 comments]

Who doesn't love a few beers and some appetizers after work in the summer? I do, I do! So, that's why I am making sure we hit all the major US cities with our ERE Happy Hours this summer. We have started booking these networking events over the next... [2 comments]

SystematicHR links to CedarCrestone's whitepaper research regarding the dollar value of human capital automation. Some good figures in there in case you were wondering what it costs a large firm to change someone's salary for instance,... [0 comments]

I find myself constantly thinking..."how did I end up doing what I'm doing? Is this my passion?" When I think about my passion, I don't think of it in the singular sense. I have many passions. I truly believe that 'passion' can be... [1 comment]

The university students have been home for almost two weeks now. That means recruiters are getting calls from friends who are also parents desperate to get their kids out of the house and earning some of their tuition.- While some of these... [0 comments]

A Christian evangelical non-profit organization was ordered to pay a long-time employee $23k plus lost wages for firing her because she was homosexual.- When she started work at Christian Horizons, she had signed a work agreement prohibiting... [0 comments]

Recently Lowe’s career site added video vignettes for various positions in their Store, Corporate and Distribution business areas. The career site home page starts with a welcoming message and then invites candidates and visitors to select a... [2 comments]

Onboarding is THE hot issue in recruiting today. In sales, it is even more critical. Insanity truly is hiring people who leave more quickly than you can hire them. So I need your help. Please e-mail me any idea on onboarding process. Do you have... [0 comments]

As my first blog was really more of an introduction of myself, I decided to use this blog posting to go over a topic that all of us are (or should be) interested in: sourcing. That one word can either make a recruiter salivate or cringe. Why is... [0 comments]

A news story caught my eye last week. It was the one about the softball player who was carried around the bases by her opponents. It really made me think – especially after my blog last week about the perceptions of the younger generations by... [3 comments]

Imagine this:- You walk into your local Gap store, and browse around. You see an item you like, but you have a question about it, so you approach a clerk. However, instead of replying, the clerk says: "How much money do you have on... [0 comments]

I like blogging, it is the only medium where I can quote myself, link to an article I wrote, and comment on it in order to maintain and update content. I had a post picked up by China Success Stories that outlines some of my opinions and... [0 comments]

Why does the greatest golfer in the world have a golf coach? What is a coach going to teach him? Tiger is a better golfer than his coach, for god’s sake! The reality is that no matter how good you are, you can always get better. Tiger... [0 comments]

Bill Kutik brings up a good point…What Does this Mean for Current Vurv Customers? http://www.knowledgeinfusion.com/coe/thread/1422?tstart=0 I decided the best way to find out would be to ask these customers myself. So I spent most of the morning on... [0 comments]

I have a theory. If you can learn how to market to Generation Y, you can use those very same tactics to get Generation Y to work for your company. One company that knows a thing or two about this is Jones Soda. A hot company with the Gen Y crowd,... [1 comment]

Online video is growing fast and “everyone” is getting into it. Newspapers, radio stations, magazines, job boards, individuals, candidates with video resumes, and employers too are just a few. Online video is the new “killer app,” so in this first... [1 comment]

It is funny sometimes when I read through my favorite blogs every week. I hear a lot about how great recruiting is, and how many "big billers" there are, and how everyone in recruiting is a rockstar (at least in in their own mind). I shake my... [4 comments]

Since getting started in this industry over 10 years ago, I've been amazed by the never-ending stream of companies trying to build better mousetraps in the Talent Management (aka Applicant Tracking) space.- I understand why it's a... [3 comments]

Hi! It is hard to belive that it is only a week away, but it is already time for the Kennedy Information's Recruiting 2008 conference in Las Vegas! For those of you going, why not add on the morning workshop and learn along with other... [0 comments]

--Resumania lives!- We've all shaken our heads at some of the odd things people write in their resumes and cover letters. Here's a story of an addition to the junk folder that I just received today.- I'm working on... [3 comments]

Discussions about religion and politics were once best had anywhere but at work. - That left us with the weather to talk about and was comprised of comments like "Nice day, eh?" and "Wet enough for ya?" - Those were... [1 comment]