Whenever I interview someone for a job, I always ask them whether they want to sit in Bernanke’s chair. The only wrong answer is, ‘Who’s … Read more
Examining the Interview Process to Improve Candidate Experience and Employer Brand
I came across an old SHRM article yesterday titled, “Why Hiring Is Taking So Long—and What HR Can Do About It?”, As I made my way through the article, I … Read more
Perfect Hires Don’t Exist
Most companies are in search of the ‘perfect hire’ for their open roles. It’s understandable because every company requires the ‘best fit’ employees to … Read more
Promoting Process Over Value and Management Over Leadership – Do You Want A Seat at The Table?
Internal Talent Acquisition (TA) has a problem. We are unconsciously incompetent. Internal TA is, in the scheme of things, a relatively new function. Given … Read more
It’s Not About Years of Experience but About Skills
If we start reading job advertisements from various industries, we will see that the employers require experience in most of these ads. We see things like … Read more
How Recruiters Can Use Layoff Announcements to Source Candidates and Help Others
Whenever I heard about layoffs, I would think, “Hmm, I want to contact those being affected and see if I can recruit them for my open jobs.” As I did this, … Read more
How to Impress the Hiring Manager
Having a healthy relationship with the hiring maker is very important to your success. Building the trust is very important to start the connection on the … Read more
Sourcing Different – The Intake Meeting
In the last article, we discussed on how to source the all mighty referral tree, with this topic we dive into one of the most critical aspects of our jobs, … Read more
The Employee Turnover Schmurnover
I’ve been at my new job now for six months. It’s the first commute that I’ve had in years. I used to walk to work and then I worked from home for over a … Read more
Time Management – Candidate Conversations
Now that we have our schedule planned for the day, we have reviewed resumes and have calls scheduled with potential candidates we step into Time Management … Read more
Sourcing for Retail – Tis the Season
With fall right around the corner, you can practically smell pumpkin spice and seasonal hiring in the air. Retailers everywhere are putting the finishing … Read more
Do You Want Fries with That Shake? Oops! I Mean Intake!
How often do sourcers and recruiters find themselves in the midst of being categorized as an order taker? Hiring managers rarely reach out to the recruiter … Read more
High Volume Sourcing Success
For anyone who’s had the distinct pleasure of sourcing for high volume industries such as manufacturing, call centers, or retail, they know it’s an … Read more
Job Posting in a Modern World
Posting a job opening in today’s world may seem like a no-brainer. Put it online and blast it out for anyone and everyone to see. The more job … Read more
The One Follow-up Question You’re Missing That Could Cost You a Future Prospect
Hey, I get it. We’ve all done it. When we experience that initial rejection of “No, I’m really not looking right now,” or “I’m actually really happy where … Read more
Spider-Man Puzzles – Hiring the Right Pieces for Your Own Team
I’ve got four awesome kids! They are ages eight, six, two, and seven months. I know, that’s a lot of kids, and let me tell you, they are a handful. But I … Read more
Refining Your Sourcing Approach
Have you ever found that search, where you feel like you, have tried everything but then need to recalibrate half-way through? Have you found yourself … Read more
Hit a Wall? Secrets for Getting Unstuck
If I had a nickel for every time a recruiter told me they had “searched everywhere” for candidates and “nothing worked,” I’d have a lot of nickels. And if … Read more
When Searching for A New Job Beware of the Bait-and-Switch
Looking for a new job has a lot of emotions behind it. Depending on your current situation, it can have a whole different set of emotions attached to it. … Read more
Don’t Lie To Me – Make Candidates Show Who They Really Are
In almost every interview, we ask, “Why are you looking?” or “Why are you looking to leave XYZ company?” What is the information that we expect to receive … Read more