When I was working for a large Silicon Valley software company, our VP of Product Marketing showed me an Inmail that he had received from one of our internal recruiters saying that he was a “perfect fit” for a role on our QA team. He thought it was hilarious, but told me to tell my colleague that

A fly by the seat of your pants approach might work for some things, but social recruiting isn’t one of them. In fact, successful social recruiting requires the complete opposite. It thrives on structure, consistency, reliability and frequency. And the foundation for it is a strategy that answers

There are a lot of ways you can measure university recruiting success, from the volume at which you are able to recruit, to the strength of your relationships with universities, to the performance of college grad new hires, and far beyond. But out of all the elements you can evaluate, which are the

We in the recruiting space all talk about the importance of the candidate experience and how companies of all sizes are implementing technologies, best practices, and other measures to improve their existing experience, but what about those companies who already have a bad candidate experience

Recruiting never sleeps. There will always be candidates to hire, job requirements to be filled, and the demand for top talent will never cease. However, candidates are becoming even more segmented across the web. They are not spending most of their time on active talent channels like job boards or

Have you ever walked in the Expo Hall at the HR Technology Conference? Over 8,500 attendees and 400 vendors line up to walk the floor of the world's largest HR Technology conference. From assessment to learning, and outsourcing to testing and surveys, the types of technologies out there that are

All month we’ve been talking about recruiting optimization. We’ve talked about preventing burnout, we’ve talked about the relationship between the hiring manager and recruiter, and today we’re talking about how to train your actual recruiting team. Recruiting optimization goes deeper than the

Next week I will be emceeing ERE’s annual conference in New Orleans. To say I'm excited would be an understatement because the theme for the event is something near and dear to my heart. The theme this year, “Transform Your TA Department, Transform Your Business,” speaks volumes as to the current

If you’re a recruiter or sourcer, do you often find yourself starting your day early or staying up late to coordinate interview scheduling, pull together spreadsheets and reports, or search for tools that can improve your sourcing effectiveness? If you’re a talent acquisition leader or recruiting