5 Reference Checking Failures When Assessing Candidate Fit

There seems to be 5 common reference checking failures. Reference checking is critical to building an organization with talent that fits the needs of the company in more than just capability to do the job. All recruiters and human resources professionals know that it is critical to assess candidate fit  based on three key hiring […]

10 Insider Recruiter Secrets To Be Top Priority

Recruiting is a service business. There are ways to ensure you and your needs are met with a sense of urgency. Here are 10 insider recruiter secrets to be top priority. Client companies engage with search and placement firms through contingent or retained agreements. Recruiters then identify, screen, qualify, prepare and present candidates to the […]

Make Hiring Decisions With A Sense Of Urgency Not Waste

As the economy recovers and hiring picks up, we are seeing candidates decline opportunities. Sometimes they decline because they don’t like the company. Other times they decline because of the commute. The reasons vary, and even sometimes they decline because there are multiple offers at the same time. Hiring is picking up. More often than […]

What We Called Job Hopping 5+ Years Ago Doesn’t Exist Anymore

We’ve written about this before, but it keeps rearing its ugly head. The fact is, what we defined as job hopping 5+ years ago, doesn’t exist. Job hopping was the term used to describe some unspecified job tenure.  A job hopper was a candidate that because of job hopping, appeared to be undesirable as a […]

Human Resources Should Report To Marketing

This title grabs your attention. But maybe having human resources report to marketing is not really that crazy – at least by a dotted line. The connection between human resources and marketing is tighter than you may think. This blog is about why. If you are a CEO/CFO/COO, after reading this, you will want to check on […]

Open Minds Consider Options To Get The Job Done

Recruiters can tell lots of horror stories of clients that have unrealistic expectations. Wharton professor Peter Cappelli wrote about purple squirrels, or impossible to find candidates, in his book “Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs.” Spoiler Alert: Purple Squirrels usually exist because hiring companies, have unrealistic job description expectations. Consider options for aligning qualifications necessary for […]