National Healthcare Recruiter Day 2017: A Note of Appreciation
What does National Healthcare Recruiter Day mean to you? Depending on your role within healthcare, it might mean any number of things. Today, healthcare recruiters are needed more than ever to support...
View Article"Come from Away" Takeaways: Lessons for Recruiters
As I made clear in my previous post, I love musical theatre. So, with this year’s Tony Awards having recently been handed out, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on a new show that is incredibly...
View ArticleHow Do We Make Job Interviews Better? Ask Better Questions
For all the criticism aimed at the job interview process (like here, here and here), we in the hiring field lack a viable, practicable alternative. The march to find talent is closing ranks, so we...
View Article5 Recruiting Lessons from Classic Animated Movies
Animated movies are just the best, aren’t they? They always have the perfect array of color and song, and never fail to impart a meaningful life lesson hidden inside a storyline that fills you with...
View ArticleHey, Recruiters! Be Your Candidate's Biggest Cheerleader
You’ve spoken to the hiring manager and have posted the new position. You know who the ideal candidate is and the market data is saying what you’re looking is probably the mythical purple squirrel. BUT...
View ArticleThe Art of Building Real Relationships with Virtual People
When I started recruiting a little over ten years ago, I always looked forward to meeting candidates in person as they arrived for interviews. It was mostly curiosity, but I also wanted them to feel...
View Article25 Interview Questions to Help You Hire for the Age of Value-Based Healthcare
Ages come and pass, leaving memories that fade to legend. Legends become myth, and even myth is soon buried. In one Age, called the Age of Quality, a swift wind billowed in the cliffs of healthcare....
View ArticleAnswering Today’s Recruiting Challenges: “Pick up the Phone!”
The 2013 Recruiting Trends Conference was held on October 24-25 in Las Vegas, Nevada; along with a number of recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers and other recruitment professionals, I was...
View Article4 MUSTS for Creating & Curating Social Media Content
There are few things less intimidating than the blank page. That diabolical blinking cursor, bent on destroying your will—blink, blink, blink… The whiteness of the blank page is terrifying,...
View ArticleLet’s Get Rural: 5 Tips for Sourcing Talent in Isolated Areas
As sourcing techniques become more sophisticated with new and innovative methods of finding people online—for instance, Sourcing Meetup Groups, x-ray searching social networks and leveraging list...
View Article6 Reasons We Must “Listen” to Our Candidates!
Humans of New York is a fascinating Facebook page. Photographer Brandon Stanton travels around New York City snapping pictures of the people he encounters and inserts brief quotes with each shot he...
View ArticleLike Dessert, Don’t Over-Indulge on Social Media
As the saying goes, “Less is more,” usually proves to be true in all areas in life—over-spending during a shopping spree, indulgent dinners, dessert and… recruiting via social media? Logically, they...
View ArticleSimple Mistakes, Lasting Impact: 5 Social Recruiting Blunders
Today, social recruiting is at the forefront of recruiting and acquiring top talent. From sourcing on Facebook to using Twitter hashtags to locate candidates, social media is truly a never-ending...
View ArticleThe Blueprint for Crafting Your Professional Development Plan
Some of the smartest people I know are naturally curious folks who resourcefully build their own developmental plans. Oftentimes, leaders and employees are mistaken in thinking that, if they want to...
View ArticleHR Tech 2014: 4 Trends Disrupting the Industry
After the whirlwind that was the 2014 HR Technology Conference & Expo, everyone is likely back from Las Vegas to their corners of the working world. If you were unable to attend, or even if you did...
View ArticleApplying the Scientific Method to Recruiting
Many people think of science as this nebulous concept whereby things are explained and laws are created. To me, science is much more accessible and doable – in fact, I think we are all scientists who...
View ArticleDiversity & Inclusion in 2015: Moving from “Why” to “How”
In 2014, one talent acquisition and talent management theme among many has taken center stage: diversity and inclusion. Major IT companies found themselves releasing their diversity demographics and...
View ArticleThe Little Things That Make You A Better Recruiter
There is a lot of information out there claiming to tell you what you need to be a good recruiter – things like: Confidence! Marketing skills! Fearlessness. Technology… Some of them are so generic...
View ArticleWhat Type of Recruiter Are You? The Geology Edition
This post was written by Katie Marks and is cross-posted from ERE.net. You might already be thinking: “Geology? And … recruiting?” I hear you, but bear with me while I describe my fascination with...
View ArticleWhy Recruiters Should Embrace Employee Referrals as an Integral Part of...
Lou Adler, CEO and founder of the training and search firm The Adler Group, developed what is known as the 20:40:40 rule. This rule states that 40% of recruiter submittals should come from networked...
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