I am so irritated. Over 96 characters. 100 if I’m lucky. I almost always tell recruiters to search their Applicant Tracking System (ATS) first when seeking candidates. My advice isn’t new and I get really grumpy when people say they don’t want to or there’s nothing of value in there. I think there is and I think they just can’t …
Et tu Brute: Should HR Pros Poach Their HR Friends’ Rockstars?
I stumbled into some new recruiting territory a few weeks back. I have a current opening for a Jr. HR Generalist at Daxko. The opening is pretty great for us and will be a wonderful opportunity for a developmental generalist. I love to take promising talent, shape it a bit, and watch awesomeness happen. So I get a confidential heads …
Sneaky Recruiting: People on Facebook…
In the car business, it can be difficult to get names of people. If I just had a name, I can easily stalk find people. I can call them at work and directly ask for them (pretending to be their girlfriend, sister, anything…) if I just had a name. I’ve been known to do some pretty sneaky things to get …
Recruiters Don’t Own Executive Recruiting…
Ah, the internal executive search assignment—for some corporate recruiters, it’s the pinnacle of the talent acquisition world. Goodbye, days of customer service rep phone screens and hello, exploratory dinners and intriguing “meetings over drinks.” I think a bunch of talent acquisition pros dream of the day when they get the call to fill a senior VP or C level impact …
No One Answers the Phone Anymore – So What’s a Recruiter to Do?
I hate the phone. In fact I could be the poster child for The New York Times “Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You“. The phone just cheeses me off – it’s one great big time suck. I will tweet with you, I will Facebook, I will Google chat. You can text me, you can email me but for the …
“Small Worlds” Thinking: Breakin’ Down the Talent Pools…
Need some Recruiting & Sourcing Juice to get you going these days? Feel like you’re connecting with lots of people in the Talent Pool, but they’re not yielding the information you’d like (referrals, intel, leads, “word on the street”, etc.)? Perhaps it’s time to step back and think about the structure of the Talent Pool itself . . . Before …
5 Reasons a CEO Should Never Take the Lead on Selling…
Let’s think about the title of this post for a moment, shall we? I’m not implying that CEOs shouldn’t be involved in selling – in fact, I think they should. What this rant really is about though is taking the road-less-traveled based on a conversation I recently had with a candidate. His CEO was the self-appointed (or annointed) go-to-sales-guy, and his actions negatively impacted the entire sales team …
Shady Recruiting Practice or Fair Game? You Decide.
I seem to be experiencing an onslaught of shady business practices from recruiting vendors of late. Maybe there’s a sign on my back that says “Kick me!” that I just don’t know about, or maybe some businesses are feeling desperate… but I thought I’d share a recent one for you to weigh in on. I am lucky enough in that …
Let’s find Bozeman, Montana a New HR Director…
We take a break from our normally scheduled programming here at Fistful of Talent to make a public service announcement of sorts. You see, the fine city of Bozeman, Montana needs a new Director of Human Resources. And we think they need some help filling the position. Full details of the position can be found here. Why take a break …
Managing Talent Should Work Like Pandora…
I googled the crap out of this but can’t find a single link that talks about talent management, recruiting or anything in the HR space that works like Pandora does for music. Maybe I’m all wet. Maybe I should have checked with Josh Letourneau. Maybe it’s a bagillion dollar idea that I’m giving away here but… Talent Management and Recruiting …