Ah Monster. The vendor with whom everyone has had a love/hate relationship. Have we been inundated with assessments on its acquisition? I think yes. This one is my favorite. I appreciate all the assessments of the industry, but let me offer you the user point of view. Eons ago…circa 1999….I posted my resume on Monster. I had been in the …
Recruiting Harder vs. Recruiting Smarter
I had a boss who used to love coming in and giving the generic management direction of “we need to work smarter, not harder”! Thanks, Einstein. Now, are you willing to tell us what the heck that actually means!? In the recruiting game today, I know recruiters are being told this. As average days to fill continue to rise because the job market …
HR Tech is Child’s Play When You Talk to CyberSecurity Candidates
So, we’re pulling up to #BSidesLV (after attending, I’m still not sure what the hell that means), and I’m about to swipe my card through the taxi meter when suddenly, the screen goes black. Suddenly, some Linux instance popped up (I know because it was written on the bottom of the screen), although I have no idea what the hell …
Recruitment Marketing for Idiots
More and more I’m seeing that talent acquisition is quickly changing from acquiring talent to ‘attracting’ talent! I have yet to see any corporate TA shops make the name change and start calling themselves the Talent Attraction Department, but it won’t be long. This change is happening because of Recruitment Marketing. As an organization, we can longer just sit back and …
The New School Podcast: How Recruiters Can Build Relationships With Tough Candidates
Welcome to the latest episode of The New School Podcast, featuring host, Tim Sackett! In this episode, Tim talks to Paul DeBettignies, aka The Minnesota Headhunter, a Minnesota IT Recruiter with 17 years of experience building IT teams with startups & tech companies, and author of Minnesota Headhunter, the longest running regional recruiter blog (2005). The conversation is all about how the best …
Lena Dunham & Influencer Marketing – Another Feather in GE’s Recruitment Marketing Hat
GE’s comically awkward “What’s the Matter with Owen?” recruiting commercials hit the air last fall as one of the first tactics to recruit young people to join the company as industrial Internet developers. If you’re not familiar with the series, here’s a fan favorite (email subscribers may need to click through to view): The commercials proved to be wildly successful, …
VIDEO: No Scrubs with Gerry Crispin – Candidate Experience and His New Hat
On this episode of “No Scrubs,” Dawn Burke talks to industry legend Gerry Crispin about Candidate Experience – what it is and how you can apply the concept to your own recruiting shop – whether big or small. Oh yeah, Gerry has a new hat. It’s not a flat bill Yankees cap either – although that would have been cool as well… …
3 Criteria You’re Missing from Your IT Job Postings
Crafting a good job posting is at the core of a successful recruitment process. Still, most organizations virtually ignore it when it comes to understanding the reasoning of why their process is failing. The normal mode of operation in crafting your job posting goes something like this: Ask hiring manager to send you something about what the job they are …
Talent Acquisition Is The Only HR Function That Matters
Sorda. I’m a generalist. I’m a grinder. I’m a leader. As a generalist at heart I do it all. Many of you do as well. So when I’m asked what is the most important function under the HR umbrella, I take a deep breath. I mean, picking the most important HR function is like: Saying your oldest child is the …
VIDEO: SmashUps with Ursula Mead: Creating a New Kind of Glassdoor
Welcome to our newest video series, Smashups, brought to you by the recruitment marketing pros at Smashfly! Each month, our host, Tim Sackett, will chat with a featured guest on ways you can better attract candidates and actually convert them into job applicants. Kinda important right? This month on Smashups, Tim talks to Ursula Mead, Founder and CEO of InHerSight, which tags itself as where …