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What Job Seekers Really Want – Respect

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Almost every job seeker survey shows that the most common problem they face is getting no feedback on their applications. We have called this the “black hole” because that is probably the best descriptor of how resumes get sucked into some interplanetary void. Someone coined the term “candidate experience” (probably Gerry Crispin) as a talking point and we can’t seem to get enough buzz about how bad it is and how much better it should… Read More »What Job Seekers Really Want – Respect

Survival of the Fittest by Recruiter Triage

In the minds of recruiters, there is no such thing as an average recruiter. I can safely say this without surveying the herd of opinionated, self assured, confident, and sometimes arrogant people we meet in this business because it is not just an opinion held by the members of this profession. Research shows that the tendency to overestimate personal worth is a pretty common theme. People that are asked to place themselves on a normal… Read More »Survival of the Fittest by Recruiter Triage

Taking the Pulse of the Market is the Recruiting Start Point

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We all know that the economy has been turbulent over the last few years. It has touched many people personally. Listening to the market and watching the data is a major element in planning recruitment. March of 2013 was a benchmark in time when government cutbacks impacted the reporting of mass layoffs by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Eliminating the Mass Layoff Statistics program that provides information that identifies, describes, and tracks the effects… Read More »Taking the Pulse of the Market is the Recruiting Start Point

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Bestowing Recruiterhood

This week has been a week of vacation time for many… including this writer. Damn that commitment to blog daily! Oh well, I can look over some of the more popular posts of the past, warm them up, and serve them as leftovers. Whether you consider recruiterhood as an art, a science, a business, or just a confusing thing that somebody else does, it is a profession that has intricate parts and all of these… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Bestowing Recruiterhood

Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 3: Personal Add-ons

(On vacation this week. This article reposted from October 5, 2011) I have used the analogy of software add-ons to describe how we can take excellence, add something that is not part of the original design and improve the product. Some recruiter add-ons are professional in nature and there is not much of a stretch to dovetail them into the main characteristics of the profession. They fit like a glove, but are not absolutely necessary… Read More »Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 3: Personal Add-ons