If you’ve watched TV shows like “Criminal Minds,” you’ve seen FBI agents analyzing crime scenes, searching numerous government databases and interviewing both suspects and witnesses to solve a case. With advances in technology and new streams of data available to employers on an almost daily basis, it doesn’t take an FBI profiler to figure out […]

Remember 15 years ago when the experts were scaring everyone with “the war for talent”? Saying by 2010 unemployment would be at historic lows? How about a little over a decade ago when job boards and applicant tracking systems would forever change a recruiters life (and make it simpler)? Or when 8 years ago when […]

About 6 weeks ago we shared the news that a new recognition and award platform for the recruiting industry would soon be unveiled.  The RecruitingAwards.com site is now live, and the team is gearing up for the inaugural awards (in corporate recruiting) which will be announced live at the upcoming 2011 LinkedIn Talent Connect Conference […]

Recruiting metrics – a great debate.  For years, dialogue around the most effective source of hires has been a hot topic, while true (indisputable) candidate source data has been lacking.  From poor ATS capabilities, to candidate self reported data on the amazing question the industry wasted years on… “How did you hear about us”? Like […]

Jobvite’s solutions have already been adopted by companies including Starbucks, Twitter, Zynga and Yelp. Earlier today they announced they are advancing their technology solution to deliver real-time recruiting intelligence to optimize the sourcing and hiring of talent. An intuitive, personalized dashboard built into the Jobvite recruiting platform now integrates all the relevant data from any […]

Over the past month at a couple of networking and educational sessions I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with 50 other Fortune 500 Recruiting Executives and Leaders. The time, the networking, and the conversation were all invaluable. So, what’s on the top of everyone’s mind? Driving a competitive advantage, and building additional capacity for […]

An exclusive for The Talent Buzz community, which has not yet been published broadly.  It’s the 2010 Trends in Recruiting Report from LinkedIn. The report is free, and contains some great information on overall trends related to recruiting budgets, passive candidate recruiting and pipelining, the use of social media, and more.

Part one of my conversation with Susan Burns focused on opportunities and trends within talent management.  Part 2, posted here focuses on social media and social networking, metrics, and the candidate experience from a recruiting perspective. Jason: There continues to be an emphasis and talk about the use of social media and social networking in […]

By Jason Buss. The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: What is the primary focus of your recruiting metrics? The results: Measuring productivity (54%) What metrics (26%) Measuring value (10%) A combination (value and productivity 10%) In addition to the obvious quality of hire, there were 3 top picks […]

By Jason Buss. After posting a few HR blog links and reporting on The HR Metrics Center, I received a confirmation e-mail (1 1/2 hours) after registering. I logged on, and while only trying the free service, here are some observations: Unless you have free time to waste, there was little value in the service […]

As a follow-up to my first and second post on the Spring Kennedy Information Recruiting Conference last month, I mentioned I would be taking a look back to the first national staffing and recruiting conference I attended almost 10 years ago to see what’s new and what’s not. Why? For starters, it was time clean out the many totes […]

This is a 3 part series, focused on deploying and managing effective corporate career sites. The 3 posts will include: Part 1: Effective Corporate Career Sites & Measuring Results Part 2: Top 5 List for Deploying an Effective Online Career Center Part 3: Results unveiled: Integrating SEO and PPC Tools Part 3: Results unveiled: Integrating […]