LinkedIn continues making waves in the recruiting industry.  From tripling the number of attendees at this years TalentConnect Recruiting conference (while other recruiting conference organizers struggle), to announcing new products and expansion. The site is approaching 30 billion page views for 2011 as it sets targets on replacing things like Resume’s, business cards and rolodexes […]

At last weeks mobile recruiting conferene in San Francisco, it was abundantly clear mobile recruiting should be a component of every companies recruiting strategy. Why? Candidates are using mobile and other handheld devices – whether you like it or not. Recruiters from several organizations I spoke with are already experiencing traffic between 5-15% to their […]

The nominations to identify the best of the best in Corporate Recruiting are in, and it’s crowd-sourcing time! Time to vote! The nominations are in for our 3 award Categories (Talent Hunter, Recruiting Innovation, and Recruiting Organization of the Year). Our panel of judges are standing by to weigh in, but their voice doesn’t count […]

RecruitingAwards.com Nomination Deadline Monday September 12, 5PM EST In our final quest to identify the best of the best in corporate recruiting, we’re giving away an iPad 2 for anyone who submits a nomination. The three Recruiting Awards categories are: Talent Hunter – Nominate » Recruiting Innovation – Nominate » Recruiting Organization – Nominate » […]

It’s that time of year, where HRO Today announces the top recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) vendors.  This is the fifth annual “Bakers Dozen” customer satisfaction ratings – based on customer feedback. The RPO Baker’s Dozen List, was developed from information culled on over 45 RPO providers selected that were reduced down to the final 13. […]

SmartRecruiters today announced the company’s official launch and debuted a free online recruiting software targeted for small to medium businesses. The job posting and applicant tracking Software as a Service (SaaS) comes out of its public “beta” phase with 10,000 companies, 200,000 job seekers and 25,000 job openings already processed, proving that its new approach […]

A few weeks ago, I began publishing a 4-part article series on video interviewing and recruiting.  The previous 3 articles are: The Power of Video Interviewing The Benefits & ROI of Video Interviews Advantages of Video Interviewing This is the 4th and final article in the series, where we’ll explore how you know if the […]

The recruiting conference scene has had a lot of changes take place over the past several years, primarily the attendance numbers dwindling.  The impact on attendance has been driven from two main factors; first is the economy, and the second there are more events to choose from today than ever before.  From niche conferences like […]

My previous two posts on video-enabled talent acquisition focused primarily on benefits derived directly from the features available from top-tier solution providers (The Power of Video Interviewing and The Benefits and ROI of Video Interviewing) . Here, I’ll highlight the benefits that arise from smarter decision-making in a more collaborative hiring environment that, in the […]

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 […]

Last week, I kicked off a multi-post series on video interviewing. In the first post, I countered some of the common misconceptions about video interviewing with the actual facts: It’s engaging and relevant in ways that video resumes are not; it’s safe and legal; and it’s beyond Skype’s capabilities. With common objections and hurdles removed, […]

Meeting online through video has evolved from an easy way to connect grandparents and grandkids via Skype to a fully integrated part of the talent acquisition lifecycle. How did it happen so quickly? What’s the promise of integrating video interviewing into your workflow? And, what’s next for this technology? I will be publishing a series […]