As Recruiting professionals, we’ve likely all experienced the dreaded back-channel reference that goes south. You’ve sourced and engaged a candidate where there’s a unanimous “yes” from the interview team and then the hiring manager completes a back-channel reference. After hearing mixed feedback the hiring manager wants to cut ties and move in a different direction. These back-channel […]

Today I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Dan Schawbel, the “Personal Branding” guru.  You can read the “Personal Branding Interview: Jason Buss” on Dan’s blog. If you haven’t had the chance, I would highly recommend Dan Schawbel’s book, “Me 2.0″.  In his book, Dan talks about the importance of personal branding and gives […]

I’m looking forward to another great recruiting conference in November from Kennedy Information.  Besides the sessions, content, speakers, and networking, it’s going to be a little warmer in Orlando than in Minneapolis! This will be my sixth time attending a Kennedy event, including the Spring recruiting conference on May 14th and May 15th. On November […]

By Jason Buss. What started as a blog post – “What Would Happen if Job Boards Were Obsolete?” turned into one of ERE’s hottest discussion board posts. Be sure to sign up and tune in for the free ERE Webinar this week on “Are Job Boards Obsolete”? Date: August 27, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM – […]

Networking was never one of my strongest skills. I am sometimes shy when it comes to meeting new people, and as a 23 year old who is just two years out of college, I don’t have much of an address book or LinkedIn network (but I have a ton of Facebook friends). The first stage […]