Archive for May, 2010
What to do if Google Thinks You’re Not Human
Have you ever been searching the Internet with Google to find resumes or LinkedIn profiles, and instead of getting your search results, you get a nice apology from Google saying that your computer or network might be sending automated queries and can’t process your request?
In the past week alone I have received a number of [...]
What if You Only Had One Source to Find Candidates?
Imagine that you were just assigned a position to recruit for and that you needed to present 2 fully screened, highly qualified and well matched candidates within 5 business days.
Your manager/client is requesting candidates with:
3-5 years of related work experience (your choice – something not too vanilla/easy/common, but not ”purple squirrel” either)
Experience in a specific industry, and experience working in a similar [...]
Passive Recruiting Doesn’t Exist!
When most people talk about “passive recruiting,” they’re referring to the practice of targeting and recruiting so-called “passive candidates” – people who are not actively looking to make a move from their current employer.
If you accept that notion – what would be the opposite?
Active recruiting?
Think about it for a moment. Neither phrase even makes sense grammatically. [...]
The 5 Levels of Talent Mining and Candidate Sourcing
There are individuals in the HR/recruiting industry who believe that searching databases, the Internet, and social networking sites to source talent is relatively easy and that it can be automated through the use of technology.
I am happy to say that unfortunately for them, it’s not that simple.
While anyone can run a basic search and find some people, there are actually many different levels of [...]
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