Human Capital Data
Data and Drive are Paramount in Sourcing and Recruiting
The other day I came across an insightful post on Fistful of Talent by Josh Letourneau in which he addresses the arms race that rages on in the talent acquisition universe – the never-ending attempt of people and companies to achieve some sort of technological advantage over the competition.
Josh would rather have a recruiter “with the “will [...]
Boolean Search Conquers Impossible Google Position
When I run recruiter training classes, I often ask for the trainees to bring me example positions they are having trouble working on to use for live sourcing training.
During one such class (a little over 2 years ago), I had a recruiter bring me an opening for a challenging position at Google that had been open for [...]
The Future of Recruiting: The More Things Change…
Now that we are on our way into exploring the new year, I’ve seen some articles on what’s coming next for the recruiting industry this year, and even as far out as 10 years from now.
When I read one such article written by Kevin Wheeler, I was struck by his comment that although sourcing remains a topic [...]
Candidate Pipelines vs. Just-In-Time Recruiting Part 4
In Ben Franklin’s the Way to Wealth, he talks about the issues associated with carrying unnecessary inventory, “You call them goods; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you…You expect they will be sold…but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you.”
If Ben [...]
Sourcing ROI: Resume vs. Non-Resume Info
Depth Matters!
Human capital data comes in many forms – resumes, social network profiles, blogs, bios, etc. – and I have found that a key and critical aspect of sources of human capital data that many people fail to formally recognize is the quality and depth of the information.
When it comes to leveraging information systems such [...]
Human Capital Data Analysts – Sourcing Samurai
What’s The Sexiest Job in Recruiting?
I recently read this excellent post on the Google blog written by Jonathan Rosenberg, SVP, Product Management at Google, and I was especially excited to read this:
“Hal Varian likes to say that the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians. After all, who would have guessed that computer engineers would [...]
