Studies published by the Department of Labor or sponsored by MetLife (published through Encore, Civic Ventures, and other organizations) show current labor shortage projections of 700,000 workers by 2018, with the retiring Baby Boomers to blame. Skeptics deny the probability that these predictions will be realized to this extent,...
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DisABILITY. Overcome Roadblocks to Access Underutilized Pools of Talent
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Be Tempted. The Temp-to-Hire Recruiting Strategy Holds Steady.
A variety of challenges can be overcome by employing a hiring approach dating back almost 65 years – the temporary worker. The length of time to recruit for an open position may not be a luxury you have or perhaps you are unsure of exactly what type of candidate...Read more -
Suit Required. How Dress Codes May Affect the Quantity or Quality of Interested Candidates.
An employee turns over (apparently they don’t see in your company what you do, obviously their loss). This vacancy needs to be filled quickly and being the diligent hiring manager that you are, the position is soon posted in every possible location. Resumes begin pouring in and before...Read more -
I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen: Resume Selection 101
An employee turns over apparently they don’t see in your company what you do, obviously their loss. ...Read more -
C’s Make Degrees. Are You Filtering Good Candidates With GPAs Below 3.0?
For those of us who have been required, scratch that, privileged, enough to recruit college students, screening resumes can be…interesting. You scan a resume, review the candidate’s education, and notice they conveniently left off their GPA. Uh-oh. They might as well list “didn’t study enough” under the...Read more -
WHO’S WHO: Woo-hoo or pooh-pooh? Is there any virtue in Vanity Publishing?
Last week I received a resume from a candidate who listed in the “Accomplishments” section of his resume that he had been named in the 2009 Who’s Who in America’s Colleges and Universities. Upon reading this line, I had a flashback to my own baccalaureate transition and a similar “honor”...Read more -
Taking a Holistic Approach to Recruitment
Many businesses based their recruitment efforts on a selective and sophisticated process whereby the company attempts to gage whether a potential employee has the requisite skill set and history of accomplishment to be effective in the open position. However, there is a wealth or research which points to the...Read more -
Applicant Handwriting Analysis – Long Live The Pen And The Paper
Handwriting Analysis (aka Graphology) is becoming an increasingly popular recruitment and interviewing tool. Handwriting analysis can be a realizable indicator ......Read more -
Desperation Nation: The growth of the “I just need a job” candidate.
The increased numbers of overly desperate candidates seem to be the precursory ranks to what the Department of Labor calls the Discouraged Workforce....Read more -
Complimentary White Paper: Complexities of Recruitment Outsourcing for Mid-Sized Organizations
Mid-Market or Mid-Sized organizations business processes are in many cases much more complex, dynamic and at times undefined and as such require a Recruitment Outsourcing vendor that can provide a complex, consultative and dynamic solution. The cookie cutter ‘one size fits all’ outsourcing model currently being marketed by many large...Read more -
WANTED: A Few Good Employers
Employer horror stories abound, and while we can all take lessons from the terrible tales we hear, perhaps we can take a more valuable lesson from some of the good guys for a change....Read more -
FIRED WHY?!?! How the “at-will employment” clause can make for a difficult placement.
Candidates in the majority of states which operate under an “at-will employment “ clause may have difficulty in explaining the reason for leaving. But a worker who has truly been blindsided by a termination should be asking several critical questions before crying foul....Read more -
MEASURING RECRUITING SOFTWARE: Thoughts from a non-recruiting perspective
Applicant Tracking System. After all, since I often live and breathe recruiting, it’s good to get an outside viewpoint especially from a technological guru....Read more -
Two traits every successful recruiter should have
When I was just 21 years old (some eleventy-something years ago), I had the unbelievable fortune of getting to know one of the most exceptional recruiters I’ve ever met. The employer for whom I worked at that time had developed a very successful relationship with this recruiter who seemed to...Read more -
Dodging the blades of a helicopter parent – when Mom calls to get Suzy a job.
When overbearing parents don’t allow their children to experience failure, be responsible for it and actually learn from it, the result can be a needy and incapable candidate who is unable to survive the hiring or employment process on their own. ...Read more -
LIAR, LIAR, DEGREE ON FIRE! What the recruiting community should take away from the Adam Wheeler Harvard scandal.
With deceptions like the Adam Wheeler scandal at Harvard and the staggering numbers of candidates who have some sort of lie on their resumes, failing to adequately screen candidates and thoroughly verify their background information is a mistake no recruiter should make....Read more -
Blame-A-Nitis: The very fastest way to destroy your career when you have been let go from your job
I have been in the recruiting software and HR technology industry for about 14 years and have seen some of the best and worst in most any company and any company’s personnel. I myself have been in a few very bad situations with my job on the line and have...Read more -
BETTER LATE BY DECADES THAN NEVER: The “Rule of Three” is slated for an overhaul
As any Federal Government job applicant will attest, even some of the very best policies and procedures can sound ideal in theory but be severely flawed in execution. Such is the Rule of Three, a centurey0old practice which is finally slated for an overhaul....Read more -
Audit Reporting Is Killing Your Recruiting: Make your hiring 10 times more effective with strategic analytics!
Audit reporting is killing recruiting strategy. It is causing companies to focus on the wrong things when they think of their recruiting software and strategy....Read more -
Rebuilding Your Staffing Company? Inefficiency is a Death Certificate
I’ve been in recruiting for almost my entire career and wow has it changed. From the days of huge markups to the dot com decimation of professional recruitment, I have seen this industry change so much. I tell my friends that the staffing industry is the thing to watch if...Read more -
RECRUITERS BEHAVING BADLY: Does somebody need a time out?
When a client is unhappy with a recruiter's handling of a tough situation, a properly handled time-out is more professional and probably more effective than a vengeful act of bad-mouthing ...Read more -
WHY SOME MAY NOT PLAN TO HIRE ANYTIME SOON: thoughts on the H.I.R.E. Act.
With the HIRE act offering what could amount to a fairly decent tax break for companies willing to hire workers from the unemployment line, why are more and more roles becoming difficult to fill? Is the HIRE act really going to have much of an impact in the "real" unemployment...Read more -
ME, MYSELF AND MY I. How important is it to you that your name be spelled properly?
In a largely post-John-or-Jane named society, why is it that candidates often don’t take the effort to spell names correctly, especially those candidates whose own names are themselves difficult to spell?...Read more -
Choosing Recruiting Software: To RFP or Not RFP? You Could Cause a Good Vendor to Bow Out
This is part 3 in a series of articles I am writing about selecting recruiting software. My goal is to give companies and staffing agencies the insight into the selection process and the best way to navigate your way to a good selection. For this article, we are going to...Read more -
POLITICAL POLARITY: How is it affecting your recruiting?
How many times have you heard, "That (blankety-blank-political-party-member) is a complete idiot!" We have all heard this at least once recently, perhaps even more depending upon your particular circles. It seems that some have crossed from simply disagreeing with the political viewpoints of others to assigning broadbrush cognitive ranking assumptions...Read more -
Selecting Recruiting Software: Know Your Pricing Options It Could Save You Thousands
by Michael G. Brandt – BrightMove Recruiting Software This is Part 2 in a series of articles I am writing to help companies in their efforts to select recruiting software and applicant tracking systems. In this article, I want to cover how to navigate your pricing options in recruiting software...Read more -
Selecting Recruiting Software Part 1: Know your users before you set requirements
By Michael Brandt – BrightMove Recruiting Software I want to start this series on selecting recruiting software by just saying “I love recruiting”. Recruiting is one of the fastest growing, moving and evolving industries I could ever imagine working in and I have had the privilege of seeing some of...Read more -
BrightMove Adds all New Analytics Platform to Quantify RPO Software
BrightMove Adds all New Analytics Platform to Quantify RPO Software...Read more -
DOES THE NEW SHOE FIT? When old shoes and new shoes clash in the workplace.
By Nanci Lamborn, SPHR – HR Leader and BrightMove Recruiting Software Blogger A wonderful and talented friend who works in a very small department within a very large organization recently compared his employer’s process of bringing in new talent as similar to purchasing a brand new pair of shoes. He...Read more -
Recruiting for the worst? Not every workplace gets a Best trophy
by Nanci Lamborn – BrightMove Recruiting Software Staffing firms, agency recruiters, and headhunter types, this one’s for you. Hiring managers and private employer HR folk, stop reading here. Go no further. Really. Because I don’t want to get you into trouble if your boss were to take a peek at...Read more -
Formal or familiar – which communication style should candidates use?
by Nanci Lamborn – BrightMove Recruiting Software There is no denying that corporate America has grown more casual. From informal dress codes to casual Friday, what used to be a commonly “Buttoned Up” society has now gone button-down, button-fly and button-less. (And if you missed the “casual day” commercial by...Read more -
BrightMove Recruiting Software Announces TalentHook Integration
Enhanced Internet Resume Search integration option allows clients to use TalentHook functionality to search thousands of resume sites. Resource Edge, LLC, creators of TalentHook, the recruitment industry’s fastest resume spidering solution featuring thousands of domestic and international resume websites, has completed a custom integration with BrightMove, Inc., a best in...Read more -
BrightMove Hits a Home Run with Their New Recruiting Software Release
BrightMove, Inc. is excited to announce the release of BrightMove Recruiting Software Generation 6. BrightMove has completely redesigned their user experience offering an unprecedented amount of flexibility to recruiters designed to make good recruiters into Rock Stars. “With an keen eye on ensuring recruiting efficiency, ease of use and quick...Read more -
Committing the Crime of a Mis-hire: Who is Really to Blame?
by Nanci Lamborn – Writer/Blogger/HR Practitioner – BrightMove Recruiting Software The forbidding yellow file lurked in my chair as I walked into my office, a file made all the more daunting by the Pink Form of Woe just visible from the corners within the folder. Bob’s personnel file. I knew...Read more -
WHERE’S YOUR PEANUT BUTTER? Unconventional interview questions that uncover key skills.
Using unconventional interview questions to uncover critical skills. by Nanci Lamborn – Writer/Blogger/HR Practitioner – BrightMove Recruiting Software We’ve seen several articles recently about the rise of unconventional recruiting methods (http://tinyurl.com/kuq4yc) and off-the-wall interview questions (http://tinyurl.com/yz9kg5s) that are now gaining notoriety (http://tinyurl.com/yj4to9b). Some job seekers on the hunt are taking...Read more -
If Obama was my applicant? Has face value killed good recruiting?
by Michael Brandt – BrightMove Recruiting Software I am on a plane right now and got an urge to write something that I find very important not only in recruitment but in how people evaluate and judge applicants and people in general. I use the analogy of President Obama simply...Read more -
Why I’m Afraid of Monster!
Like some of you I have several new jobs that I need to get filled—nothing that my seasoned and experienced professional HR-type self shouldn’t consider to be a walk in the park. Thankfully I’m usually well equipped. I have several personal job posting favorites like small (often free) localized job...Read more -
OVERALLS, ANYONE? What’s happening to our work ethic?!
by Nanci Lamborn – BrightMove Recruiting Software “I’m sorry. I really need to stop you there.” I was right in the middle of an interview, explaining in detail the job description, work environment, and company culture to the candidate. On paper this applicant looked like an ideal match, and after...Read more -
EMPLOYEE REFERRALS – A FAMILY AFFAIR A-Fail: the failures of hiring relatives.
by Nanci Lamborn – BrightMove Recruiting Software It’s one of the most unnerving statements an employee can make to the Hiring Manager while dropping off the resume of a referral. “She’s my (sister-cousin-mother-daughter-lover-ex-wife-fiancée.) She’s really smart, she works real hard, and I heard you’re interviewing, right? I told her you...Read more -
BRIGHTMOVE TIES 25% OF SUBSCRIPTION FEES TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Try BrightMove and See What Customer Commitment Is!!! In an extremely bold move to change the Applican Tracking industry, BrightMove is offering 25% of each customer’s overall monthly SaaS fees as a guarantee on Customer Satisfaction. Customers will have the opportunity to rate BrightMove’s customer service and delivery on a...Read more -
CAN A SLOB SURVIVE TODAY’S UNFORGIVING JOB MARKET?
by Nanci Lamborn – Blogger/Writer – BrightMove Recruiting Software This week I was planning to post the continuation of last week’s article about the pros and cons of hiring inside referrals. But a story I just read piqued my interest, sending me down memory lane to discover some truths about...Read more -
Is Flashy Flash Driven Recruiting Software Safe
By Michael Brandt – COO – BrightMove Recruiting Software Having been in the HCM space for well over a decade, I follow the software technology change in recruiting and talent management software quite heavily and have recently really been interested in the move to use Flash by many vendors as...Read more -
INSIDE REFERRAL CANDIDATES – birds of a feather and all that fluff.
Two of the worst interviews I can recall in my recent history were both referred from one of my most successful, highest producing employees. Both candidates were abrasive, arrogant, and unfriendly, and neither interview lasted very long. At first the disparity between the unpleasant applicants and the accomplished referring employee...Read more -
SHARE IF YOU DARE? Part 2 of Employment References
Part 1 Here: SHARE IF YOU DARE. What is the value of prior employment references? by Nanci Lamborn – Brightmove Writer Last week we took a look at the value of securing prior employment references. As promised, let’s turn the tables and look at how we respond when we’re the...Read more -
Complimentary White Paper: Social Media A Recruiters Field Guide
BrightMove, Inc., a leader in Applicant Tracking Software for HR, Staffing and Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), has released a complimentary White Paper/Field Guide designed to aid recruiting firms and HR departments in getting their Social Media Recruitment efforts in full swing. BrightMove has partnered with Nanci Lamborn, a 20 year veteran...Read more -
Complimentary White Paper: Social Media A Recruiters Field Guide
BrightMove, Inc., a leader in Applicant Tracking Software for HR, Staffing and Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), has released a complimentary White Paper/Field Guide designed to aid recruiting firms and HR departments in getting their Social Media Recruitment efforts in full swing. BrightMove has partnered with Nanci Lamborn, a 20 year veteran...Read more -
SHARE IF YOU DARE. What is the value of prior employment references?
“References available upon request.” We are all extremely familiar with the phrase, or some variation thereof, indicating that a host of credible witnesses stand at the ready to affirm a candidate’s praises. Some modern day camps including the University of California at Berkeley https://career.berkeley.edu/Guide/ResumeLetterWriting.pdf and Emory University in Atlanta http://www.career.emory.edu/students/pdf/Resume_Guide.pdf no...Read more -
TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE? Photo-inclusive resumes are the question
This woman’s eyes were so scary, they made me shudder. Her toothy rectangle of a smile was frozen under a clearly cosmetically enhanced nose which formed the T-square support for a pair of repulsively bulbous orbs. I think she must have been a Crappie fish in a former life. When...Read more -
STRADDLING THE EVER WIDENING SKILLS GAP
Do mistakes on resumes and cover letters really matter? I am unashamed to admit it; I am a grammar freak. Maybe it can be blamed upon genetics (my mother used to diagram complex sentences for fun) or upon my authoritarian yet somehow endearing English professor, Mrs. Stolpe (may she rest...Read more