Last week I was asked to contribute an article for the RecruiterNewsletter.com by Amy Renz, COO of HireAbility.com (for whom I recently recorded a very insightful webinar). For this article I wrote about a topic that was brought up in a couple of good blog posts last month by Jessica Miller-Merrell (@blogging4jobs) and Amybeth HaleRead more
By Craig Fisher www.fishdogs.com I see quite a few posts lately about "old school" recruiting, about how all this social media and web2.0 stuff is just a waste of time. And it makes me wonder if we are really talking about old school, or just recent school. My first recruiting job in 1995 was forRead more
She didn’t actually grill me. But Stephanie Lloyd did ask the appropriate questions to uncover some of my methods for social recruiting on Twitter. In an interview posted yesterday on her blog, Radiant Veracity, we discuss some techniques that are helpful to both recruiters and job seekers. I have been networking with Stephanie for aRead more
This week I had the pleasure of writing a guest post on the CruiterTalk Carnival hosted by @RyanLeary. Social recruiting is not a golden ticket to more placements. But it will allow you to build a prospect and referral network like no other medium, and to brand yourself as a professional, knowledgeable, and trustworthy expertRead more
Come be a part of the kick off meeting for the newly formed Texas Recruiters Association. The Texas Recruiters Association is a new and growing professional recruiters association; membership is open to recruiters, human resources, and sourcing professionals. During our unconference workshop you will learn about “The future of recruiting after the recession." This isRead more
This year requests for training on Social Media and Twitter have gone through the roof. A-List Solutions is at the forefront of small firms using Twitter and Social tools for Marketing, Brand awareness, and Recruiting. I have trained top recruiting organizations, businesses, and professional groups in DFW and nationally on Twitter and Social Media effectiveness. Read more
The way social media can effect recruiting and retention was a hot topic at the recent ERE Social Recruiting Summit held this week at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Jenny DeVaughn attended and wrote a nice synopsis of her experience that can be viewed on the ERE Community site. I watched many of theRead more
It’s time for another star studded recruiter get-together on Twitter! That’s right recruitwiterati, #TalentNet, the hashtag event that burned up the Twittersphere last month, (trending right at the top with American Idol) is back for another go-round this Wednesday night, May 27th, from 8pm to 10pm Central time (and the last Wednesday of each month,Read more
A while back I posed this question on Twitter and LinkedIn, “What should job seekers leave OFF of their resume?” It generated dozens of great responses from recruiting, career, HR, and resume professionals and hiring managers. The number one thing that was suggested to leave off of your resume is something that most job seekers simplyRead more
Here a network, there a network, everywhere a social network. Perhaps it’s overkill, but we are all now a part of so many social communities online that sometimes it feels as if we are no longer growing closer together, but farther apart. This is especially true in the staffing and recruiting community. We recruiters, byRead more
This is how a highly skilled recruiter tackles an opportunity to land a dream job. I got to know Karla Porter through various recruiting networks over the last year or so, and more closely through Twitter over the last several months. I have grown to respect her opinions, ideas, and her straight forward generosity. SoRead more
Last night at a Tweetup in Dallas, a girl who I have become friends with through Twitter asked me why I tweet back a thank you to her when she retweets something I have posted. “Because I appreciate it!” I said honestly. “But you know me.” She replied. Recently I have had more and moreRead more
This week I had the dubious honor of being the featured guest on the Recruiting Animal Show on Blog Talk Radio. The Recruiting Animal is sort of a Jim Rome type of interviewer. His shtick is to be bombastic, throw curve balls, cut people off if they don’t answer quickly or interestingly enough. But heRead more
In March of 2009 I was asked by international employer branding company, Universum, to be a guest writer for their new employer brand magazine called Universum Quarterly. Subscribers in HR organizations worldwide received live copies of the printed editions. Universum Quarterly began as the world’s first periodical for Employer Branding. Each issue brought feature articlesRead more
Sometimes its who you know and who they know. Last summer I was introduced to the president of The Loomis Agency, Mike Sullivan. Maybe re-introduced is more accurate. We first met years ago at the wedding of mutual friend, Lauren Mulkey. Now Lauren, in her business development capacity with Loomis, a 20-year old Dallas creativeRead more
One of the web’s top business information search engines, ZoomInfo.com (which I find extremely helpful in sales and recruiting research), has kindly featured an article I wrote, Employer Branding with Web 2.0 & Social Media, in their February Recruiting Newsletter, Zoominformer. Thanks to Flora Felisberto and Martin Burns of ZoomInfo for including me, alongside recruitingRead more
Jim Stroud posted this list yesterday on The Recruiters Lounge web site. On this list I am #12. Blast! I should be #1! But I just don’t have time to Twitter that much. Top 50 Recruiters on Twitter According to Twitter Grader, below is a list of the Top 50 Recruiters on Twitter according toRead more
