Blog for Recruiters
These articles share recruiting expertise and offer best practices – helping you streamline your recruiting processes.
B-Level Candidates? Then It’s a B-Level Company
When the hiring manager at one of your clients informs you that unemployed candidates will no longer be considered for their job openings, the best question you can ask them is also the simplest: "Why?" It's not the only question, by any stretch of the imagination,...
Unemployed A-Level Players: Opportunity for Recruiters
As I stated in my previous blog post, it's becoming more and more difficult to place the unemployed. Some companies are omitting them from the job search process, sight unseen, to the point where they're telling job seekers not to apply in their job posting and...
Should Unemployed Job Seekers be Ruled Out? Some Think So
Traditionally, recruiters have sought out job seekers who are already employed, as opposed to those who are not. Apparently, they are even more prone to doing so in the current economic climate. According to a recent CNNMoney.com article ("Looking for Work? Unemployed...
Googling Candidates? Your Clients Do!
I've talked numerous times over the last several years about the need for many of us to expand our candidate searches beyond the national active candidate boards, especially since they're not paying off as they once were. More and more recruiters are tackling the...