You just gotta love the connective power of the internet. I recently exchanged thoughts regarding employment branding with a recruiter in India, through the LinkedIn space. While that in and of itself is pretty amazing to anyone over 30, who grew up in a world without the internet and cellular phones, it’s the content of our conversation that I thought was more interesting. This recruiter had asked a question about how you find good talent [...]
If you’re in the majority of businesses out there, you handle most or all of your recruiting in-house- no recruiters or staffing agencies in your hip pocket… or wallet. That is, you write your own job postings or advertisements, you research and make your own media buys, and you handle the pre-screening and interview process. If your company attends career fairs, you and your team conceive the design for your displays and staff the booth [...]
STEP UP YOUR GAME While organizing 4 job fairs in different states this month, I’ve been keenly aware of our need to differentiate our events from the rest. When it comes right down to it, all that really matters is that local job seekers find good opportunities, and the local employers who exhibit connect with high quality local candidates. Sounds simple, hunh? Actually, it really is. When we hosted events earlier this year and last [...]
Hi and thanks for checking out my blog! I realize that many people are still getting used to this new world of blogs- the blogosphere, if you’re hip. Because of this, I wanted to point out some features of my blog environment. Please take a moment to read the mission of the blog located on the right of the page. Also on the right, you’ll see: Places to find me on web including LinkedIn, HRMToday, [...]
If you haven’t read this book, and you operate an ad agency in any capacity- stop reading this blog and go to Amazon and order it. Okay, that sounds like I’m making money on it. I absolutely am not, and don’t know anyone involved with the book either. I do consider it, along with a few others including Good to Great as bibles of organizational dynamics and business management. Casting for Big Ideas of course [...]