In our new infographic we analyzed the RemarkableHire database to determine the best areas for you to find tech talent, and how you might attract these candidates to your organization.

Despite a relatively high rate of national unemployment, many tech companies are still facing a talent shortage that threatens to stifle innovation when it’s most needed. With skilled tech candidates so hard to find, your colleagues are trying to find any way they can to get the next…

The empty chair.  The "no hire".  Let me tell you, it happens.  There are some positions that are just not going to get filled.  You can argue with me until you are blue in the face, but it is the honest truth. I wish it weren't true, but it is a cold hard fact.

How can you identify an unfillable…

Traits you can learn from Star Trek that can help you become a better recruiter and “Live Long and Prosper”:

1. James T. Kirk – Go with your gut.   Use your experiences and gut feelings.  
2. Spock – Make the Logical Decision.   Most of the time the logical decision is the right decision.
3. Dr. McCoy (Bones) – I’m a Recruiter not a miracle worker.
4. Montgomery Scott (Scotty) – Know how the Recruiting engine works and how all of its components run…

Hi everyone! So, I just started a new job in April with a GREAT firm. I am now responsible for working both sides of the desk. This is my first experience with client development, so I wanted some helpful tips. I met a director of HR for a local company at a professional networking event. She told me she was looking for a corporate recruiter that has experience specific to the industry she works in. Within a day, I found her an AMAZING candidate (name blocked out of course because at that…

Last week Jakub Zavrel posted a fascinating piece on ERE.net asking the eternal question: Are Job Boards Still Relevant for the Future of Recruiting?  I strongly encourage you to read it (and definitely check out the comments – Steven Rothberg has some pertinent thoughts, too!).

In a nutshell, Zavrel…

I’ve just re-read Richard Denny’s fantastic book ‘Selling to Win’, in which he mentions a time management technique that I learnt many, many years ago from an old boss of mine.

Unbeknown to me, as I have been teaching this technique to people over the years myself it was actually first taught to…

Much hoopla accompanied the publishing of a "Study" the popular Job Board TheLadders made public back in March 2012.  They titled their report "Keeping an eye on recruiter behavior".  Sounded  a bit…