I have just been in Atlanta at the global sourcing conference that is known as #SourceCon. The event gathers all of the best sourcers from around the world, and the presenters, participants, drinking partners and general company I kept were full of advice, tips and a few hacks thrown in. I’m better for the experience of having been there.

The second keynote of the day really stood…

The new Affordable Care Act is set to provide American workers with access to quality, affordable health insurance from January 1st, 2014. However, there are still a number of questions as to how employers of temporary and project based workers are going to implement the legislation effectively – and much of…

There needs to be a healthy balance in satiating the population needs 

Employment generation is a key factor,

would appreciate how do companies generate employment opportunities,

what kind of  employment opportunities are the majority attracted to, rather put this way what do prospective employees

look for when they look out for a job.

How can a recruiter facilitate an appropriate placement that match's the prospective…

In this episode, I discuss location based mobile recruiting with Craig Fisher.

Jim Stroud interviews Craig Fisher at the Social Recruiting Strategies Conference. The topic? How to use Foursquare for recruiting (or is that stalking?) purposes. If you are into location based mobile recruiting, be sure to tune in and check this out.

Cited…

What’s the percentage of hires to resumes in your company in a given year? I bet you’d be surprised to hear that it’s on average only about five percent. So that means that 95% of the resumes you receive are not part of your companies recruitment strategy. Many great hires could not be made because candidates turned down your offers due to compensation, job location, lack of interest in…

The art of interviewing and candidate briefing

When you have worked in recruitment for far too long it becomes…