Minnesota Talent Acquisition Professionals Meet for Panel Discussion

Watch the video:  MNTRN Rocks Having its origins more than a decade ago as a “technical” recruiters network, the MNTRN has become a broad network of talent acquisition professionals that includes both non-technical and technical recruiters.  Membership and event attendance also includes a good number of HCM leaders.  On Friday, November 14 a limited-registration event drew a standing only crowd at the Golden [...]

What is a Contract Recruiter?

A Contract Recruiter is an experienced, hands-on recruiting professional working on an hourly rate in defined term (ex. 6 month) or open-ended (ex. month-to-month) contract engagements. Like other consultants, Contract Recruiters work assignments on-site at corporate offices as an integrated team member, off-site from the recruiting firm/staffing agency office or virtually according to client preferences. Often [...]

What is a Contract Sourcing Specialist?

A Recruiter by any other name is a Recruiter. A Contract Sourcing Specialist is a professional Recruiter with a proficiency and focus on candidate sourcing methodologies and practices. Whether called a Contract Recruiter or a Contract Sourcing Specialist, these experts are hands-on recruiting professionals working on an hourly rate in defined term or open-ended contract [...]

What is a Recruiting Consultant?

A reference distinction is sometimes made between a Contract Recruiter and Recruiting/Recruitment Consultant (we’ll use “Recruitment Consultant” in this post) when the work assigned to the contractor is not focused on the hands-on sourcing and recruiting of job candidates, but is more strategy or process related. A Recruitment Consultant is a recruiting professional working on [...]