The 3 Dimensions to Recruiting Top Performers
by Neil LockhartSep 22, 2009, 5:48 am ET
This article, is based upon the book “Cultivating the Pearl” about recruiting top talent. It is scheduled for release early 2010. Neil Lockhart’s recent focus has been on recruiting in the construction industry. His recruiting experience dates back to 1997 with Hall Kinion, a technical staffing agency, where he received the Ultima Award in 2000 for outstanding billing. He has functioned as a technical recruiter at the agency level and as a corporate recruiter. As a corporate recruiter, he recruited top candidates for financial services, online media, advertising, sales/marketing, and technology positions.
The Danger of Playing it Safe When Hiring
Posted by Bob Corlett
Hiring can be made more predictable, but it cannot be made safe. Sooner or later you will make a hiring mistake. You will. You simply cannot avoid it, mistakes happen. But here is the problem: most managers work far harder to avoid making a hiring mistake than they work to ensure they hire top performers.
Counteroffers: Can You Spot the Warning Signs?
By Bill Radin
For a recruiter, no disaster compares to an accepted counteroffer. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that most of us would rather suffer a year’s worth of phone rejection than face those four fateful words, “I’ve changed my mind.”
Social Media Should Rock Your World
Ten Reasons to Participate in Social Media
By Susan M. Heathfield, About.com Guide
Social media participation is an essential tool in networking with professional contacts, making new contacts, recruiting employees, and keeping in touch with the world. If you’re not participating in the top social media and networking sites, the world is leaving you behind. Why not become involved on the social media Web sites while your participation can advance your career, help you obtain superior employees by enlarging your candidate pool, and enable you to easily stay in touch with coworkers and former coworkers at one location.
How to Improve Your Cold-Calling Skills
By Darren Dahl | Feb 26, 2010
Let’s face it: nobody really enjoys making cold calls. But sparking a connection remains a crucial skill to have whether you are a business owner, job seeker or even a volunteer looking to raise money. Here’s a guide to closing more deals with fewer dials.
recruitDC “unconference” for recruiters by recruiters
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (ET)
Washington, DC
recruitDC – a new, grassroots organization debuting its first ever event on May 26, 2010 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC – aspires to create a sense of community amongst recruiting professionals in the DC metro area. The conference aims to unite metro-based recruiters in a venue conducive to collaboration, knowledge sharing and numerous learning opportunities geared at recruiting professionals seeking localized career development.
It’s Sunday so I figured instead of the normal radio silence from us at
RecruitingBlogs.com, I would show you a new site we are building called RecruiterTweets.com
We are going to be adding lots of great resources dealing with twitter
and recruiting and recruiters. If you have any resources you would like
us to add, please let me know.
Are you looking to integrate your recruiting strategy into the mobile space?
I am looking forward to attending recruitDC tomorrow morning #recruitDC #Jobs2Web
About RecruitDC
recruitDC is bringing together the best and brightest in our local recruiting community to share our challenges with meeting demands that change daily – even hourly! The DC area is unique in recruiting – we have low unemployment even during a recession, we have many industries that cross cut geography and we have a national and international flair within a small hometown environment.
We are happy to bring to the DC area a leader in mobile recruiting, Michael Marlatt, to share with the DC community the key trends in mobile recruiting and how to integrate this into your recruiting strategy.
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The 3 Dimensions to Recruiting Top Performers
by Neil LockhartSep 22, 2009, 5:48 am ET
This article, is based upon the book “Cultivating the Pearl” about recruiting top talent. It is scheduled for release early 2010. Neil Lockhart’s recent focus has been on recruiting in the construction industry. His recruiting experience dates back to 1997 with Hall Kinion, a technical staffing agency, where he received the Ultima Award in 2000 for outstanding billing. He has functioned as a technical recruiter at the agency level and as a corporate recruiter. As a corporate recruiter, he recruited top candidates for financial services, online media, advertising, sales/marketing, and technology positions.
http://www.ere.net/2009/09/22/the-3-dimensions-to-recruiting-top-performers/
Jay Perreault
March 17, 2010
The Danger of Playing it Safe When Hiring
Posted by Bob Corlett
Hiring can be made more predictable, but it cannot be made safe. Sooner or later you will make a hiring mistake. You will. You simply cannot avoid it, mistakes happen. But here is the problem: most managers work far harder to avoid making a hiring mistake than they work to ensure they hire top performers.
http://thestaffingadvisor.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/the-danger-of-playing-it-safe-when-hiring/
Jay Perreault
March 17, 2010
Counteroffers: Can You Spot the Warning Signs?
By Bill Radin
For a recruiter, no disaster compares to an accepted counteroffer. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that most of us would rather suffer a year’s worth of phone rejection than face those four fateful words, “I’ve changed my mind.”
To protect your investment in time…
http://www.billradin.com/recruiting_tips_counteroffer_signs.htm
Jay Perreault
March 17, 2010
Social Media Should Rock Your World
Ten Reasons to Participate in Social Media
By Susan M. Heathfield, About.com Guide
Social media participation is an essential tool in networking with professional contacts, making new contacts, recruiting employees, and keeping in touch with the world. If you’re not participating in the top social media and networking sites, the world is leaving you behind. Why not become involved on the social media Web sites while your participation can advance your career, help you obtain superior employees by enlarging your candidate pool, and enable you to easily stay in touch with coworkers and former coworkers at one location.
You will need to explore…
http://humanresources.about.com/od/careernetworking/a/social_media.htm
Jay Perreault
March 17, 2010
How to Improve Your Cold-Calling Skills
By Darren Dahl | Feb 26, 2010
Let’s face it: nobody really enjoys making cold calls. But sparking a connection remains a crucial skill to have whether you are a business owner, job seeker or even a volunteer looking to raise money. Here’s a guide to closing more deals with fewer dials.
http://www.inc.com/guides/cold-calling-skills.html
Jay Perreault
March 17, 2010
recruitDC “unconference” for recruiters by recruiters
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (ET)
Washington, DC
recruitDC – a new, grassroots organization debuting its first ever event on May 26, 2010 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC – aspires to create a sense of community amongst recruiting professionals in the DC metro area. The conference aims to unite metro-based recruiters in a venue conducive to collaboration, knowledge sharing and numerous learning opportunities geared at recruiting professionals seeking localized career development.
http://recruitdc.eventbrite.com
Jay Perreault
March 18, 2010
A message to all members of RecruitingBlogs.com
It’s Sunday so I figured instead of the normal radio silence from us at
RecruitingBlogs.com, I would show you a new site we are building called RecruiterTweets.com
We are going to be adding lots of great resources dealing with twitter
and recruiting and recruiters. If you have any resources you would like
us to add, please let me know.
Thanks
Slouch
http://recruitertweets.com
Jay Perreault
May 3, 2010
Are you looking to integrate your recruiting strategy into the mobile space?
I am looking forward to attending recruitDC tomorrow morning #recruitDC #Jobs2Web
About RecruitDC
recruitDC is bringing together the best and brightest in our local recruiting community to share our challenges with meeting demands that change daily – even hourly! The DC area is unique in recruiting – we have low unemployment even during a recession, we have many industries that cross cut geography and we have a national and international flair within a small hometown environment.
We are happy to bring to the DC area a leader in mobile recruiting, Michael Marlatt, to share with the DC community the key trends in mobile recruiting and how to integrate this into your recruiting strategy.
http://recruitdcmobile.eventbrite.com
Who else is going?
#Jobs2Web, #recruitDC, mobile, recruitDC, recruiting
Jay Perreault
December 1, 2010