How to Recruit Passive Candidates and Early Birds
Maximizing your use of time is the key to hiring more top performers. In a recent webinar with Jobs2Web, I described the sourcing sweet-spot. This is the point just before and just after a fully employed person decides to consider looking for another position. This time-frame represents the window of opportunity to hire the best passive candidates and early-birds with less effort and salary premiums than any other point. If you get to these top people first, you’ll have no competition, and they’ll be much easier to recruit since they’ve already made the decision to pursue a new job
Craft a Narrative to Instill Optimism
"We do have a conscious say in selecting the narrative we will use to make sense of the world," writes New York Times columnist David Brooks. "Individual responsibility is contained in the act of selecting and constantly revising the master narrative we tell about ourselves." Brooks' explanation about choice of narrative can apply to leaders seeking ways to navigate our recession.
Jobless Claims Rise Surprising Economists
First-time unemployment filings rose last week, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Labor , surprising economists who had expected a decline to 465,000. Initial jobless claims rose to 480,000 for the week ending Dec. 12, from 473,000 the previous week. It’s the second week in a row that new filings increased
Some Facts About Women-Owned Businesses
Across the nation women are starting ventures, faster than any other segment of business owners.
We Wuz Robbed — Career Advice for Burglars
On Tuesday evening, I returned from leading a 2-day workshop in DC to discover that my apartment had been visited by burglars who helped themselves to some holiday gifts and rifled through our belongings. I was shocked and more than a little freaked out. I have always felt 100% safe in my building and my neighborhood.
Is it Just Jigsaw That’s in ZoomInfo’s Sights?
What do you suppose ZoomInfo is up to? The company launched Fresh Contacts a month ago offering participants two months free access to the ZoomInfo database just for uploading their personal contacts. Upload one or one thousand contacts, it’s all the same – two months’ access to the 45 million contacts and 5 million company profiles ZoomInfo claims. Without a doubt, it’s a shot over the bow of competitor Jigsaw , which built its leads business on an early faith in crowdsourcing
Your Internship Program: A Look Back Before Looking Ahead
(this is part of a larger feature on internships in the next Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership ) For the first time in years, there are new things to be said about the quality and quantity of internship programs. Interns should run social media campaigns. Employers should advertise for interns on Twitter. An entire unit of interns should be brought on to achieve A, B, and C. Internship programs are on the rise
Over-hiring Is Company Suicide
We have all heard the recent statistics of rising unemployment rates, along with candidate-to-position ratios being the highest we have seen in decades.
