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Helping employees understand the purpose of a referral.

Posted on February 14, 2008. Filed under: Hiring, Job Search, Recruiter, Recruiting, Training | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

We all know the importance of employee referrals; they are the quickest hires, the lowest cost of hire, and the greatest quality of hire.  We want more employee referrals, but how do we get more.  Constant communication and reminders, awards, cash payments, begging, pleading, free food.  All of these strategies work, but requires a lot [...]

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Effective Recruiting vs Efficient Sourcing

Posted on February 9, 2008. Filed under: Hiring, Interviewing, Job Search, Recruiter, Recruiting |

This afternoon I had a great conversation with one of the sourcing managers about our need to develop a scalable recruiting program.  As we have all heard from our hiring manager, I need to see more resumes.  The response to this request has been to leverage technology to find more resumes, and to find them [...]

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Concerns of your hiring manager

Posted on February 8, 2008. Filed under: Hiring, Interviewing, Job Search, Recruiter, Recruiting | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Today we struggled to decide if a candidate should receive an offer.  The candidate fit our job profile and had our success factors of a good hire.  She came from a great school, with strong technical skills and experience in our industry, and she was a referral of a well respected employee.  Feedback from the [...]

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Hello world!

Posted on February 5, 2008. Filed under: Interviewing, Job Search, Recruiter, Training, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Hello Everyone.  This is just what the world needs, another Blog.  What is different about this blog, what value do I have to add?  My blog can be added to the hundred of other blogs on recruiting.  The focus will be on the personal interaction between recruiter and hiring manager, and recruiter and candidate. Much of [...]

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