According to Lou Addler, we are all lazy recruiters. In his article titled “Five tips for employee sourcing” he says that unequivocally so in his opening statement. http://hiring.monster.com/hr/hr-best-practices/recruiting-hiring-advice/employee-sourcing-strategies/employee-sourcing-tips.aspx . My reading personal perspective is that he doesn’t offer any validation to his statement that we are lazy.
I have noticed an interesting trend lately that somehow got unnoticed by myself previously. That is, companies sending out exaggerated and hyped up press releases boasting of their recent executive level acquisition to their organization, without any mentioning whatsoever of the search firm that was largely responsible for the event to occur.
Read more: PRESS RELEASE ATTRIBUTION CLAUSE – How to benefit from your client’s publicizing hires!
One of the things that’s helped me procure a continuous fresh stream of new accounts is my ability to tweak, adjust and prune (or enhance) recruiting services based on the needs of a particular company.
Ignore them at Your OWN RISK!!! Part 2 Of 3 *
Last week I wrote about how the recruiting industry is growing and evolving, yet I see many recruiters with their head buried in the sand!
So where is the recruiting industry going? What are the trends that are showing that they will alter the way we do business? These are the questions I recently asked at my closed door retreat and mastermind meeting with 16 of my Platinum Coaching Members at our retreat in Florida.
Read more: Emerging Trends YOU Need to Know NOW in the Recruiting Industry-- Trends with Clients
A couple years ago I was involved in an interesting discussion regarding legal and illegal questions.. One of the H.R managers was stating that there was no such thing as an illegal question, that Yes, one could ask a candidate how old they were in an interview; or how many months pregnant they were, or what religion that they belonged to.
