Recruiting & Candidate Development

Candidate Development is especially critical in recruitment. Even if it's an entry level position, candidates still need to be developed, coached and prepared. Some candidates need hand holding. Some need to be groomed. They can have top notch skills but interview horribly. Or they can have a hard time quantifying and qualifying their experience. At this point some extra hand holding comes in handy. This section holds article addressing all these nuances. Also find updated information on the recruiting trends, insights, tools or resources.
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Improving Your Recruiting Call Metrics

Bill Radin

Any time I make a cold recruiting call, I know that one of four things will happen.

Either I’ll reach the candidate and have a conversation, or I’ll leave a voice message. Or, I’ll hang up before leaving a message, or end up talking to an intermediary or gatekeeper.

In a perfect world, every call would result in a productive conversation with a candidate who’s courteous, fully engaged, qualified to fit the position and wants to take the next step.

Definition of Recruiting

Frank G. Risalvato

frabj resakvati Merriam Webster’s definition of recruiting is:

to secure the services of :engage, hire

Judging from this definition, recruiting would appear to be a simple proposition anyone with business sense could pull off.

Why the December Holidays are great for Recruiting

Bob Marshall

Years ago a recruiting colleague of mine and I had a difference of opinion. We placed in exactly the same specialty niche, but we disagreed about which time of the year was the most productive for our business. He thought that the end of the year was the best for making placements and I always thought that the summer was the best.

Anatomy of a Classic Corporate Hiring Procedure – And why its guaranteed to fail.

Frank Risalvato

Part I of III part Special

Last October I received a call from the regional human resource director of a multi-billion dollar corporation. For the purposes of this story we’ll refer to his company as Zeta Corporation.

This was his story:

Executive Recruiters: How to Tell the Difference between the Good Apples and the Rotten Apples

Dave Dart

DaveDart Maybe you’ve had an experience with an executive recruiter, maybe not. Just like any other industry, there are good apples and bad apples...and some may say “rotten” apples. If you’ve had a bad experience or no experience, here are some common myths you may have heard.