Recruiting and Candidate Dev

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.

Job Boards vs. LinkedIn?

Written by Kimberly Roden

alt The trend du jour for companies seeking talent appears to move to everything social media. The social media evangelists are preaching to job seekers and hiring managers that if you’re not using all things social media, job seekers will lose out on their dream jobs and companies will not find top-rate talent. Recent articles have spread across the blogosphere stating that companies and job seekers should lean towards LinkedIn and ditch the job boards. I’m not sold.

Should Unemployed Be A Pre Employment Screening Criteria?

Written by Jerry Thurber

Over 9% of the population in the United States is unemployed today. I did a quick Google search to see what that meant in terms of real live bodies. I got a range of answers but basically that means somewhere close to 11 to 13 million human beings who want to work are looking for jobs and can’t find them. Lots of these people have been unemployed for six months or more.