Candidates – Effective Resumes
I have been a professional recruiter for 29 years and recently signed a contract with a publisher to publish my first book on finding a job in this economy. Over the years I have read over 400,000 resumes. Back in the early 90’s I was timed by an assistant as I reviewed a stack of…
Read MoreRecruitment Strategy Development – Resume Retrieval
Over my 29 years of recruitment, one of my clients’ biggest problems in sourcing resumes has been retrieving them from their own files. In the “beginning”, paper resumes were stuffed into file drawers after they were reviewed by a recruiter – generally never to be found again. A year or two later they were all…
Read MoreRecruitment Strategy Development – Mobile Recruiting technology will leap frog Internet postings
As part of my Recruitment Strategy Development series, RecruiterGuy is making a prediction. Mobile recruiting technology is going to leap frog the Internet posting sourcing that everyone has grown to both love and hate. Your Applicant Tracking System will enable candidates to opt in to your mobile recruiting program. They have the opportunity to post…
Read MoreRecruitment Strategy Development – Recruitment Process Improvement – Requisition Approval Process
As the Toyota Production System and Lean process improvement have repeatedly demonstrated, there is waste in many processes. In order to be more efficient and more productive, it is important to identify and remove the waste. The people who generally are best to identify the waste are the people involved in making the process work.…
Read MoreRecruiterGuy is Presenting at the Corridor Career Fair in Cedar Rapids, IA on Sat. April 24th.
RecruiterGuy is Presenting at the Corridor Career Fair in Cedar Rapids, IA on Sat. April 24th. 9:15am – 10:00am “Effective Networking to Your New Position” by Bill Humbert Effective Networking to Your New Position Are you tired of posting to the black holes on the Internet? You know them – tantalizing job titles and job…
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