SHRM Staffing Management Conference – New Orleans
As is usually the case, last week SHRM did a great job organizing and running the Staffing Management Conference in New Orleans. This was one of the smoothest running conferences that I ever attended. Nicely done! There were a variety of speakers speaking on many of the recruitment processes. Attendees came from as far away…
Read MoreNew Orleans – SHRM Staffing Management Conference – Touring the City
This is one of those few departures from recruitment topics on this Blog. I am attending the SHRM Staffing Management Conference in New Orleans and this topic is on some of the personal things that I learned. First of all, many of the politicians and the media are not accurately describing the resilience of the…
Read MoreCorporate Recruiters – Getting the Most out of a Career Fair
These notes are probably not for the very experienced corporate recruiter who has dozens of Career Fairs behind them. You have already figured most of this out! This column is for the less experienced corporate recruiter who wants to learn a few tricks that the old, Wiley recruiters use. I have worked over 100 Career…
Read MoreCandidates – How to Get the Most Out of a Career Fair
As a professional recruiter, I have worked many Career Fairs. In the 1990’s it was one of the ways many companies recruited candidates. The Internet Job Boards were not as entrenched as they are today and companies felt there was value by being there. I used to coach my clients that if they managed to…
Read MoreRecruitment Ethics – Corporate
When do companies run into ethics problems in recruitment? That is a good question. It is one that is generally dependent on the recruitment pressures that hiring managers and internal recruiters are feeling. For instance, if the internal corporate recruiters are dealing with open requisition loads that are higher than normal and they are feeling…
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