Post and Pray Recruitment – 3rd Party Recruiter Edition

Bill Humbert prays for his job listing to be seen

Since 1981 as a 3rd party Recruiter (contingent and contract) and Recruiting Manager for a start up CLEC, I have seen our industry quickly evolve in our sourcing methods.  These are probably the greatest number of changes the recruitment industry has seen since its founding. Within the 3rd party recruitment industry, there have always been…

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Hiring Managers Say The Craziest Things – Work Week!!

Hiring Managers

Since 1981, I have worked with over 3000 hiring managers across the United States. Most of whom have never been trained how to effectively interview. If they haven’t been taught how to interview, they certainly have not been taught how to select the best fit. Therefore, they bring their own unique interview techniques and questions…

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Every Company Has A Recruiting Strategy (some just don’t know it!)

Recruiting Strategy

“Plan your work. Work your plan.” I’ve seen those words attributed to the great Green Bay Packer Football Coach, Vince Lombardi. Trainers have applied those words to all sorts of training exercises, generally in business. Why are they universally understood? The quote applies to all areas of our lives. It especially applies to successful recruitment…

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Let’s Call “Diversity” a Different Word – “Blending”

Diversity

A whole industry has been built around diversity. Is that good or bad? Obviously when the Diversity industry was formed inside and outside of recruitment, it was critically needed. Laws were written to make it illegal to discriminate against the protected classes of race, color, gender, religious beliefs, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or…

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Grocery Markets and Your Corporate Website

Grocery Store

You may have noticed that I have an active imagination…Enjoy the ride! Remember when you finished your last box of cereal and decided to stop quickly on the way home to replace it? Dinner will be ready soon and this was going to be a very quick stop. What would happen if your fictional experience…

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