Recruiters and sourcers may find their job just a little easier this month, as more workers who have been sitting on the sidelines for months or even … Read more
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Source IT Candidates For $100 Each
A few years ago a tech friend of mine changed his phone number. An inconvenient and, in this day of permanent numbers, a somewhat unusual occurrence. The … Read more
Weekend Reads for the Technically Minded Sourcer or Recruiter
It’s Friday afternoon and the week is coming to a close. High maintenance hiring managers and tough requisitions may have pulled some of you away … Read more
LinkedIn Announces 3 New Updates to LinkedIn Recruiter and Professional Services Products
Earlier today, LinkedIn announced several updates to their Recruiter and Professional Services products. Here’s a brief rundown of the updates for … Read more
How to Improve Your Candidate Response Rates in 2 Simple Steps by @sioffy
This post originally appeared on the Social Talent Blog. At Social Talent, we’re big believers in learning from the successful practices of other … Read more
What’s the State of Talent Acquisition in 2015?
Dear Reader, I have recently joined ERE Media as Chief Analyst. One of my goals is to improve the quality of information that is disseminated within the … Read more
2 Examples of Recruiting Karma
Today’s Roundup (you do remember Roundup, don’t you?) is about recruiting karma. Not yet another reprise of those stories about great people who were … Read more
Python, Java, C++ Top Three Popular Programming Languages for 2015 per #CodeEval by @SteveRath
CodeEval (www.hirevue.com) released their list of Most Popular Programming Languages of 2015. Each year they publish data on the “Most Popular Coding … Read more
Get Ready to Rock the Boat with Me by @TheRobMcIntosh
Dear Colleagues, Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rob McIntosh, and I am the new Chief Analyst with ERE Media (which includes ERE, SourceCon, TLNT, … Read more
A Mid-Week Roundup of News for Sourcers and Recruiters
We’re almost two weeks into 2015. In case you’ve been too busy to check your RSS feed, here are a few updates from around the web that we think … Read more
US Economy Adds 321000 New Jobs In November
The U.S. economy delivered a powerful holiday surprise, adding 321,000 new jobs last month, the most in almost three years. To add to the robust report, … Read more
Sourcing and Recruiting News That Happened While US-Based Recruiters Ate Turkey via @SocialTalent
Last week, while many of our US readers were stuffing their faces with turkey and pumpkin pie, our Irish friends were staying up to date on the latest … Read more
Weekly Sourcing News From @SocialTalent
This week in the weekly sourcing news, Johnny Campbell discusses why recruiters and sourcers should care about the following developments: Read more
Facebook Tests New Business Service
Facebook is testing a new professional service specifically intended to be used in the workplace. The company has so far been mum about “Facebook at Work.” … Read more
American Sourcers Are Too Reliant on InMails
Despite inventing the job of sourcer, professionals in the U.S. are less technically skilled at it than their counterparts in the rest of the world. They … Read more
How Will the New LinkedIn TOS Affect Recruiters and Sourcers? #InTalent
For most recruiters, LinkedIn’s updated user agreement that goes into effect Thursday doesn’t change much. Recruiter customers will still be … Read more
The Gender Pay Gap in Recruiting and Sourcing
This week, the pay differences between females and males is getting a lot of press, thanks to the new CEO of Microsoft. At the Grace Hopper Conference in … Read more
eGrabber Wins (Another) Patent
I have been a fan of eGrabber for some time. It began back when I started the blog, The Recruiters Lounge, and has continued since (In full disclosure: … Read more
Recruiter Demand Rises While HR Demand Drops
Demand for recruiters is rising as employers emboldened by improving economic signals in the U.S. and globally add new jobs, only to find it ever more … Read more
A Few Things Overheard at the ERE Fall Conference in Chicago
A few things heard and overheard in the hallways, walkways, and byways of the fall ERE conference in Chicago, or floating around the Internet and social … Read more