by Kevin Wheeler | Jan 19, 2011 | ERE Articles
Even though we are in an economic down cycle and unemployment in the U.S. is hovering around 10%, recruiters are still struggling to find people with the skills and experience their hiring managers are looking for. Partly this is driven by the commonly held assumption...
by Kevin Wheeler | Jan 3, 2011 | ERE Articles
John Smith began 2010 with the hope that hiring would ramp up slowly over the year and that he would be able to re-establish his crackerjack sourcing team that was eliminated in 2009. He believed that sourcing passive candidatesoff the Internet would provide enough...
by Kevin Wheeler | Jan 3, 2011 | ERE Articles
Recruiting never seems to change very much. As I have often written, even with computers, smart phones, cheap video, big bandwidth, and years of accumulated experience, the way we look for people and select them looks very much the same as it looked 50 years ago. The...
by Kevin Wheeler | Dec 22, 2010 | ERE Articles
Maybe all you need for an attraction and sourcing strategy is a good game. The U.S. Army was one of the first organizations to pioneer video games for attracting potential recruits. A couple of years ago the Army launched its highly successful recruiting game called...
by Kevin Wheeler | Nov 23, 2010 | ERE Articles
Platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and a variety of proprietary platforms are becoming core to successful recruiting, learning, relationship building, and marketing. However, most organizations are operating without an overarching strategy that defines how...
by Kevin Wheeler | Oct 6, 2010 | ERE Articles
Most recruiters complain that they cannot find the top talent or the talent they really need. Despite efforts to build databases and talent pools, they still struggle. In some case, lesser qualified people apply, but not the ones they identify as best. In other cases,...
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