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Why is it that candidates ALWAYS seem to get a review, raise, additional responsibilities right before your client is about to make them an offer? Alright, it doesn’t ALWAYS happen. As recruiters we tend to exaggerate just a bit, but it happened again this week to not one, but to two recruiters I know and have great [...] In his excellent recent article The Future of Recruiting: The More Things Change…, Glenn Cathey, aka BooleanBlackBlt wrote: “The Information Era of recruiting enables recruiters with solid e-sourcing skills to no longer be limited solely to candidates with whom they have a pre-existing relationship. These recruiters can find and attract the best candidates, regardless [...] Yesterday Bill Vick posted an article titled “Traditional RESUMES Are Worthless” on EmploymentDigest.net. My first reaction to the title of the post was, well, I have heard this before, and despite trying to use resumes that were not “traditional” with my candidates and clients, the resistance to that change has and continues to be most surprising to [...] In reply to my post from last Friday, Jen Lambert as issued a reply (complete message here). In it she writes unequivocally: “Let me be as clear as I possibly can: I have nothing but admiration and respect for Barbara Bruno. I consider her to be a luminary in our industry and I am grateful for her leadership [...] Have you been reading the recent NAPS and According to Danny promo emails about Jen Lambert’s upcoming Recruiter Revival webinar? Both have been using their eMarketing force to invite those in our profession to join Jen for her upcoming webinar, which frankly looks very interesting, but in the process seem to be openly endorsing Ms Lambert’s contemptuous [...] In a Conference Board Report released today: http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressPrinterFriendly.cfm?press_ID=3820, (also see: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34691428/ns/business-careers/) researchers have found that employee satisfaction is at the lowest point since they began measuring this in 1987. Employee satisfaction in 1987 was 61%. In the most recent survey it was only 45%. Surprisingly, the authors do NOT believe that this lowest ever employee satisfaction measure is just a [...] |
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Jeff Skrentny CERS, Jefferson Group Consulting, AskJeff@JeffersonInc.com, 773.463.1362 |
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