Always a popular segment of the talent pool, interest in passive candidates seems to be climbing higher than ever. In this episode, Todd and George talk about the upsides and downsides of passive candidates, share a better way of defining this broad category, and share tips about finding, reaching and courting these candidates.
In this episode, George and Todd take on a variety of social media and recruiting topics. From Facebook's new re-targeted advertising model to LinkedIn's new endorsements feature, Pinterest to YouTube, Twitter to Yelp, they cover all the bases.
Todd flies solo this week but gets to interview Angela Harris of HP on her personal views on "Workforce by 2020", trends that every HR and recruiting professional ought to be aware of. Angela has recruited executive level talent for major companies including IBM, Eastman Kodak, Manpower, and BankOne (now Chase).
While it sounds like the pinnacle of recruiting metrics, Quality of Hire (QOH) is in fact a problematic one. Sound in theory, in practice it's very hard to get at. Based on ideas by HR Guru Jason Lauritsen, in this episode George and Todd debate the upsides and downsides of QOH as it is currently defined, and brainstorm some alternate ways for employers to embrace the idea, if not the metric.
After starting with a timely digression on the changing landscape of personal digital security, Todd and George turn this episode into a smorgasbord of futuristic recruiting. They touch on trends like gamification, a number of new web and mobile apps changing the gaming landscape, and end with a discussion of how the principles of agile software development apply to effective recruitment.
Applicant tracking systems come up regularly as we discuss related topics - candidate experience, employer branding, etc. In this episode, we turn our attention to this important topic. Todd and George discuss different categories of applicant tracking systems, important pre-purchase considerations, and how to best leverage them.
What does it take to build an award-winning internship program? Todd and George interview Michelle Wachtel of the Holter Financial Group, part of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. As director of recruiting, Michelle oversees a highly successful college recruitment program with some impressive success metrics. She shares her valuable insights about preparing the company culture and setting up, measuring and maintain...
Hosts Todd and George know a lot about social media, but they aren't attorneys. In this episode, they are joined by attorney John Kalter, widely recognized as an expert in the use of social media in the workplace. Topics include recruiting, corporate policy, the NLRB and a lot more.
Some recruiting techniques work at all levels. Others don't. Join us to explore tips and tricks for recruiting unskilled & semi-skilled labor, as well as tapping into on-the-job training reimbursements and other incentives that may be available through community partners and state and local workforce development entities.
More important than ever as employers struggle to find qualified talent, diversity recruiting remains a topic mired in misunderstandings and political correctness. In this episode, host George Blomgren is joined by diversity expert Lisa Gilmore to discuss the value of diversity recruiting, as well as big picture ways to approach this initiative.