Tips for developing a productive relationship with your recruiter This is a highly competitive market. The Wall Street Journal last week published an article stating that although overall unemployment is 9% technology unemployment is only 4%. This means there are more open positions than there are people to fill them. As a hiring manager you…
I have the privilege of working with some of Colorado’s most admired companies. I also get insight into what works – and what doesn’t work during the candidate selection process. Coming out of the downturn, we’re in a highly competitive market – many companies are beginning to hire – and hire in volume again. If…
For better results in 2011 Happy 2011! The landscape this year is certainly different than a year ago. Companies are making plans to hire – after taking a couple of years off for obvious reasons. The Colorado unemployment rate is going down and the attitude is hopeful. As you set out to begin hiring again…
4 hours today saves 40 hours tomorrow I’ve spoken with a number of hiring managers lately who voiced their surprise at how time consuming and frustrating the hiring process is in their organization. This latest downturn has, once again, reduced the capacity in human resources departments to support the recruitment efforts of their business partners. …
I was talking with an executive last week who said, “We’re taking advantage of the ample supply of unemployed people right now so we really don’t need to do any searching for candidates.” I have no doubt that the volume of candidates is heavy, but I question the quality of their response if they are…