Archive for December, 2009

LinkedIn Sourcing Tip: Industry Search Issue

Tweet Do you ever use social networks to such as LinkedIn to search for people with experience in a specific industry? If you do, I can almost guarantee you that you are not finding everyone you’re looking for. How? There are intrinsic issues associated with any user generated content, especially when it comes to how users of social media [...]

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Lean Recruiting & Just-In-Time Talent Acquisition Part 4

Tweet If you haven’t already done so, be sure to read parts 1, 2, and 3 before reading this post. In Ben Franklin’s the Way to Wealth, he talks about the issues associated with carrying unnecessary inventory, “You call them goods; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of [...]

Candidate Pipelining, Human Capital Data, Lean/JIT Recruiting, Recruiting Technology, Resume Aggregators, Talent Warehouse

Lean Recruiting & Just-In-Time Talent Acquisition Part 3

Tweet In Part 1 and Part 2 in this series, I explored many of the intrinsic limitations and hidden costs of traditional candidate pipelining – sourcing, screening, and “keeping warm” candidates for which you do not have a current need. To recap, traditional candidate pipelining: Is a “push” based strategy that is not based on [...]

Candidate Pipelining, Lean/JIT Recruiting, Myths and Misconceptions