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Recruiting

Confusion About The War For Talent

by Lance Haun on July 28, 2010

I was at a family reunion this last weekend and we were talking about recruiting issues. They were mentioning that despite unemployment numbers, they still had a hard time finding the right people for the most critical positions that were open. And it isn’t a question of technique, or pay or anything along those lines. [...]

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Of Course Social Recruiting Tools Matter

by Lance Haun on May 21, 2010

Back from the #socialrecruiting summit and I had a great time. While I may be a bit biased, I think the speaker lineup was fantastic. I saw quite a few tweets during the summit taking about how difficult choosing between two concurrent speakers was. If we make that choice easy on you, we’re probably not [...]

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Hiring Commissioned Salespeople? Don’t Use a Standard Selection Process

by Lance Haun on December 30, 2009

I’ve only had brief bouts with commissioned salespeople but I learned two things from my experience that I carry with me to this day whenever I talk to people about this subject: It is one of the toughest jobs to start and be successful in. It is one of the toughest jobs to hire for. [...]

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Are You Hiring Clowns?

by Lance Haun on December 10, 2009

It is a disturbing trend: Companies are asking stupider questions of candidates than ever before. You know why? Because they can. Look, I get it. You heard about some tech company doing it. You read How Would You Move Mt. Fuji? and thought it was brilliant. You want to be innovative. Or hip. Or whatever. [...]

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Back from Vacation

by Lance Haun on August 20, 2006

I had a great time away from work (and my blog) and am now back in full force. Hope some of you stuck around. I received some interesting tips from one of the vendors we work with (CareerBuilder), the Top 10 Recruiting myths. Here are some myths: 1) Good interviews always select the best employee [...]

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Networking must be done for recruiting purposes

by Lance Haun on July 28, 2006

Ragan at recruiting.com gets a really surprising reaction from some of the commenters to a post about networking and the rude responses received. To be honest, I can’t in a million years think of a better way to connect with other professionals in my area than by networking. Networking as a job or candidate searching [...]

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It is getting tougher

by Lance Haun on June 29, 2006

In spite of an obvious selling proposition, hiring revolution is absolutely correct. It is getting harder, not easier, to fill job orders. And this isn’t going to become easier before it becomes more difficult. There are some industries that aren’t in that position. There are some industries that are in South America, Asia, Europe and [...]

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Corporate Recruiting Broken

by Lance Haun on June 9, 2006

There is no good reason for this to be happening. The problem is that I see it all the time in HR, in my fellow profesionals, in education…it is a disease. Corporate Recruiters should be the most competent people to bring on the best employees. They are supposed to understand the culture and the little [...]

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