It’s a Courtship!

The Art of Recruiting a Passive Candidate The fall hiring season has begun.  The market is very active and depending on the skills you are looking for you may find that the candidates you need are working and generally happy in their current position.  Finding and attracting professionals who are already fully employed is a…

Work as a Team!

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…

5 Changes to make in your Talent Acquisition Strategy

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…

Recruiting outside the box – Introducing a multi-channel strategy for better results

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…