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1) Recording of Oct 29, 2009 - Quality of Hire ROI webinar.
2) Take this employee satisfaction survey now, then send the link to at least three people. By tracking changes in job satisfaction, we'll be able to predict a surge in voluntary turnover. (See discussions for graphs)
3) Recorded Webinar: Using LinkedIn to Source Passive Candidates

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Sourcing and Recruiting

The purpose of this site will be to discuss evarything related to recruiting, sourcing, and hiring. Join the fray - it will make you a better recruiter. As far as I'm concerned the key to great recruiting is getting better and trying new things.

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Lou Adler

Using the 10-factor talent scorecard to measure quality of hire

In a recent ERE article I suggested that cost per hire is a dumb metric and that the focus should be on measuring quality of hire, instead. The reasons for this are obvious, but mostly that cost/hi...

Tagged: talent scorecard, quality of candidate, hiring ROI, quality of hire

Started by Lou Adler in Strategy Oct 30.

Lou Adler

Mazimizing Quality of Hire ROI October 29 webinar HANDOUT

Here's the link to sign-up of for the Oct 29th webinar on measuring and maximizing quality of hire. The handout can be downloaded below.

Tagged: quality of candidate, hiring ROI, quality of hire

Started by Lou Adler in Strategy Oct 27.

Irina Shamaeva

Boolean and Semantic Search for Recruiters, Thu, Oct 29, noon ET

Boolean and Semantic Search for Recruiters Outline: Boolean Search Syntax for Recruiting * Google * Search Engines * Metasearch Engines * Social Networks * People Search Engines Elements of Advanc...

Tagged: Semantic, Search, Recruiters, Boolean

Started by Irina Shamaeva in Sourcing Oct 26.

Lou Adler

Recruiter Talent Scorecard - What's Your Score?

If you're a recruiting manager you should assess your recruiters using the attached 10-factor scorecard. Here's a link to an automated version. Are there any factors missing? You might want to use ...

Tagged: recruiter scorecard, recruiter skills, recruiter evaluation, recruiter

Started by Lou Adler in Sourcing Oct 26.

Lou Adler

How would you rank Sourcepoint, TalentFilter, InfoGist, TalentHook, Diver, Shalley? 7 Replies

On 1-5 scale - how would you rank these products? (1-bad, 2-adequate, 3-good, 4-very good, 5-the best there is!) A major client is going to get just one. Which one would you recommend? TalentFilte...

Tagged: Googling for resumes, finding resumes, sourcing resumes

Started by Lou Adler in Sourcing. Last reply by Tracy Webster Oct 27.

Lou Adler

Job Satisfaction Showing Continuing Decline 4 Replies

As shown in the graph below, job satisfaction is declining among all group with those describing themselves as "extremely satisfied" showing a huge drop from August through mid-October. Make sure y...

Tagged: employment churn, job satisfaction

Started by Lou Adler in Strategy. Last reply by Lou Adler Oct 21.

Blog Posts

Lou Adler

Energy Central Webinar info

Here's the link to the download from the Oct 9 2009 webinar. There are two action items suggested from this webinar:
1. Target early-birds
2. Take this employee satisfaction survey -

Posted by Lou Adler on October 21, 2009 at 1:48pm

Ken Diamond

Great Interview Questions to ask – for the job seeker

October 19,2009

Great Interview Questions to ask – for the job seeker


I have been in recruiting now since 1998 and have learned through the years how important it can be to ask the right questions of the hiring team so I can pinpoint my search activity and deliver the candidate who will be a great fit.

Many times the hiring authority will quickly spout out what they are looking for and seems to expect me to fill in the blanks for the details that they didn’t provide. Earlier in my recruiting… Continue

Posted by Ken Diamond on October 20, 2009 at 8:39am — 1 Comment

Mariah Kelly

Free eBook: Social Network Marketing, 12 Steps for Success

I got this one from a friend last night and read it cover to cover. This should help us all get to the next level in regards to marketing on social networks and social media.



You can download it here:
http://tinyurl.com/ybbbdo9




Posted by Mariah Kelly on October 12, 2009 at 6:51am

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