
How to Write a Great Message to Passive Candidates
Virtual recruitment on job boards or professional communities often involves the opportunity to contact qualified passive candidates with information about career opportunities. People ...
Make a Great First Impression Throughout the Recruitment Process
First impressions can be formed in seconds. Impressions created in such a small amount of time can persist and influence major decisions. This seems to be simply the way the human brain ...

How Do Job Seekers Find Work?
Many in the human resource community recognize the need to optimize recruitment websites for mobile devices. Virtual recruitment continues to evolve, shifting from job boards to social ...

Problem Policies for the HR Community
BLR recently released its “2013 Policies Survey,” which surveyed 1,532 organizations about their human resources policies. Among the information was a list of policies ...

How to Be a Recruiter Job Seekers Will Love
U.S. News & World Report recently published an article on recruiter traits that frustrate job seekers. The practices outlined by the source may not be common to the talent acquisition ...

Managing LGBT Talent
The recent ruling on DOMA has changed employee benefits administration for many companies. More may be considering future changes. During this conversation about best practices for ...

Helping Employees Get and Stay Healthy
In June, the American Medical Association took a position on what seems like the most innocuous of human activities: sitting.
According to Dr. Patrice Harris, a member of the AMA ...

Are Underemployed College Grads and Struggling Recruiters a Perfect Match?
According to a 2012 AP survey, 50 percent of young college graduates are either unemployed or holding jobs that do not require a college degree. Many graduates find themselves working ...

Recruit and Retain Top Talent With These Key Questions
It is often a concern in the human resource community that employees be satisfied with their work. Those who are happy in their jobs are more productive and more likely to stay, not ...

5 Tips for New Recruiters
New talent acquisition managers may feel overwhelmed by their careers, and even though they may have a lot of information available to them as they navigate their new roles, they may ...