Recruiting is a tricky business.

It’s easy to recruit in volume, but what you really want is quality, not quantity.

When looking for the best and brightest, one trait that is commonly sought after is leadership ability. But what is a leader without any followers?

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/do-you-recruit-strong-followers

With many qualified people out of work and looking for jobs, you might think it’s one of the easiest times to be a recruiter. Yet finding potential employees with the right talent, skills, and drive is never easy, regardless of the size of the pool of applicants or the type of businesses with which you work. Knowing what to look for and how to match the right person to the right job is something that can take a long time to learn and a lifetime to perfect, something most recruiters know all too well.

More information: http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/the-50-best-blogs-for-recruiters/

With the New Year just around the corner, there’s likely to be plenty of advice aimed at job seekers who are looking to secure a new start, as well as tips for employees aiming to take their next career step. So I’d like to focus on employers instead. My New Year tip is to use this time to plan ahead for any recruitment needs in 2016, and beyond.

More information: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/consultants-help-employers-achieve-resolutions/

Sometimes you just need a scapegoat. For the staffing industry, the applicant tracking system (ATS) seems to be taking on that role as recruiting challenges grow and results disappoint. Why aren’t we beating our competition to the talent?

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/garbage-in-garbage-out-why-changing-your-ats-wont-solve-your-recruiting-problems/

Each month, I look at the most liked recruiting content over a seven-day span on Facebook, the most retweeted recruiting tweets on Twitter, and the most viewed recruiting videos on YouTube. Here’s how three top brands are effectively engaging job-seekers on social platforms — and how you can emulate their success.

More information: http://www.eremedia.com/ere/the-most-buzzed-about-social-recruiting-posts-of-the-week-8/

Tracking upcoming recruiting trends is a professional obligation, but it can also help you identify and adopt powerful new trends before other firms are barely aware of them.

More information: http://www.eremedia.com/ere/recruiting-trends-for-2016-and-their-supporting-best-practices-part-2-of-2/

Recruitment firm HirePro has launched anonline platform for campus recruitment process outsourcing (CRPO), which will bring together colleges, students and corporates to manage the entire selection process.

More information: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-09-01/news/66108277_1_online-platform-recruitment-supply-chain-management

Vip Sandhir, founder and CEO of employee engagement platformHighGround, believes that company culture should come from the top.

“When a company is established, or new leadership has come onboard, [culture] starts there,” Sandhir says.

More information: https://www.recruiter.com/i/when-it-comes-to-hiring-efforts-hr-may-be-its-own-worst-enemy/

 

Large or small, companies are beginning to see the benefits of HR technology. A survey found that when it comes to companies of more than 1000 employees, 53 percent planned to invest in software for their HR and recruiting teams this year. Among companies with fewer than 100 employees, the number jumps to 60 percent. So what is it that has companies of all shapes and sizes making the investment in recruiting software?

More information: http://recruiterbox.com/blog/why-small-businesses-are-investing-in-recruiting-software/

The first childhood memory I have is of my parents acting like children; this, when you are very young, is a rare and exotic novelty indeed. For all the times they’d scolded me for such seemingly trivial acts as jumping on the couch, screaming in the house (inside voice only) or running indoors, it was precisely because this one time where they themselves were so delighted that they could not contain their inner, impish impulses.

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/the-recruiters-guide-to-digital-marketing/