Something all recruiters (and managers,CEOs, shareholders etc) fear is hiring the wrong person. When you are very big it does not matter who you hire, if you are big enough you can even screw up with the CEO. (When you do this it seems only the shareholders suffer 😉 .) However when you are smallContinue reading “No False Positives”
Category Archives: Recruitment
Who wants to work for Google?
Many of us have seen the tests bootlegged around the Internet I guess they have taken to heart the old saying “If you can’t beat them join them”. Google labs have published their standard test and asked if you complete it, send it in.
Online recruiting trends
It is Tuesday, and that is Workforce.Com’s newsletter day, this week they have several interesting items on online recruiting (You have to register to view them). They bring up an article on blogging as a recruiting tool (originally published in May 2004), even mention The Moon Girls and Johanna Rothman. They bring up several ofContinue reading “Online recruiting trends”
Changes in applicant tracking systems
Lou Adler talks about the benefits of hiring “non-active” candidates. A good article on overall recruiting “dos and don’ts” but also raises some interesting points about how to use applicant tracking systems (ATS) to track and find these non active candidates. However this process has been made harder in Australia with the privacy and anti-spamContinue reading “Changes in applicant tracking systems”
Yahoo Search blog used for recruiting
Not to be out done by Microsoft and Google the Yahoo Search team have used their blog to advertise several positions currently available within their organisation. I guess the use of coporate blogs as a recruitment tool is growing.
Google is at it again
Slashdot has this great reference to another “unique” Google recruiting tool. The interesting thing is if you look at the test they are definitely looking for a certain type of person.
Recruiting via your blog
For the last 7 months or so two of Microsoft’s recruiters from the Microsoft Core Technical Recruiting team (the “Moon Gals) have been blogging away with a variety of posts. Based on the number of comments (1795) and trackbacks (281) based on only 154 posts, they have a significant readership, me included. Today’s post isContinue reading “Recruiting via your blog”
Recruitment @ Google
The people at Google are always doing things a little differently. This time they are recruiting. They took a billboard on a major highway in Palo Alto and instead of placing a traditional ad, they posted a math’s problem, which once solved directed you to a URL which directed you to a page with anContinue reading “Recruitment @ Google”
Interviewing
The HR Blog from BostonWorks Hiring Hub is a great place to pick up small tidbits of information on the HR world in North America. Such as this entry on pre-interviewing tools that is based on a Dr John Sullivan article (anyone who knows Dr John realises that he knows his stuff when it comesContinue reading “Interviewing”
Yahoo! Australia & NZ Local Search
Just found this, looks and acts very similar to the new Sensis service, however it is easier to use and quicker to find things. Give it a go and see what you think.
Michael Specht 