Alex Putman
The Future of Recruiting: Futurecasting with Dave Mendoza
Remember the good ole days of recruiting? If drinking and smoking at your desk with a rotary dial phone popped into your head, you are on the wrong site! What I am trying to say is remember how much recruiting has evolved? 30 years ago it was a phone, phone book and paper resumes mailed to … Read more
Social Recruiting Will Die!
Do you remember the archaic language of the 60′s “groovy” and “dig it”. I remember my first real world job in the late 90′s and everyday hearing the word ”synergy” and thinking to myself “huh”. Those terms today seem dated and tired (much like wearing a tie to work where you talk on the phone at your desk … Read more
Social Media Strategy: LinkedIn
The number one question to ask yourself when developing your corporate social media strategy is: “What is the impact and alignment of the social strategy and business goals/objectives?” You should first start by looking at three key criteria; Strategy: plan that marries your business objectives and your business insights to your users Enablement: active commitment to becoming … Read more
It’s Not Your Resume, It’s You!
You spend hours changing, editing and preparing your resume that will surely land you that dream job! It is sent out through every job board, imported into your LinkedIn profile and scattered to the 4 corners of your geographic preference! Then, after all that – NOTHING! You are confused, baffled, angry and blame everyone else … Read more
Quit Cold Calling Me!
It never fails, a new job post hits my career page and within 2 hours I receive the following phone messages and emails; “This is John Smith with XYZ Staffing, I was hoping to connect and see if my firm could assist with any of your openings. We specialize in EXACTLY WHAT I JUST POSTED” “This … Read more
15 Ways to Improve the Candidate Experience
Recently, our Talent Acquisition team (Anastasia Bartolucci & Alex Putman) were honored to with an award for candidate experience, Candidate Experience (CandE) Award with Distinction at the 15th Annual Human Resources Technology Conference & Exposition in Chicago. When you hear about awards like this you think of large companies with deep pockets and tons of … Read more
Don’t Make a “Bigg” Hiring Mistake
Labor Day weekend, a time for family, cooking out and enjoying some warm, apple pie. One news article captured my attention like no other. Nickelodeon (a children’s television network) was caught with their pants down. Have you ever heard the phrase “past actions predict future behaviors”? When hiring talent, most companies perform a behavioral interview to gauge … Read more
Are You Innovative Enough?
Ask yourself a question….”what is the most innovative thing I have accomplished professionally this year?” My journey started with a New Year’s resolution. That resolution included being happy at work, using my creativity to build something cool and never being required to wear a tie ever again. Thus began a new job search in January 2011. As … Read more
HR Under the Influence
I had the pleasure of attending the SHRM 2012 conference on Sunday night and all day Monday! Many of the key Human Resource influencers were out and about with the clicking keyboards of bloggers and tweeters under the city night lights and rings, vibrates and glows of smartphones! It was a great time of learning and having fun; what a … Read more
Talent Community: What is the Purpose?
Before we get into the purpose, let’s answer another question asked by many, “what is a talent community?” Short answer; a social recruiting environment consisting of people who can share ideas for career networking. A talent community is … a 2 way communication between the community members. a place where members share ideas on networking, offer career advice and … Read more
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