Successful candidate engagement rests on the following four factors: Find Great Candidates Communicate Effectively & Efficiently Use Proactive Intelligence Deliver a Great End-to-End Experience   1. Find Great Candidates You need to ensure quality candidates can find you and that…

It can be tempting to think of the candidates in your database as resources who are there to be utilized, but the truth is that they’re essential partners in your business. Less than stellar candidate engagement can often be an…

Had enough of the scaremongering? But there’s good news in the works, although it will only apply to those who choose to commit seriously to candidate engagement.  More Lessons from Customer Experience Just as the repercussions of a negative customer…

So we know that candidate engagement is a vital cog in the modern day recruiting machine, but what if that cog remains unoiled? What are the effects of a minimal or non-existent candidate engagement strategy? Lessons from the Business of…

Proactivity in business is about not accepting the status quo, or “business as usual.” In the world of recruiting—where most companies and staffing firms face an acute talent shortage—proactivity is perhaps best embodied by the practice of candidate engagement.  …

Finding enough qualified talent is almost definitely the number one problem that modern-day recruiters and employers confront. Let’s face it – the perfect candidate for an open position is a tricky fish to catch. The most successful recruiting firms will…

In the hyper-competitive world of recruiting and staffing no aspect is quite so cut-throat as ‘time to submit’. This measure refers to the time it takes for a recruiting firm to submit candidates to a hiring company to fill a…

How can you tell if someone is engaged? In person it can be difficult. You need to be able to pick up on subtle hints and movements. Perhaps their eyes are wandering or they’re looking at their phone. Perhaps they’re…

Over the course of the 21st century the role of commercial websites has transformed enormously. From their beginnings as cute little curiosities and points of difference, websites are now perhaps an organization’s most important marketing channel. And no industry knows…

First impressions count. A firm handshake, a friendly smile, a well-pressed shirt, the freshest of underwear; all of these admittedly shallow and somewhat inconsequential things contribute positively to how you are received by others. Despite conventional wisdom suggesting it’s inadvisable,…