Editor's Note

Recruiting high-tech employees is a challenge. With so many companies competing for similar talent, employers are constantly looking for more effective and efficient ways to hire using social networks for sourcing candidates, and online tools for interviewing them.

5 Reasons Why Recruiting Is Still A Nightmare: It’s time to take a data-driven approach

“In the year 2015, the landscape of talent acquisition is a war zone littered with wasted money, broken dreams, and endless frustration. It’s not pretty, and the casualties are mounting by the minute.” says Dr. Charles Handler, a thought leader in talent assessment and human capital.

Talent Acquisition Excellence Advertisers: August 2015

Better Hiring: Harnessing assessment technologies

Human resources leaders face a growing and challenging dichotomy. On the one hand, many positions remain unfilled for extended periods of time because companies can’t easily identify candidates with the right combination of education and skills to meet the requirements.

Recruitment -Evolving From IQ To EQ: Select your candidates for an emotionally intelligent workplace

While most people know what IQ (intelligence quotient) means, many are not as familiar with the significance of emotional intelligence, often referred to as EQ. EQ refers to a person’s ability to connect emotionally and to empathize with others. In the workforce, EQ can be an important quality for selecting and encouraging great employees, yet it’s often overlooked in candidate selection.

Hiring Difficult-To-Fill Hourly Positions: Is there an answer for it?

The average person takes for granted that some hourly jobs are difficult-to-fill. Most of us just assume given the higher unemployment rates for lower level skill set positions, there is an abundance of candidates and these candidates are all just standing around waiting to get hired. Well, for many hourly jobs that is simply not the case. Just speak with some of the employers and the recruiters responsible for making these hires.

Attracting Millennial Talent: How to attract, hire, and retain them

This year, Jay Leno said good night one last time as The Tonight Show’s host. We all know one of the actual reasons why Jimmy Fallon is taking over – it’s to attract a younger crowd to one of late night’s most famous shows.

Recruitment Management: What is your Recruitment Data Strategy?

Data is the lifeblood of any recruitment business. So, why is it that the number one complaint I get from recruiters is they can never find the right candidates on the Customer Relationship Management(CRM)? Or, recruitment management has no idea what activities their recruiters do to make them money!?

Playing Nice In The Compliance Sandbox: The value of internal partnerships

Buy-in from all parties is more critical now than ever before, and you shouldn’t wait until your plans are done to create these partnerships. Thebest practice is to engage people within your organization prior to or at the time you begin to pull data for your plans and keep them engaged through the AAP cycle and throughout the year. This way, they do not feel like they are being told what to do, rather they play an integral role and can take ownership.

Job Review Sites: How do they affect job seekers and employers?

Technology has changed a lot over the years, and with it, so has recruiting. It used to be that recruiting simply involved “reaching out” to candidates, mainly by phone. In the ‘90s, when websites became the norm, companies looking to recruit had to do much more than just reach out - they had to be out there, searchable to anyone tech-savvy enough to use a web browser. Now, a solid and effective recruiting strategy requires interaction, both on social media and in the blogosphere.