I spoke with Cathy Henesey, Manager of Career Services for Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. Cathy’s presentation was titled, Championing Social Media When Everyone is Lagging Behind: a Healthcare Sourcing Manager’s Organizational Journey through Sourcing Reform, and I asked Cathy about some of the unique challenges of recruiting in the healthcare industry. Here’s the video:
SourceCon Interview: Aida LaChaux
I had the pleasure of interviewing Aida LaChaux, Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition at Yahoo!, this afternoon after her presentation at SourceCon Atlanta. Aida’s talk, Sourcing Through Adversity: How Yahoo!’s Sourcers Shine During the Company’s Tough Times, was very interesting, and there were a lot of great questions. We live-tweeted the presentation, and the interview is [...]
The Death of Resumes… Hopefully
It can’t come soon enough: the glorious day when everyone stops making hiring decisions with a one-page resume and a one-hour interview. The traditional corporate hiring process has been antiquated for years, and we’ve run out of excuses. Our tools have never been better, and information about candidates has never been more available. Yet our processes have [...]
Recruiting Millennials on Facebook [Infographic]
We just came across this interesting study conducted by Millennial Branding of 4 million Facebook users aged 18 – 29 (infographic included below). Using data from Identified.com, the firm found that two-thirds of Gen-Y users do not list their employers on Facebook. This has interesting ramifications for social recruiting and provides one more clue that social [...]
TotalPicture Radio Interview with Daniel
My recent interview with Peter Clayton at TotalPicture Radio about sourcing, the recruiting industry, and Scavado’s role in HR software innovation was just published on the TotalPicture website. You can listen here and read the full transcript below. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Peter heard about us through SourceCon Atlanta, which we’re [...]
What Happened to all the Headhunters?
I’ve had the pleasure and pain of working in some sort of recruiting environment since I was 19 years old. I skipped college to be tortured by open requirements. I started as a receptionist at a staffing agency; within a few months I was the interviewer, then I made it up the chain to Staffing [...]
A Google+ Experiment: Who’s in?
I’d like to try an experiment: next week, let’s host a Google+ Hangout (a webcam chatroom with up to 10 attendees) to discuss talent management in 2012. No product pitches or sales garbage: just a few friends in the HR/recruiting space discussing trends. Anyone interested? Let me know via Twitter or comment here.
Wrap-Up: Talent Net Live – Chicago 2011
“Recruitment has changed more in the last 6 months than it has in the last 29 1/2 years.” – Bruce Morton, Keynote Amen, Bruce. This is an exciting (and challenging) time to be part of the HR world. Many of those challenges were discussed at the Talent Net Live conference in Chicago on Monday, and [...]
Name Our Blog (and win some holiday shopping!)
Here’s the deal: we need a new name for our blog (let’s face it: “Scavado Blog” is pretty boring). So we’re crowdsourcing it. Tweet us, post on our Facebook page, or leave a comment here to suggest a name. Our favorite submission through December 5 will get a shout-out from us and a $50 Amazon.com [...]
In Competitive Hiring Markets, Culture is King
Many companies, especially nimble tech startups, are going to ridiculous lengths to attract the best talent. I just came across this article on CNet, which features a Silicon Valley startup called Scopely that’s making a bold statement about its culture. The company is offering new hires (or friends who refer them) $11,000 cash wrapped in [...]