by Alex Putman | Nov 28, 2014 | Employee Relations, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition
Several days ago a random tweet captured my attention. In response to a presentation regarding “the pitfalls of hiring millennials” a 50-year-old proudly tweeted “that’s why I will never hire a millennial”. Really? One cannot ignore the...
by Alex Putman | Jul 7, 2014 | Talent Acquisition
The top 3 hiring sources for most organizations are; Employee Referrals (24.5%), Career Pages (23.4%) and Job Boards (18.1%) *source CareerXRoads According to my iPhone calculator that accounts for 66% of hires. Guess what? You don’t need a “talent...
by Alex Putman | May 11, 2014 | Blogs, Candidate Experience, Employer Branding, Facebook, G+, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Social Networking, Social Strategy, Talent Branding, YouTube
One of these days I am going to take a camera crew and just walk into a company and ask “tell me your story”. Every company, like every person has a story to tell. In the business of employer branding we want to tell a compelling story that reaches a...
by Alex Putman | Dec 15, 2013 | Big Data, Candidate Experience, Creativity, Employer Branding, Human Resources, Mobile, Social Media, Talent Acquisition, Talent Branding, Talent Community
Employer branding is one of the hottest recruiting trends of 2014. The term seems to be on the tongue of many C-level HR leaders but my question is “will companies truly build employer brand equity or will this be just a hot phrase for 2014”? Below are...
by Alex Putman | Apr 30, 2013 | Big Data, Creativity, Futurecasting, Human Resources, Leadership, Social Media, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management
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...
by Alex Putman | Apr 9, 2013 | Blogs, Creativity, Facebook, G+, Human Resources, LinkedIn, SHRM-Atlanta, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Twitter, YouTube
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...
