The Flood of Applicants Makes Hiring Tougher
Carlos Tejada, From The Wall Street Journal Online
With 8.5 million Americans looking for work, it should be relatively easy for employers to find the right person for a job.

5 Essential Recruiting Skills
Kevin Wheeler
The skills that once defined a corporate recruiter are not sufficient. Indeed, those skills are actually detrimental to success today.

Losing the Resume Battle
Jason Crumwiede, PeopleBonus
These days, the proliferation of resumes has reached overwhelming levels — and the finger pointing at the perceived causes of the problem is everywhere.

Adjusting Your Recruitment Process to a Changing Economy
Scott Hagen, Recruiter’s Aid
With the recent shift in the economy many things changed in the job market.

Screening vs. Resumes: What Will Be the Weakest Link?
Charles Handler, President of Rocket-Hire.com
The other day I was thinking about the evolution of the online job searching and hiring process, and the thought occurred to me that the efficiency to be gained from any such system is only as strong as its weakest link.

Online Screening of Job Applicants: A Better Tool
Charles Handler, President of Rocket-Hire.com
Continuing to use the resume as the primary source of information for matching people with jobs is like hammering away at a square peg that has been shoved in a round hole.

Trend Analysis: Why Is Online Assessment Gaining in Popularity?
Charles Handler, President of Rocket-Hire.com
I've been following the assessment market for the past 10 years and I am happy to say that it seems like people are finally starting to realize the value that assessment tools can add to their hiring processes.
 

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