Harger Howe Recruitment Marketing Blog

So often recruiters look at candidates as a collection of skills such as the ability to be a Microsoft Office ace or a Creative Suite pro. It’s hard not to in the age of the applicant tracking system, which focuses so much on keywords! However, while these skills are important, they aren’t the full…

So your recruitment advertising agency, boss or Chief Marketing Officer has suggested that you start a blog to increase the organic traffic to your website. Well, yes, that sounds great, but what in the world are you going to write about and how do you get started? Today, we are going to share with…

In many industries, the unsung heroes are incredibly important to the success of companies. For instance, truly passionate talent acquisition professionals drive candidates toward careers they want and therefore contribute to better retention rates, a better workplace culture and an overall sense…

When was the last time you reviewed your application process from the point of view of a job seeker? Do you know where your company places ads? Do you know if they take the time to write out the job descriptions well? Have you ever applied using your company’s applicant tracking system (ATS)? If…

The fact is, if you’re in the recruitment game long enough, you will eventually hire the wrong person. There are many reasons this happens: rushed hiring, incomplete expectations, a company culture mismatch…anything really. In fact, the number of “failures” is pretty high across the board. For a…

Recruiters are skilled at recruiting for many different roles and disciplines, but what happens when you have to recruit a recruiter? It doesn’t seem like recruiter would be a top recruitment title, but that perception is actually very wrong. According to a recent Society of Human Resources…

It’s spring and recruitment is clicking right along. Candidates are now in full swing with their searches and they are willing to commute to do an in-person interview. However, something will change like clockwork on Wednesday June 21st; summer will arrive. Summer is a wonderful time for everyone.…

You’re a savvy recruiter. You’ve read up on work/life balance, creating a warm and accepting company culture and you’ve even tightened up your job descriptions for Indeed. Candidates are applying, but somehow, in the last stage of the recruitment process, you’re losing them. You may not be…

2017 certainly has been a year of change for recruitment strategy. Inbound recruitment marketing has become a widely adopted approach to more traditional outreach methods, almost all of the job boards are marketing themselves with mobile-optimized technology and apps, people are being replaced by…

As a recruiter, it’s really important to position your open roles in such a way that they will appeal to the right candidate audience. Part of that positioning requires learning what job seekers look for in careers. We did some digging and found that candidates are looking for all of the following…