Category Archives: recruiting

2017's National Employee Benefits Day is fast approaching. This holiday, which was created and is promoted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans was instituted mostly to increase awareness via communication of benefits to employees, however April 3rd is a perfect time to review…

As most nurse recruiters are well aware, we are in the process of an ever-increasing nursing shortage. And, as the shortage gets more dire, it ultimately falls to recruiters to find ways to prove to nurses that their healthcare system is the place they should choose to work in the long-term. To put…

In an industry that is chock full of recruiters, it’s important to find a way to stand out. And, as is true in many arenas, being personal is key to that success. So the question becomes ultimately, how can you bring a personal touch recruiting in 2017 as a healthcare recruiter? We’re glad you…

One of the biggest issues facing marketers is how to make content stretch beyond the initial push. As we all know, there are only 24 hours in the day, 40 hours in the work week and much less than that for content production and promotion. When it comes to recruitment marketing, this sort of issue…

The Houston market has had a hard time over the last few years, but we are encouraged by the consistently positive headlines we’ve been seeing. These energy headlines are directly applicable to recruiters who want to start proactively planning their 2017 recruitment marketing budgets. Without…

Facebook groups are a unique, currently ad-free space within the Facebook empire, but that may change soon. Yesterday, Josh Constine published an article called Facebook tests ads in Groups, its next potential cash cow that noted testing of ads within groups is already underway. While at first this…

Have you heard of the Open Candidates feature yet? If not, it’s okay! Last week LinkedIn launched an incredibly useful new tool that is open to all users, which allows recruiters to see if a candidate is “looking.” For candidates, LinkedIn positions it as such, “imagine if you could signal to…

The Houston Business Journal’s Jon Prior reported great news for the manufacturing jobs sector last week. According to his article, Texas may have made it through the worst of oil bust as the job creation rate is actually surpassing the rest of America’s job growth. It’s true, according to the…

A few days ago, we came across an article called, The new search engine that could give Google a run for its money. This article by John Nemo brought up a great point; LinkedIn is an untapped, search-based resource. Here are some of the ideas Nemo mentioned that recruiters can use to harness the…

Fall has begun and most of us are thinking about apples, pumpkin picking, Halloween and beautiful leaves. However, Autumn is a short season therefore now is the time to work on a solid recruitment strategy for the slower Winter season so that you aren't left out in the cold. Winter is a tough time…