I really enjoy reading Hiring Revolution and I particularly love reading Amy Hoover. Though I have no personal knowledge of her work and performance, her writing is indicative of a true recruiting professional who has withered many a change in market conditions, trendy recruiting technologies, fly by night tactics and the roller coaster rides with candidates and clients that are inherent in the recruiting business. Additionally, her writings are sharp and edgy and it is clear she works in the marketing and advertising space.
Amy's latest offering, I Wonder if He's Going to Show..., uses the analogy of getting stood up on a date to make an excellent point about employers who make promises they can't, don't or won't keep during the offer stage.
After reading her thoughts, I was left thinking about how important it is for a recruiter to maintain candidate and client control during the recruitment process. The issue Amy discusses can often be avoided by clearly stating expectations with candidates and clients at the outset and then carefully pulling and pushing both parties through the process. This level of recruiting skill is an art form really and only great recruiter training (not sourcing training) can help companies solve for this.
Keep reading Amy's stuff. There are incredible nuggets everywhere in her writings.
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