I recently learned about an entrepreneur with a very clever business model: Thorkil Sonne, founder of Danish software testing company Specialisterne. The 55-person firm’s clients include CSC, Microsoft, and Oracle. Specialisterne claims to be the world’s first company focused on leveraging the unique talents of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Sonne started the company...
[Continue Reading]#1 fastest growing private company in San Francisco Bay Area
Congratulations to the team at Accolo, which was just named the #1 fastest growing private company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Accolo is the company that acquired Teten Recruiting. For more on their approach to recruiting, see “Use Online Networks to Find Your Star Employee”....
[Continue Reading]Executive Recruiter Efficiency
Via Marc, I was led to a blog post by David Manaster on recruiter efficiency. He reports that "It would seem that (on average) the optimal workload for a recruiter is between 11 and 20 open positions. " I’d argue that the main reason for this phenomenon is that most recruiters are using only the...
[Continue Reading]Use Online Networks to Recruit Your Star Employee
From our latest FastCompany.com column: Your dream employee is lurking out there. How do you find him or her? To track down those stars, recruiters are aggressively using online tools such as blogs, virtual communities, social-networking sites, and biography-analysis software. Here are some best practices in those areas, drawn from Accolo, Nitron Advisors, and Microsoft....
[Continue Reading]Social Software and Executive Recruiting
I was discussing Phil Wolff’s comments on social software in recruiting with John Younger, CEO of Accolo. He wrote: What I find interesting in the intersection of social networks and jobs is that there is a third party that seems to be completely missed. Specifically, the party that pays the bills the companies. At the...
[Continue Reading]How to get hired at Microsoft/innovative use of blogs for recruiting
from Scott Allen: Heather Hamilton, a senior recruiter for marketing talent at Microsoft, just did one of the most unusual recruiting ideas we’ve ever seen. Heather has asked her readers to link to this post from their blog resumes, and she’ll check out the resumes by reviewing her referrals. The implication of this? If you...
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