Isn't it always the case that a new year starts with regular weekdays and "business as usual"? Some set up New Year's resolutions, some follow these, while most of us are taken away from everyday life. That means there must be strong will and/or easily obtainable gains to make us make room for change.

The only way to proactively collect high-quality talent is to build an effective talent database. In addition to engaging top talent, a talent database is a highly effective recruitment tool that can improve the most important recruitment parameters such as time, cost and quality of employment.

In a perfect world, HR and Marketing work closely together in all recruitment processes, and each job announcement results in many well-qualified candidates. Unfortunately, we are not living in a perfect world, and it is rare for the marketing to become involved when recruiting. Fortunately, marketing efforts are not reserved for marketers, but if you are willing to read a little further, I will give you some tips from the inside.

Through my career, I have participated in several group interviews. I can still feel grumpy down the back and evoke the cold sweat that penetrated when I received these summonses. How many will participate? 

Working with outside recruiters is inevitable at some point in your career. The senior-most searches are often handled by executive recruiters to preserve the confidentiality of the search and to access the broadest pool of candidates. Even mid-level searches or entry-level searches with very specific requirements may be farmed out to recruiting agencies to take advantage of a recruiter’s expertise and network in an area or simply because internal HR handles more of the existing employees, rather than the recruiting.