Posts by Ed Nathanson

Let’s face it – the perception of recruiters by our customers (hiring managers, candidates, client customers) is often times not a great one. No matter how good you are, how many great placements you have made or how great a sourcer you may be, most of our customers think that they can do our job (or at the very least, have opinions on how they would do it...

With all the talk lately centering around the words “disrupt” or “innovate” the fact is that many of the practices we do in recruiting is anything but. From lengthy, redundant applications to outdated interview methods to lousy candidate experiences, we still have a very long way to go before we truly “disrupt” or “innovate” our industry. There are definitely...

Recruiters, regardless of level of experience, seem to share a lot of similar issues. No matter what new tool, new concept or latest “thought leader” (I just threw up in my mouth) says, a lot of our common issues lead back to the core fundamentals of what makes a recruiter successful. It is not mastery of the latest sourcing tool, nor is it a Twitter following...