Memo to human resources: New ways to get great candidates

Since today’s job market is employee-driven, many candidates are fielding more than one or two offers at a time, and at this point, maybe it’s the employers who need the advice on how to attract the employees, instead of the other way around.

There is lots of chatter about how resumes are on their way out. There will be blogs, and videos, and LinkedIn profiles and other mechanisms to downplay the concept of a linear career and put upfront the way someone thinks and the ideas he or she has. There should be similar chatter about the near-death of the job listing.

Penelope Trunk

Full Story: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/17/memo-to-human-resources-new-ways-to-get-great-candidates/

(Many thanks to Guy Kawasaki http://blog.guykawasaki.com/ for passing this along. Russ)