Author: Jimmy Hurff

How to Supercharge Productivity for Your Recruiters

The life of a recruiter is busy. Burnout is a major problem, and in today’s ultra-competitive market for talent, many recruiters are burning the candle at both ends to find, attract and engage candidates. When your attention is spread over so many functions and follows, it can be difficult to optimize your productivity. So while […]

What the Numbers Can Tell Us About Job-seekers in the U.S.

For the US job market, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics releases thousands of data sets each month defining unemployment rates, employment projections, top occupations, and income levels and more. Interestingly, however, data is also collected about workers themselves. This is particularly applicable to the recruiting and staffing industry, as it provides some insight into […]

Is Your Employer Brand Attracting or Repelling Talent?

Your company has a reputation. To your customers, of course, but also to your employees and especially your candidates. This reputation is formulated based on your products or services, your leadership, your customer service and much more.

Why the Time is Right to Host Video Job Interviews

Recruiting technology today is light years ahead of the technology we used even just a few years ago. With constant innovation at seemingly every turn, there is more opportunity than ever to reach and engage talent. And in a high-pressure market for talent, it’s critical for your business to actually take advantage of those opportunities.

Why Everyone’s Talking About Candidate Engagement Right Now

Back in the “olden days” of staffing and recruiting, the process was simpler: post jobs, candidates apply and you place them. Rinse and repeat. As the years have gone by, the process remains the same at its heart, but the variables are vastly different.

BrightMove CEO Honored as a First Coast Tech Leader

“As someone who has been leading technology innovations in Jacksonville for the past 22 years, being recognized as a Tech Leader of the Year is humbling and meaningful. I have lived my whole life in Jacksonville and the areas surrounding North Florida. People who aren’t from Jacksonville don’t realize how hard it is to break […]

5 tips to Improve your LinkedIn Recruiting Efforts

Today, everyone is on LinkedIn. And with much of its functionality still available to free users, it remains the most powerful, professional platform. This is particularly true for recruiters. Although many businesses and most staffing firms have invested in at least some paid LinkedIn recruiting product, you can still get tremendous results on the platform […]