Online job recruitment sites have revolutionized the recruitment landscape for both employers and job seekers and largely increased the efficiency with which hiring decisions can take place. Employers and jobseekers have widely benefited from online recruitment and today, online recruiting forms the central pillar of a smart staffing strategy for firms in every economic sector.

I was at a conference a few weeks back and met up with someone and we began to discuss “Talent” (who isn’t these days) and the person I was speaking with said that the buzzword “War for Talent” needs to be updated to the “War for Good Talent”. I had nothing to say so I thought I’d go on an adventure to see what other people are saying about this.

We have all seen the recruitment life cycle time and time again, but, how many people are actually stepping outside of this cycled process and take a serious look at “Talent” and what that actually means?

Time to hire – 5 days,… good for you! Fast forward 1 year,… is this person still there, are they productive, are they exceeding expectations. If the answers are not positive, then you’ve wasted 5 days, you may never get back and cost the company a ton of money.