Searching for talent: the IR challenges of recruitment professionals (part 3)

And finally… here’s the third installment of my trilogy of posts on the information retrieval challenges of recruitment professionals. The background to this (in case you missed the previous two) is that a few months ago I published a post describing our InnovateUK-funded research project investigating professional search strategies in the workplace. As you may… Continue reading Searching for talent: the IR challenges of recruitment professionals (part 3)

Searching for talent: The information retrieval challenges of recruitment professionals (part 2)

A while ago I published a post describing our InnovateUK-funded research project investigating professional search strategies in the workplace. As you may recall, we surveyed a number of professions, and the one we analyzed first was (cue drum roll)… recruitment professionals. It’s a profession that information retrieval researchers haven’t traditionally given much thought to (myself… Continue reading Searching for talent: The information retrieval challenges of recruitment professionals (part 2)

Searching for talent: The information retrieval challenges of recruitment professionals (part 1)

A few months ago I published a post describing our InnovateUK research project investigating professional search strategies in the workplace. I’m pleased to say that the project has now completed, and we are currently analyzing the results. As you may recall, we surveyed a number of professions, and the one we examined first is (cue… Continue reading Searching for talent: The information retrieval challenges of recruitment professionals (part 1)