Lou Adlers ground rules in the new playbook resonate well with Taleo solutions and research. Check out his full article, Are You Playing the Hiring Game to Win?

We cant help but highlight his rule #5:

Every person in the recruiting department must be a technology fanatic. People who work in a corporate recruiting environment must thrive on using technology.

Our version of the article would put that at rule #1. A robust technology platform is either at the core or the support platform for executing on all the rest of the rules:

Reduce the number of sourcing channels used, but be great at each one.
Implement consumer marketing “best practices” to rewrite, position, and push your advertising.
Use advanced CRM marketing techniques to extract maximum value from your resume database.
Create a sourcing function that allows for deep networking.
Implement workforce planning.
Establish process-control metrics.
Hiring managers must take on a much bigger role in hiring.
Create an internal executive search team for critical positions.
Treat your third-party recruiters as partners, not vendors.