It's no secret that the pool for the best talent is very limited. Now is the time to put outstanding people and processes in place to ensure your success. This presentation outlines the quagmire of recruiting in today's wired world and gives you practical solutions for avoiding (or emerging from) quicksand.

Talent acquisition is considered one of the most important elements of a company. Qualified workers are needed to meet the goals of a business plan and sustain a company’s growth and success over time.

However, many companies find it difficult to maintain this important function, resulting in broken processes and overworked, understaffed departments that are trying to keep their heads above water. Recruitment is far too critical for companies to allow it to fall by the wayside and become the wounded sector of an organization.

Quicksand was developed as a catalyst for companies to address those challenges that are inhibiting talent acquisition, and impeding an efficient process of hiring a qualified employee base. Within this guide, you will find information about improving your recruitment process and simple solutions for producing the hiring results that your company seeks.

Carol Barber, Executive Vice President, joined Bernard Hodes Group in 1983 and played an instrumental role in building the company's presence throughout the South. Along with strategic-level involvement with some of Hodes' key national clients, Carol provides employee training and development support to offices throughout the Hodes network. Carol's career has encompassed all facets of recruitment marketing and staffing solutions. She launched Hodes' Diversity Services and Human Resources Public Relations business lines and is responsible for managing those practices, as well as Hodes' Health Care Division and Florida operations.