I recently had the privilege of working with a corporate staffing director blessed with unusual wisdom (he hired me to solve a problem). He worked in a … Read more
What Would the “Perfect” Recruiting Function Look Like? Part 2: Talent Strategy
Last week, I began a series of articles discussing some of the steps you might consider if you wanted to create the “perfect” staffing … Read more
Internal Mobility: Performance Measures
To know whether an HR program such as internal mobility has met its objectives, the standards for measurement of the program performance must be defined. … Read more
Monsters Can Be Ugly: The Problem With Job Boards
I am frequently asked about the use of large job boards as a recruiting source for finding top performers. My answer is always quick and to the point: … Read more
The Hiring 2.0 Revolution: Are You a Rebel or a Tory?
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” ó Yogi Berra In the thoughts that follow, one fork in the road leads to some minor … Read more
How Staffing Has Adapted to Today’s Economic Climate
Although there are a wide variety of different staffing models out there, all of them include the external environment as a core component. This make … Read more
What Would the “Perfect” Recruiting Function Look Like? Part 1: Talent Philosophy
If you were fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to build a recruiting function from scratch, put in place any set of processes or technology that … Read more
Technology and Your Brand
Recruiting and talent management is more technology-enabled than ever. Technology tools support everything from candidate attraction and assessment to … Read more
The Right Way To Measure Turnover
When the economy turns around next year, retention will almost instantly go from being a non-issue to a major issue. But because most HR departments … Read more
Hiring 2.0: Moneyball, and Why You Must Defy Conventional Wisdom
Hiring 2.0 is the operating system for the next generation of hiring tools. The objective of Hiring 2.0 is to establish the standards for making hiring top … Read more