As most of you know, I don’t hide my beliefs too well. For example, in recent articles I’ve been lambasting job boards as being the number one … Read more
How Corporate Staffing and Line Management Formed a Strategic Partnership
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