I’m about to reveal absolutely the best metric of them all. If you can manage only this one metric, I’ll personally guarantee you the shortest … Read more
The Elusive Applicant: Mitigate Legal Risks by Defining the Term
For more than two decades, employers have been collecting data on applicants for employment and guessing at what an applicant is ó guessing because … Read more
Online Screening Tools Review: The Unicru Hiring Management System
This is the second in a series of articles reviewing innovative ways that companies are leveraging Internet technology to offer new and better forms of … Read more
Buy For Tomorrow, Not Today: A Brief History of Recruiting Technology
The tools we use for recruiting have a powerful future and will eventually become the cornerstone for a talent relationship strategy. Even though … Read more
10 “Success Attributes” of World-Class Recruiters
Over the last few years, much has been written about the skills required to be considered (or to become) a world-class recruiter. Some of these skills … Read more
Failure: A Not Uncommon Experience for the Successful Professional
I accepted one full-time position and one consulting position in my career where I was not as successful as I am accustomed to. Er, that is to say, I did … Read more
Talent Management: Something Productive This Way Comes
Talent management is nothing new. It has been around for a long time and worn many guises. It is, however, holistically a concept whose time has come. And … Read more
Understanding Differentiation in Recruiting
article by Dr. John Sullivan and Master Burnett Your organization’s success in the future will depend more and more upon getting the right people in … Read more
An Email to CEOs Everywhere: Define Success, Not Skills
If you want to hire outstanding people, first define outstanding performance. This seems to me to be the foundation for building a company filled with top … Read more
Will the Internet Ever Solve Recruiting Problems?
There seems to be a good deal of confusion about how the Internet can “solve” recruiting problems. Sorry, but in my observation, the Internet … Read more