Believe it or not, one of the most challenging parts of ramping up an online staffing assessment is choosing the right vendor. Some reasons for this … Read more
Pandora’s Box, Part 2: Resolving Post-Hire Issues
So, today is the day. The new hire you placed at your client or within your organization has been with the organization for over two weeks, and the time … Read more
Inexperience Can Be Costly
Several weeks back, fellow ER Daily author Kevin Wheeler wrote an article entitled, Value and Frugality: The Do-It-Yourself Decade. In it, he argued that … Read more
Outrageous Recruiting Tools, Continued: 17 More Outrageous Approaches!
My last article on outrageous recruiting approaches gathered several new ideas and a great number of comments. The comments came from three basic … Read more
Describe Opportunities, Not Requirements
This was actually going to be a very simple article that made the point that 75% of your advertising copy should emphasize opportunities, not list … Read more
Is It Time To Be Bold?
Unemployment is running at 5.8% nationally, but if you probe into Bureau of Labor Statistics data you’ll find that people with a college education … Read more
This & That, Here & There
Over the past few weeks, in conjunction with our Consultant Earnings Survey (TFL, 3/03), I have had the privilege of speaking with several dozen of the … Read more
Answering the ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Question: A Candidate’s Guide to Making a Great First Impression While Interviewing
Let’s face it, interviewing is stressful enough without having to answer stupid interview questions. But unfortunately, many interviewers, because of … Read more
Winning New Business in Today?s Market with the Consultative Cold Call
Have you ever read a quote, an article or a passage in a book even heard an industry speaker or listened to a training tape — and said to yourself, … Read more
Staying ?Up? (And Productive) In Down Times
It would be wonderful if life sailed along, with no problems, traumas or turmoil. Yet the reality is, to coin a phrase, “stuff happens.” A … Read more