When hundreds of thousands of Canada geese migrate from central Canada to Wisconsin and further south for the winter months, they are triggered by built-in … Read more
Surviving With the Fittest at ERE’s Recent Conference
Fewer speakers, fewer attendees, fewer vendors ó but no less substance, networking, or fun! I think everyone that attended ERE’s second annual … Read more
How To Make Behavioral Interviewing More Practical
I must confess. Despite my protestations, I have been caught. The interviewing component of POWER Hiring is a behavioral interview. This is hard for me to … Read more
Recruiting Solutions and Corporate IT Strategy: Are You Being Served?
Are your staffing requirements being addressed by your company’s overall IT strategy? Are the needs of HR ó and in particular recruiting and … Read more
Developing Recruitment Content for Permission Marketing
My last article (Permission Marketing For Recruiters: Building a Targeted List) spoke about the concept of permission marketing and gave some specifics … Read more
Hiring a Magnet Employee To Attract Other Hires
Remember back in high school, when everyone seemed to follow the most popular athlete or cheerleader around? Not only did everyone follow these … Read more
Screening vs. Resumes: What Will Be the Weakest Link?
The other day I was thinking about the evolution of the online job searching and hiring process, and the thought occurred to me that the efficiency to be … Read more
To Be or Not To Be: Personality and Job Performance
Personality and job performance are often very misunderstood. For one thing, there is a tendency to look at personality and make assumptions about job … Read more
How To Organize Your Recruiting Function: The Pros and Cons of Three Models
How we organize ourselves often becomes a time-consuming political engagement that satisfies no one. Some organizations oscillate between centralized and … Read more
Leadership 103: Building a Leadership Program
If, by now, you have decided to place greater emphasis on the internal and external recruitment and development of potential leaders for your organization, … Read more