Imagine you are the director of recruiting for a Fortune 1000 company. You have just completed what appears to have been a very successful implementation … Read more
106 Reasons Why New HR Programs Are Rejected
I get to work with quite a few senior HR people during the time they are proposing new HR or recruiting programs. Almost without exception, they seem … Read more
Lessons from the Recession
Now that the Federal Reserve has made public that the economic recovery is underway, we can start to consider the many valuable lessons that have been … Read more
Creating and Managing Your Talent Relationship Pipeline
One of the primary reasons a “recruiting black hole” exists is because many recruiting teams don’t realize where technology is supposed … Read more
Some Recruiting Tidbits from Recruiting Veterans
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin … Read more
How to Really Find and Hire Diversity Candidates
As part of our “Talent Driven Cultures” research project, we’re starting to implement aggressive diversity sourcing programs for some of … Read more
A Contrarian’s View on Retention
No matter whether the economy is strong or weak, no matter the time of year, and no matter how much they are paid, many of our best employees decide to … Read more
Acquiring Lists for a Recruitment Email Marketing Campaign
For months now, we’ve been listening to the buzz surrounding email marketing as an advertising method. And while privacy advocates protest the … Read more
The Cost of Delay
Discussions about the choice of an enterprise-wide staffing management solution have increasingly included the calculation of return on investment, or ROI. … Read more
Determining the Appropriate Requisition Load for a Recruiter
One of the most common questions I get from directors of employment is, what is the appropriate requisition (or “req”) load for a recruiter? … Read more