I have had the advantage of working in all three areas of staffing in my long (sigh) career. I have been an inside Corporate HR type, an Agency Recruiter … Read more

There are many excellent legal and social arguments for recruiting diverse employees. However the most powerful and effective arguments that I have made … Read more

Suppose you have an opening for a sales professional, and you just happen to come across a resume of someone that has sales experience (in your … Read more

Here is part of a job description I took off the Internet. I have edited it for anonymity and to shorten it a bit, but it is typical of most that I see. … Read more

Looking for responsible team players from a ready-made, highly skilled talent pool? Consider military veterans. Approximately 180,000 veterans enter the … Read more

Managers hate being presented with a “stack” of resumes. One of any manager’s worst nightmares is when a recruiter drops off a … Read more

Thank you ERE Members for the excellent feedback and insight you provided me on Employee Retention. We can all learn from each other and immediately after … Read more

Need people yesterday? What do you do? Obviously, you should have a longer-term strategy to feed your sourcing needs. The elements of a long-term strategy … Read more

In horror movies, the lights go out, the thunder crashes, and the actor who we all refer to as “the idiot,” walks into the room where the sound … Read more

Strategic change within a corporation is prescribed in one of two situations: (1) things are going badly and modifications are necessary or (2) things are … Read more