When times are good and recruiting is booming, invariably recruiters wonder why there is no bonus plan for internal corporate recruiters. The impetus for … Read more
The Recruiter Who Cried Wolf
Once upon a time there was a recruiter who was bored at his desk and lacking candidates. To amuse himself, he went on to a resume website and typed in a … Read more
Who Knew?
I recently finished reading a few of almost 600 pages of postings on MSN’s message board concerning an article by Scott Burns, entitled Is Home Depot … Read more
A Recruiting Guide for Startups
Today’s entrepreneur is finding that it’s harder than ever to attract top talent. In the early days of the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, big … Read more
Power Industry’s Hunt for Skilled Employees
Imagine what’d be on your mind if you were attending the May 1-3 conference of the power industry in Chicago. Attendees at the Electric Power annual … Read more
Successfully Marketing Employment Products (Part Two)
By Dr. John Sullivan and Master Burnett Over the course of the last three weeks, we have laid out a model for managing the portfolio of job opportunities … Read more
Chatter: Battling Cheezhead, Hunting Jobfox, and Bumping the Glass Ceiling
Break out the smelling salts… Get ready to rumble on Wednesday, April 18. Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg has summoned Joel Cheesman to a down-and-dirty … Read more
Learn to Defend Your Candidate from the Competition and Dumb Decisions
The demand for top people has exploded. Part of this is due to demographics, a strong economy, and a widening gap between those with high-demand skills and … Read more
Monster’s Revolving CEO Door
Monster Worldwide president and chief executive officer William Pastore is out. This follows the news back in October 2006 that Andrew McKelvey was … Read more
Tamagotchi
Even though organizations pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into employment branding improvements, including websites, radio, blogs, podcasting, … Read more