Shares of Manpower and Robert Half International declined Tuesday after Morgan Stanley downgraded both companies’ stocks. In a research note, a … Read more
What Do I Say?
I know I’ve promised you step-by-step sourcing instructions, but before we get started, there are a few housekeeping things I’d like to get off … Read more
The Next Chapter for Ford’s 38,000 Hourly Workers
The country’s second-largest automaker announced that 38,000 hourly workers, including 6,000 hourly employees at former Visteon Corp. plants, have … Read more
A Blocking Strategy For Increasing Employee Retention, Part 3
Is your firm experiencing an increasing turnover rate because recruiters from other firms are raiding you? Part 1 and Part 2 of this column introduced 15 … Read more
When Do You Stop Beating A Dead Horse?
Here’s the question: “When do you stop beating a dead horse?” Here’s the answer: “When you can say to yourself, ‘This … Read more
The Brave New World of Our HR colleagues (and how it will dramatically affect us!)
This recruiter has seen four recessions and, fortunately, four recoveries. This last economic period was a major thumper! The recovery is, for our … Read more
Differentiation
What is it for you? What is your core differentiator? How will you stand out from the sea of competition? With the impending employment crisis budding, … Read more
It’s A Consensus; Be Careful
In the marketplace I serve, my search and placement firm has the good fortune of recruiting for several smaller (less than 200 employees), fast-growth … Read more
Core Competency # 9: Think Five Steps Ahead
If you could be like Superman and spin the world in the opposite direction and go back in time, would you have taken on that recent loser client? … Read more
Ask Barb
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a healthy, happy, blessed, prosperous Holiday Season! Q. I just received a call from a … Read more