Everywhere, people quest after the most important staffing question. For example, the other day a woman called wanting to know if I had a test for hiring … Read more
The Emperor’s New Metrics
Ptolmey (150 A.D.) used to teach his students that the sun went around the earth. After all, what could be more obvious? This seems to the prevailing … Read more
Poaching, Ethics, Slavery And Personal Opinions
I have read with great interest the large number of comments and criticisms of the practices brought up in my case study of FirstMerit Bank. Case studies, … Read more
Marketing 101 for Recruiters
This is an article about how to find more top candidates. It might not seem like it until the end, though. To start, conduct a Google search using these … Read more
Recruitment Strategy Survey
Linking academic research based on theory to what happens in the real world has always been a challenge. This is unfortunate, because both academic and … Read more
A Candidate’s Bill of Rights
Candidates have consistently gotten the short end of technology improvements. While it’s true the tools recruiters have benefited from have often … Read more
The Future Labor Shortage
Since the late 1990’s, many in our profession have been consumed with the potential for a cataclysmic labor shortage in the U.S. We’ve all seen … Read more
Talent Management Road Kill, Part 2
article by Dr. John Sullivan & Master Burnett Last week, in Part 1 of this two-part article series, we discussed the growing trend of choice HR jobs … Read more
How to Deal With Technical Managers and Other (Too) Bright People
Engineers and software development managers are the toughest hiring managers in the world to deal with. But that’s only if you exclude sales … Read more
Talent Suitability
I recently came to the realization that we emphasize all the wrong habits in staffing. We are rewarded and compensated for finding hotshots in the shortest … Read more