Somewhere between 400,000 (according to Forbes, 4/12/04) and 3.3 million (according to Forrester Research, 2003) jobs have moved from the United States to … Read more
When Testing Goes Wrong
Some readers react negatively to testing. They think of testing as a hard-hearted, diabolical attempt to remove humanity from the hiring process. Some even … Read more
Blink and Diversity Recruiting
In Malcolm Gladwell’s excellent new book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, he demonstrates that the power of our unconscious biases is … Read more
Why Managers Don’t Respect Recruiters
Around the world, a frequent complaint heard from corporate recruiters is that they fail to get the respect they feel they deserve from line managers. … Read more
Managing Hiring Managers
If it wasn’t for hiring managers, recruiting would be so easy. This is one of the conclusions drawn from my annual Recruiting and Hiring Challenges … Read more
The Thinking Person’s Guide to Improved Performance
It has always been my assumption that people want to get better at what they do. If they are good, they want to become great; if they are great, they want … Read more
Retention: It’s Mostly Common Sense
Much is being written right now about retention. Fears are growing that employees will soon begin leaving in much greater numbers than they have over the … Read more
Staffing Quality in One Question
For years now, we have been looking at the economics of talent management and specifically written on the importance of quality in the talent acquisition … Read more
Recruiting, Culture and Ethics
article by Dr. John Sullivan & Master Burnett Rants can be useful when they bring to light archaic, idiotic practices that do more harm than good … Read more
Get Off the PC and On the Phone
We’re now in the midst of my annual recruiting and hiring challenges 2005 survey. You might want to take it. You’ll be doing yourself a favor … Read more