It’s no secret to managers, senior HR professionals, knowledge management experts, and recruiters that in the next few years most firms will once … Read more
Diversity In Recruiting – Director Of Diversity – Dead End Job?
The world of work in America today seems to look to the human resources professionals for all the answers to diversity issues. This expectation is not only … Read more
Brave New World: Making Placements – Past, Present, Future
Our industry’s top consultants, managers, and trainers are great leaders. They are passionate about the business. They are innovators and … Read more
The Anatomy of a Search
This is a reality article series. Over the next few weeks, I’ll document an actual retained search we’ve just received for a VP of operations … Read more
A Faster and Better Way to Find Candidates and Build Relationships
Recruiters remain overwhelmed with resumes and candidate applications; perhaps even more so now that the economy has improved a bit. But these same … Read more
Dukes v. Wal-Mart: Lessons for Recruiters
In late June of 2004, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California certified a large class-action case involving workplace … Read more
Understanding Time-To-Hire Metrics: Can Time To Fill Be Too Low?
Time to hire is one of the most frequently used metrics for evaluating staffing functions. Usually measured in days, time to hire broadly reflects the … Read more
What Are the Best HR Metrics for a Large Organization?
As a recognized expert in the area of HR metrics, I’ve had the opportunity to advise numerous large firms on what HR metrics they ought to be … Read more
Why Job Branding Is More Important Than Employer Branding
What’s all the fuss? Hiring top people isn’t as tough as most recruiters and hiring managers make it out to be. Job branding is the key. But … Read more
How Many Toes Can Your Organization Afford To Lose?
In the U.S. there’s a phrase that goes, “shooting yourself in the foot.” I suppose it started with some uncoordinated cowboy firing his … Read more