Towards the end of 2003, I invited ERE readers to participate in my second annual “20 Questions About Online Screening and Assessment” survey. … Read more
The Halo Effect: The Tall People Are Coming for You and Your Gut Feeling
“Well, Beth, I just don’t know. I just didn’t get that gut feeling about the candidate,” the hiring manager said. I teach … Read more
Six Seconds of Hell: The Right Way To Negotiate Fees
One of the phrases being used these days by the Jet Propulsion Lab has been “six seconds of hell,” which they used to describe the highly … Read more
Re-Thinking Diversity Recruiting, Part 2
Diversity recruiting is becoming more and more important as the world becomes more global. At first, legal compliance was the primary driver behind most … Read more
Isn’t It Time for HR to Become a Strategic Partner? Here’s How!
In his book, Only the Paranoid Survive, Intel’s Andrew Grove describes the importance of “strategic inflection points” as both historical … Read more
Hiring Managers Are Often Their Own Worst Enemies
Being in the job-skill testing business, I see many organizations engaging in self-destructive employment behavior. There are always small groups of hiring … Read more
The Rise of the Next Human Capital Luminaries in 2004, Part 2
In last week’s article, we introduced three unsung yet phenomenal human capital heroes: Eva Sage-Gavin of Gap, Inc.; Scott Weston of Falcon Strategic … Read more
Become Famous! Make Hiring Top Talent a Systematic Business Process
No one would disagree that hiring top people needs to become a more consistent and systematic business process. Too much time is wasted by too many … Read more
Distinguishing Between Assessment Science and Snake Oil
One of the great things about reviewing online staffing assessment tools is seeing how psychological science and technology come together to positively … Read more
A Recruiting World’s Fair: What Would You Include? Part 2
Last week, I discussed some of the emerging technologies that will have an impact on recruiting over the rest of this decade, if not century, and ones that … Read more