Some recruiters in large organizations are throwing up their hands when faced with competition from the dot-com, start-up world. If you are a recruiter or … Read more
Communicating Is Not A Competitive Sport
In my family, we hated inhaling. Exhaling was by far our favorite respiratory function. You could talk while exhaling (not so much while inhaling). You … Read more
Making Your Online Location a Candidate’s Destination
There’s a lot of traffic out there. Nielsen/NetRatings estimates that over 134 million people in the United States are now online. But with all the … Read more
When Assessing Talent, “Give Up Without A Fight”
Most recruiting is relatively straightforward and easy to understand. But there is one crucial aspect that is counterintuitive. That aspect is the ease of … Read more
Internet Recruiting is Doomed!
Good! Now that I have your attention, I’ll repeat. This is NOT a catchy statement to get your attention. Internet recruiting is a “dead” … Read more
Chief Talent Officer: What In the @#$^& Is That?
For the past two days, I have been attending and speaking at the first ever Talent Officer Conference in Austin, Texas. Where else for BIG ideas? Sponsored … Read more
Let Centers of Higher Education Become Your Hiring Centers
If the search for candidates has you coming up empty-handed, you might want to consider going back to school…to look for candidates, that is. … Read more
Supply Chain Recruiting
E-business is in the news. Not a week goes by without a few old economy companies announcing their plans to form an online marketplace. The Big Three … Read more
Re-Recruit Your Top Talent…If You Want Loyalty, Buy A Dog!
If you want to retain your best workers it takes hard work! Gone are the days when employees would stay at a firm and make it a career. It’s no … Read more
So, Who Wants to Hire a Future Manager?
For the longest time, it was assumed that only members of the technical trades who use a computer in their daily routine would also use the Internet to … Read more