Over the past several months a number of contributors to various on-line chat rooms and human resource forums on the Internet have been exchanging … Read more

As he slogged the last few miles through intense desert heat, Hume turned his face away from the stinging sand and thought about his goal. He had almost … Read more

Interviews are examples of how easy it is to abandon the tools of objectivity – the scientific method, logic and the rules of evidence – for … Read more

Print This Out – and Give it to Your Managers The most common recruiting question I get whether consulting or speaking is “How to I get … Read more

One of the dumbest things recruiters/managers can do is to “sit on” the resumes of top candidates for days without taking action. Yes, I know … Read more

What makes headhunters and great executive search people successful? Their golden tongues? Their superior intelligence? No. It’s their network of … Read more

The two hottest issues in the Silicon Valley are the attraction and retention of top talent. I am often asked by very tired recruiters “what is the … Read more

We’re all pretty sure personality has something to do with job performance (at least until you become a senior manager). People graduating from … Read more

Most recruiters focus on the quantity of resumes they have in their databases. Applicant tracking systems are designed to capture, hold, categorize and … Read more

(or Why Recruiters Need To Take a Broader View of the Business) Managers need to do all recruiting. Yes at most firms, recruiters (or executive search … Read more