Recruiting is a skill that can be learned, although like almost every profession, some people seem to have a knack for it that others lack ó and … Read more

The skills that once defined a corporate recruiter are not sufficient. Indeed, those skills are actually detrimental to success today. A corporate … Read more

Last year, I wrote an article from a futuristic perspective ó January, 2005, to be exact. The CEO of some mythical company was looking back at 2004 … Read more

Recruiters tend to fall into one of two camps. The first rejects most technology as unnecessary. They feel that the traditional recruiting methods still … Read more

You’ve extended an offer to a candidate, and the candidate accepts. Follow-up calls during the next week indicate all is well. Your new employee is … Read more

In most professions, the very best practitioners do specific things that set them apart from others and keep them at the top of the performance curve. It … Read more

It’s 7:30 a.m. and John rolls into the parking lot at CS4 Corporation, slurping a huge latte and wearily heading in to the office to start reviewing … Read more

From the outside looking in, most people see the human resources function as a necessary corporate evil that slows down the business. Still referred to as … Read more

As a hiring manager, you probably only hire a handful of people each year, and the recruiter assigned to your team has always done a reasonable job at … Read more

Leaders are not created magically, but emerge over time from a continuous process of being challenged, meeting the challenge, reflecting on what was … Read more