Top performers have an incredibly high ROI Articles from academics don’t always provide practical lessons, but there have been two recent ones that … Read more
Game on for Employee Gamification
While speaking at a recent HR conference in Las Vegas, I had occasion to meet Jane McGonigal, game designer, speaker, author, and probably the world’s … Read more
Advanced Items for Your Recruiting Agenda — What Should Google Do Next?
During the newly reinvigorated and exciting ERE conference, two attendees posed related but powerful questions to me. The first was “What advanced topics … Read more
8 Ways the Reference Process Can Help You Find (and Land) Great Candidates
Most know references to be a tool for checking a candidate’s background, but reference-related factors can also be one of the simplest, cheapest, and … Read more
A Missed Opportunity — Failing to Use References for Recruiting Top Talent
Most know references to be a tool for checking a candidate’s background, but reference-related factors can also be one of the simplest, cheapest, and … Read more
Source of Hire Report: Referrals, Career Sites, Job Boards Dominate
CareerXroads released its annual source of hire report this week and, as usual, the report is full of information about the broader talent acquisition … Read more
The Top Sources of Hires? Survey Says It’s Still Referrals and Job Boards
Update: SilkRoad says there are errors in the report it published Thursday on which the post below is based. The most significant appears to be charts on … Read more
Black Hole Getting Brighter Among CandE Winners
The resume black hole is getting a little brighter among companies that care enough about the experience of their candidates to submit their hiring process … Read more
Jobvite’s Big Social-media CRM Launch Leads List of New Tools
An IT recruiting tool. An internship community. A new branding/careersite company. A video interviewer. A website for “challenges” students can … Read more
What’s New: Better Weekdays; HealthRecruit; TrueAbility; CareerSonar; Tomigo; GoodHire; Vitamin T; HireVue
Startups and new products handling employee referrals, screening, sourcing, background checking, healthcare recruiting, and resume-reading. All below. Read more