U.S. employers continue to take a measured but optimistic approach to hiring plans for Q2 2013, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 2 Big World-Changing Words In Recruiting – “What If?”
What if …? These two little words can change your world. They can even change the whole world. By asking yourself, “What if…,” you unlock the key to your … Read more
February Surprise: Job Growth Solidly Up, Unemployment Drops to 7.7%
Economists were surprised and investors pleased by the latest monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday that said 236,000 jobs were … Read more
New Report Lists Fastest-Growing Temp Jobs – and HR Makes the Cut
In all the angst over the unemployment numbers during the Great Recession and not-so-great recovery, one area of recruiting has been going gangbusters: … Read more
I’ll Say It Again: We Need to Get Rid of Resumes and Job Descriptions
As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent … Read more
How to Measure If You’re Hiring Great People – or Not
“HR should be every company’s ‘killer app.’ What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?” — Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO I … Read more
Candidate Experience: Can You Keep Them Out of the “Black Hole?”
A couple of months ago I shared some data from an Aberdeen Group report about benchmarking quality of hire best practices. It’s a great benchmark list of … Read more
Proposed Bill Would Ban Credit Checks on Employees and Applicants
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, I discussed some pending federal legislation that would expand the FMLA to cover part-time employees. Now, I hear that another … Read more
Why the Candidate You Hired Isn’t the Employee Who Actually Showed Up
“But he interviewed so well!” the frustrated manager lamented at a leadership conference I presented for last week. “He was so sharp … so … Read more
January Visitors Surge as Indeed.com Now Is the Most Trafficked Job Site
What’s the most trafficked website by Americans searching for a job? Turns out it’s Indeed. Last month, says comScore, the web traffic … Read more