Before we experienced the 2008 economic disaster, the phrase “war for talent” seemed to be overused by every corporate and agency recruiter I came in … Read more
Keeping Em’ Honest: Responding to the National Background Check Report
Earlier this month, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) published a report damning the background screening industry for what they characterize as a … Read more
How to Manage Your Hiring Manager
In this session, we will talk about the things that every recruiter, staffing manager, HR professional or sourcer can do to make the most of the little … Read more
The 6 Parts of Recruiting for Culture
I met with a client today who made me smile — a Cheshire-Cat-Eating-Grin Smile, as a matter of fact. He said, “Heather, I need to invest in the … Read more
5+1 Best Practices of Top-performing Recruiters
In more 10 years in the staffing industry in various operational, managerial, and corporate roles and in different countries, I have interviewed, coached, … Read more
Our Most Effective Source of Hire
We started measuring quality of hire a couple of years ago. What started out as a simple exercise to see how we were doing turned into an interesting … Read more
What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? Facebook Knows
What Facebook Reveals About Candidates In recent weeks there have been a lot of stories about employers asking candidates for their Facebook passwords or … Read more
Packaging and Selling the Candidate Experience
There are plenty of whitepapers and blogs that attempt to define and describe the candidate experience, but can we go further? Can we find a way to make it … Read more
How Prioritization Can Maximize HR’s Business Impact, Part 2 of 2
In part 1 of this article I highlighted the many reasons why prioritizing positions, employees, and business units was necessary, and how it could … Read more
New Law Makes Oregon Second State to Prohibit Discrimination in Job Ads
By Alyssa Engelberg Billed as a means to protect out-of-work Oregonians from discrimination, the Oregon Legislature passed a new law that prohibits overt … Read more