Whether you’re a corporate or external recruiter, there are four things you must be able to do in order to increase your influence with your hiring … Read more

Forget active candidates. Pursuing less active candidates should be your goal. There is a major shift now underway in corporate America to find and hire … Read more

I have a friend who works for a huge company. He has spent the last year of his life working on a “competency” project intended to hire, … Read more

The 1978 Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures: Do you know how they affect you? Your job? Your organization? Not just in the U.S., but in … Read more

[Note: I’ll be hosting another free online event sometime in October 2004. This one will present some ideas on how HR and recruiting leaders can … Read more

First, the vision. As I finished up my presentation for the September 13-15, 2004, ER Expo 2004 Fall in Boston (which you should attend), the overwhelming … Read more

People like to believe they are rational, even when the exact opposite case is true. Think of it a poor man’s Dilbert cartoon: “My decisions … Read more

Charles Smith has hired lots of excellent people in his 20 years as an executive in a mid-sized service-sector company. His interviewing practices are a … Read more

An important part of selecting great candidates is gathering the right information to use to make a hiring decision. Before you can accurately screen out … Read more

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