This past week I participated as conference chair for the first ever workforce analytics conference in the Middle East — the Workforce Analytics … Read more
How to Help Bring Your HR Department Into the 21st Century
There’s no good reason why HR departments should look like they did 20 years ago, but most of them still follow the same thinking. Technology has changed … Read more
Will California Bill Help Eliminate Low-Ball Job Offers?
Asking the salary history of job applicants may become a banned question, but employers could be required to publish hiring rates and stick to them. This … Read more
Oregon Social Media Workplace Law: Just a Solution in Search of a Problem
By Eric B. Meyer Forcing job applicants to disclose social media logins and passwords as a condition of employment is so 2013 — kinda like this crappy … Read more
The Important Design Components of a “Buddy” Hiring Program
Second of two parts As I told you here yesterday (see Few Recruiting Tools Work Better Than a “‘Buddy Hire” Program), the buddy hire approach is where you … Read more
Here’s Why You Need to Take All Forms of Discrimination Seriously
By Eric B. Meyer Here are 100,000 reasons to take all forms of discrimination seriously. And, that includes discrimination against men. Remember my January … Read more
Corporate Power: It Has Shifted to Your Customers AND Employees
“We challenge you to find a consumer mobile offer available in the UAE that is better than the offers you can get with Etisalat,” read the company’s … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Can You Focus on What Is Important, But Not Urgent?
It’s probable you have a list of (or at least know) the reasons why your customers buy from you. It’s also probable you don’t have the same sort of list of … Read more
Will You Be Forced to Pay Overtime For Employee Smartphone Use?
By Eric B. Meyer “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” (I’m pretty sure that was from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) … Read more
One Answer to One of America’s Toughest Recruiting Problems
Hey Tech Recruiters — your job is really hard, isn’t it? Do you want to know a recruiting job that is about a hundred times harder than yours? Try … Read more