I’ve been espousing the need for predictive metrics in HR for over 20 years, so I am pleased that more talent leaders are now beginning to realize their … 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
Why ‘Source of Hire’ Should Drive a Company’s Talent Acquisition Strategy
I decided to ask 1,582 U.S. company employees how they go their last job. I gave them four choices: Internal move or promotion Some type of proactive … Read more
Bold Approaches for Successfully Retaining Every Innovator, Part 2 of 2
A retention toolkit for innovators As the economy picks up and unemployment rates continue to drop, I can forecast with a good deal of certainty that the … Read more
Talent Diversity Isn’t Just About Demographic Data
On the way home from the diversity career fair, while writing job ads for the diversity publications, hiring the diversity consultants — while taking … Read more
Try Using Employee Referrals for Filling Internal Openings
Everyone knows that employee referrals produce high-quality external hires, but what most don’t know is that employee referrals can also be used to improve … Read more
The Top 10 Strategic Talent Areas … Where Most Firms Do Nothing
There’s no better way to start out a new year than to take one or more strategic actions. On the surface, selecting a new strategic area may seem to be … Read more
Adopt a “Whole Career” Strategic Hiring Model
If you are a recruiting leader, I would like to introduce you to a concept that many are not familiar with, which is “whole career employment.” The … Read more
Solving the “Candidate Sharing Problem” Using a Social Media Approach
There is probably no more misleading statement in corporate recruiting than “we will keep your application on file for six months.” While such a … Read more
20 Reasons Why LinkedIn Will Be the #1 Recruiting Portal of the Future
This week on ERE.net, there is a unified focus by a wide range of authors on the use of LinkedIn. To me, this focus is justified because LinkedIn has the … Read more