Cost of hire is one of the most elementary of recruiting metrics. Yet if you’ve ever tried to do the math, you’ve discovered just how … Read more
Taleo Deals for Canadian Talent Acquisition Company Cytiva
Cytiva, the Canadian talent acquisition technology company, is being acquired by Taleo. The $11 million (Canadian; $11.1 million U.S.) deal is expected to … Read more
Want to Get Promoted? You Need a Dose of Executive Presence
My recent webinar on executive presence drew record breaking participation. Why are so many people interested in this topic? Here’s why: People want … Read more
Recruiting Technology is Not Anti-Relationship!
Technology and Relationships are not Oil and Water When I write posts about creating Boolean search strings to source and find talent/human capital, I … Read more
Succession Planning: It’s Good to Do, So Why Do So Many Do it So Badly?
Succession planning is one of those activities that lots of organizations talk about but few seem to do very well. I was thinking about this last week when … Read more
What’s the Problem Accommodating Nursing Mothers Again?
I get it: running a business is tough. But we can accommodate new mothers in the workforce can’t we? Buried in the thousands of pages of the new … Read more
Workplace Privacy Wars: A Different Ruling on Use of Employer E-Mail
By Brent A. Cossrow In a widely discussed decision issued last year, Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that an employee had … Read more
A New Way to Engage: Are You Ready for an Organizational Pit Stop?
While sitting through a presentation by the Medici Group last Friday, one of the slides caught my eye. Franz Johanssen, an international management … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Why CEOs Don’t Get Fired, Florida Worker Shortage, Being a Good Boss
Here’s a question I wish I had asked: Why aren’t more CEOs fired? Regular readers of this blog (and of that other popular blog I used to write over at … Read more
LinkedIn Makes It Official (Finally) and Files to Go Public
LinkedIn did the expected today. It announced it was going public. The privately held company filed a registration statement with the Securities and … Read more