There is a growing portion of the sourcing community that feels sourcing is no longer so much about finding candidates, but engaging them. While this is … Read more
The Temp Hiring Revolution: How to Avoid Getting Left Behind
Temporary hiring is on the rise, and recruiters, employers, and staffing pros would be smart to take note. Only about 24 percent of employers expect to … Read more
Facebook’s Billion-Dollar Lesson About the 2 Big Hires They Missed
The most costly recruiting error in recent history was revealed this month. In mid February, Facebook announced its nearly $19 billion purchase of the … Read more
Nurses’ Unions Intensify Push For Legislation on Nurse-Patient Ratio
By Melissa L. McDonagh For several years, nurses’ unions have lobbied, with varying success, for legislation implementing nurse-patient ratios. The nurses’ … Read more
The “War” For Talent: Real Shortage, or Employer Propaganda?
Depending on who you speak to, there is a talent war going on and every employer should be gathering up their troops to battle for the best and brightest. … Read more
RecruitiFi Wants You to Tap Into Someone Else’s Surplus Candidates
RecruitiFi is one of many new companies (see the bottom of this post) that you may not know of yet, one that wants you to send out listings for jobs to a … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 3 Timely Management Tips Worth Remembering
Here are three timely tips: We need to stop training employees and instead start developing them. (We train animals; we develop people. ) Employees need to … Read more
Whole Foods Hit With Class Action Over Background Screening Process
Whole Foods Market was just inducted into a growing club where no one wants to be a member. The giant food retailer is the latest target of a class action … Read more
“Labor Buyer’s Market” Helps Keep Temp Worker Growth Flat in 2013
Temp labor reached new heights last year as employers ratcheted up the use of contract workers ending the year with 2.8 million temp employees, a 7.9 … Read more
How “Friends of the Firm” Referrals Can Widen Your Talent Network
There is a story in The Wall Street Journal recently about an emerging recruiting trend where traditional employee referral programs are being expanded to … Read more