When hiring, we can easily assess whether a candidate for a role has the necessary capabilities, or skills, to perform that role by evaluating their work … Read more
Blip or Omen? Divining the Significance of the March Jobs Numbers
While all eyes last week were focused on the disappointing March job numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the report contained a curious blip … Read more
Harnessing the Power of Social Media – Without the Headache
The Kony 2012 film has more than 87 million hits on YouTube. Invisible Children, Inc. has more than 3.2 million members on Facebook. Kony 2012 – … Read more
5+1 Best Practices of Top-performing Recruiters
In more 10 years in the staffing industry in various operational, managerial, and corporate roles and in different countries, I have interviewed, coached, … Read more
Are You Hiring Real Rock Stars, or Just Pop Stars?
It seems like everywhere you look these days, people are aspiring to be rock stars. Can you give a killer slide presentation? Then you’re a PowerPoint rock … Read more
March Jobs Report Shows a Clear “Slowing in the Pace of Job Growth”
The U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in March, the smallest gain since October and well below what economists predicted. However, unemployment unexpectedly … Read more
The “Firster” Challenge: Managing First-Time Employees So They Last
First of two parts By Mark Sanborn and Eric Chester After graduating from college, Eric started his career as a high school business teacher and coach. … Read more
Is Facebook Finally Getting Serious About Its Search Function?
One of the biggest frustrations for recruiters and HR pros has to be the walled garden that is Facebook. While its people search capability being called … Read more
5 Ways the New War For Talent Will Change the Workplace Forever
There’s a new war for talent. Even while some victims of the recession are still out of a job, workers with in-demand skills like programming and web … Read more
Packaging and Selling the Candidate Experience
There are plenty of whitepapers and blogs that attempt to define and describe the candidate experience, but can we go further? Can we find a way to make it … Read more