The way you word your questions determines the kinds of answers you get. The answers you get determine whether the decisions you make are based on good … Read more
How to Get a Job: A Classic Cover Letter You’ll Never Forget
Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday we’re … Read more
Bacon Carts And Public Displays Of Creative Recruiting
There are a lot of things people will do to recruit tech hires. And apparently, it is all about the bacon. By bacon, I mean the smoked pork product of … Read more
Key Interview Elements: Getting at a Candidate’s Capability, Passion & Fit
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