“It would not be enough to keep you interested.” That statement was told to me by a dear friend who had interviewed with a non-profit and was told this was … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Do You Hire For “Readiness?”
One of the great adages of hiring is: “We hire people for what they know and we fire them for who they are.” To do a better job of hiring, we need to focus … Read more
Executive Search and the Hero’s Journey
The holiday season is so very counterintuitive. Its many traditions demand that we rush around to get everything done in time, yet it also calls upon us to … Read more
Bersin Survey: Even in the Social Media Age, Job Boards Drive New Hires
Four years (give or take) into recruiting’s embrace of social media, it turns out that job boards are the most productive source of new hires. Where social … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Yes, Everything in the Hiring Process is a Test
If you haven’t heard me say it before, you will hear it now: Everything you do in the hiring process is a test. One of the best tests is asking applicants … Read more
Why Not Start the New Year by Doing Something Strategic in Talent Management?
The New Year is an opportune time to “raise the bar” by doing something strategic in talent management. In many corporations, new plans and budgets take … Read more
Does the Drop in Monster’s Stock Price Make it a Takeover Target?
With a stock price so low Monster is about to fall out of the S&P 500, there’s some very public speculation that the global employment advertising … Read more
Survey Shows That 2012 Hiring Plans Are (Finally) Starting to Look Up
Manpower says the U.S. hiring outlook for the first part of next year is the most positive since 2008. That’s not saying much, though. The quarterly … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Telling If a Potential Employee Will Go the Extra Mile
Here’s a great interview question from one of our readers, Dan Criswell, Assistant Security Shift Supervisor & Security Department Recruiter for the … Read more
The Business Case for Hiring College Grads — 32 Reasons They Can Produce a High ROI
College hiring is about to ramp up again — and the very best college recruiting organizations would argue it ramped up several months back — so … Read more