University recruiting, like any relationship-management sourcing strategy, often requires a balanced mix of long-term investments coupled with numerous … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How To Tell If You Took the Wrong Job
By now I should be jaded, but, still, I am amazed by the “first day on the job from hell stories” I hear from those who attend my presentations. In spite … Read more
The Complete List of Employee Referral Program Best Practices (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 of this series we looked at the first 35 of 70 exceptional employee referral program features. This episode continues with 36-70 and covers … Read more
Are External Recruiters Better Than Their Corporate Counterparts?
I’m concerned that most corporate recruiters don’t understand what it really takes to recruit passive candidates. In three minutes, I think you’ll agree. … Read more
$20 Million, 14 Jobs: Why It’s Easy to Be Cynical About Any Washington Jobs Package
I was excited to hear the news that President Obama had announced a renewed focus on jobs. After all, absent from all of the talk about debt ceilings, tax … Read more
Closing the Perception Gap: Why Hiring the Unemployed Makes Sense
A recent CNNMoney.com article shed light on an unofficial practice among employers who won’t hire from the growing ranks of those who have been unemployed … Read more
Finally, Some Activity From Washington About Creating Jobs
The U.S. doesn’t yet have a jobs czar, but it could soon have a Congressional supercommittee on jobs creation to join the supercommittee on deficit … Read more
The 10 Best Paying Jobs You Can Get Without a College Degree
There’s a fun article on Xfinity listing the Top 10 Highest Paying jobs you can get with a High School degree. Check them out: 10. Boat/Water Vessel … Read more
Millennials Are Like You and Me, Only Different
There’s nothing that different about Millennials that age doesn’t explain. So concludes an interesting study by the Kenexa High Performance … Read more
Recruitment 4.0: Crowdsourcing, Gamification, Recruitment as a Profit Center, … and the Death of Recruitment Agencies!
4.0? We’re only just digesting 3.0. But what direction are we heading in? Is it a coherent journey? Is there a clear destination/end goal? 4.0. What on … Read more