Remember that flexible schedule work initiative over at Best Buy, known as ROWE, or results oriented work environment? My TLNT colleague and HR pro Lance … Read more
Recruiting Truism: The Old-Fashioned Phone Never Goes Out of Fashion
Lately I’ve been reading about how the telephone is so (19th and 20th Century) over. The outcry goes that social media has reinvented the wheel and … Read more
Why Major League Baseball is Like a Big HR Lab – 3 Lessons to Remember
Major League Baseball is back, which means I now have something to do each night until November! Yeah me, I’m winning! More importantly, MLB gives us some … Read more
Interviewing 101: Here’s How You Can Avoid This All-Too-Common Mistake
Most interviewers look at the interview as a one-step process and this misperception is largely the reason why a Michigan State University study found: … Read more
Sign of the Times? How Does HR Go About Hiring Someone “Cool?”
Last week I was at the airport picking up a friend, and I overheard a discussion that two gentlemen were having about a company that is going through a … Read more
Does it Matter That Silicon Valley is Adding Jobs? It Might Where You Live
We’ve been hearing good things about the job market and that has translated to Silicon Valley as well: The Bay Area tech hotbed has not yet fully … Read more
How to Find (and Develop) Engaged and Entrepreneurial Employees
By Martin O’Neill In corporate workshops, I often group participants into teams and ask half the teams to answer the question, “What words … Read more
Study: Half of Organizations Say They May Switch Talent Acquisition System Providers
Want another sign that we’re slowly but surely recovering from the Great Recession? It’s when companies and their HR departments indicate … Read more
What Exactly is Talent Management?
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management for over 30 years. His … Read more
Recruiting College Students When Your Company’s Not a Big Brand Name
Pam Strohmeyer of the Michigan-Ohio-Florida financial services accounting firm Rehmann talks about the challenges of recruiting on college campuses when … Read more