The new recruiting “no job postings” website of Zappos is truly unique. First off, you have to give the Zappos team credit for eliminating anything in … Read more
How to Hire People Who Think: Use Games
If you want to recruit people who have knowledge, test their knowledge. If you want to recruit people who have experience, ask for job histories. And if … Read more
Steps for Increasing Your Speed of Hire in Order to Improve Your Quality of Hire, Part 2 of 2
This continuation of the two-part article covers specific actions that corporate recruiters can implement to speed up their hiring during each individual … Read more
Recruiting High School and Non-degreed Top Talent — A Missed Corporate Opportunity
In case you didn’t hear about it, college football powerhouse Alabama recently offered a scholarship to eighth-grade football player Dylan Moses and … Read more
Moneyball and Recruiting: The Future of Hiring or Pie in the Sky?
Moneyball is getting to be the new buzzword in recruiting. We’re supposedly on the cusp of a data-driven revolution in hiring. And it seems one is sorely … Read more
I Filled a Job You Didn’t Know You Had
OK, so you’re a hiring manager, and you’ve just arrived at the office, grabbed your coffee, and opened up your email inbox. There — in boldfaced … Read more
Hiring Employees Who Are ‘Customer-Ready’
The Age of the Customer is the title and the focus of Jim Blasingame’s new book. I like the tagline even more — Prepare For The Moment of Relevance. … Read more
This Is Not a Test — It’s the Future! Talent Assessment Trends for 2014
“Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon … everything’s different.” — Calvin from … Read more
Judging the Voice: The Reality of Phone Interview Bias
What do you have in common with Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Blake Sheldon, and Adam Levine? If you spend time searching for top talent, quite a lot! … Read more
‘Only Some People Are Talented’
This is what an employee of a client of mine said to me this week. He continued, “And we should only hire the talented people.” This is worthy … Read more