Practices: The return of talent agents; HR owns M&A; and hiring without degrees Anyone who tracks advanced trends in talent management knows that many … Read more
What Not to Ask In an Interview
You have read all about what to ask in an interview as well as magic questions that will solve all your hiring problems. What about what not to do? Make no … Read more
Here’s How to Avoid Picking a Shoddy Assessment Vendor
Selecting a pre-hire assessment vendor is not always easy, but doing it right can make a huge difference. I’ve written about this subject before, as has my … Read more
DIRECTV Improving Funnel, Turnover Among Call Center and Technician Employees
The satellite TV company DIRECTV is in the process, apparently successful so far, of improving the performance and the turnover of front-line employees, … Read more
The Black Hearts and White Knights of Pre-Employment Testing
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. — Abraham Lincoln … Read more
These 5 Trends Are Shaping the Future of Pre-hire Assessments
2013 is going to present the start of a major tipping point in the way people find and are evaluated for jobs (and vice versa), and a blend of technology … Read more
Jobvite’s Big Social-media CRM Launch Leads List of New Tools
An IT recruiting tool. An internship community. A new branding/careersite company. A video interviewer. A website for “challenges” students can … Read more
What’s New: Better Weekdays; HealthRecruit; TrueAbility; CareerSonar; Tomigo; GoodHire; Vitamin T; HireVue
Startups and new products handling employee referrals, screening, sourcing, background checking, healthcare recruiting, and resume-reading. All below. Read more
Recruiters Must Demand Their Hiring Managers Prepare performance-based Job Descriptions
Since we promote people based on their performance, why don’t we hire them the same way? Amazon willing, my next book, The Essential Guide for Hiring … Read more
Talent Diversity Isn’t Just About Demographic Data
On the way home from the diversity career fair, while writing job ads for the diversity publications, hiring the diversity consultants — while taking … Read more