Your boss may be a psychopath. Not in that “you know what that jerk did today” kind of way, but in the clinical, DSM-IV meaning. Turns out that … Read more
What’s New: Entelo; Jobdreaming; The Needle; Trucking Jobs; InsideTrak; Avature
A little of what’s new, from a “matching” site, to video, to job boards, a tool to find passive candidates, a place to review employers … Read more
Hire Candidates With These 5 Traits — or Prepare to Perish
Take 30 seconds to read this passage from this year’s Global CEO Study from IBM. You’ll find it either unsettling or reassuring based on your recruiting … Read more
Building an 80% Sales Force, Really!
I can’t begin to estimate the amount of nonsense used to select salespeople: show me your wage reports; sell me the pencil; what animal best describes you; … Read more
What Recruiters Can Learn From the TV Industry
As the new fall television shows are starting to air, viewers across the U.S. are deciding which shows they want to check out. This sort of judgment … Read more
SeeMore’s ‘Big Data’ Prowess Is Now Available to Small Employers
Today, talent-focused big data comes to small business. While in France, big data comes to big employers. Both developments involve Monster’s … Read more
Use Prospect Research and Failure Analysis to Learn Why Recruiting Underperforms
When you are battling for talent in a highly competitive environment, you are likely to encounter more than your share of failures. In fact, because … Read more
13 More Bold and Outrageous HR Practices That May Indicate Your Approach Is Too Conservative (Part 2 of 2)
In part 1 of this article, I highlighted my top 10 recently implemented bold and outrageous practices in HR and talent management. The goal is not to … Read more
Is Your Hiring Test a Joke?
When something looks good on the surface, but completely without merit, it is called a joke. You might not have thought of this before, but many hiring … Read more
Facebook Recruiting Is All the Rage
Violence is as American as apple pie. —Eldridge Cleaver Todd Raphael just did a piece on Facebook as it relates to a conversation he had with Steven … Read more