As I continue to attend conferences and hear awesome speeches about analytics such as the one by Josh Bersin, I am thoroughly convinced that talent … Read more
Yahoo’s CEO Problem Offers Opportunity to Improve Recruiting Process for All Parties
Last Week Dan Loeb of Third Point Capital sent a letter to the board of directors of Yahoo asserting that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson actually did not have a … Read more
Got a Minute? If So, Spend it Looking at Resumes
I recently read an article suggesting that recruiters only spend six seconds reviewing a resume to determine whether or not a candidate was a fit to the … Read more
The Real Value of Wonderlic … Insights From the #1 Fan of Football and Testing
As we gear up for the upcoming NFL draft this weekend, teams (and their fans) are studying, analyzing, prognosticating, and deciding which talent they … Read more
Once a Job Hopper, Not Always a Job Hopper
Employers of hourly labor in industries including fast-food dining, retail, and contact centers often struggle with high turnover, and the associated costs … Read more
Are You Hiring Deciders, or Drifters?
Recent research confirms that top performers ranging from managers of major league baseball teams to customer service reps on the store floor have one … Read more
The 6 Parts of Recruiting for Culture
I met with a client today who made me smile — a Cheshire-Cat-Eating-Grin Smile, as a matter of fact. He said, “Heather, I need to invest in the … Read more
White Truffles Come With Today’s Dot Jobs Update
Regular readers of this roundup, and of ERE, will be so very not shocked to know that there is a new website calls itself the “eHarmony of … Read more
Grow Up Already! Evaluating Your Pre-employment Assessment Maturity Level
I have worked with hundreds of organizations over the years to help them with the care and feeding of their assessment programs. The starting point for my … Read more
Leading-edge Candidate Screening, Interviewing, and Assessment Practices
Candidate selection and assessment is one of the most conservative processes in all of talent management. Many think the topic is not worth a detailed … Read more