Video didn’t kill the radio star and it hasn’t killed the job boards so far, but another new career site would like to take a chunk of their … Read more
How to Measure Cultural Fit Up, Down, and Sideways
Here’s a link to a Forbes magazine article that was pushed to me last month (January 27, 2012) by LinkedIn Today, highlighting why 46% of all new hires … Read more
Bad Tests and Fake Bird Seed
An old Gary Larsen cartoon once showed a kindly old lady hand-feeding birds in her back yard. Off to the side was a sack labeled with words that read … Read more
Hot, Warm, and Cold Trends in Pre-employment Assessment for 2012 (and Beyond)
I’ve never felt better about the evolution of pre-employment assessment. In this coming year we’ll see some real progress toward new levels of … Read more
Is It Time to Use Klout/Kred Scores as Part of the Hiring Process?
Has anyone asked you “what’s your Klout score?” If you are on the leading edge of corporate recruiting and you are constantly on the lookout for new tools … Read more
Eternally Stagnant Recruitment and Some Ideas to Overcome It
Recruiting never seems to change very much. As I have often written, even with computers, smart phones, cheap video, big bandwidth, and years of … Read more
Latest Job-matchmaking Site Will Focus on MBAs
We began 2011 talking about new “matchmaker” job sites starting up. As 2011 progressed, as Jeff Dickey-Chasins said, such sites, some more art … Read more
Questions Every Corporate Recruiter Should Ask
Throughout the year I get many questions from readers, recruiters, HR, and vendors. In this end-of-the-year article, I’ll list a few of the most frequent ones. Read more
Managing 5 Kinds of Hiring Managers
No matter who you’re meeting with, make a good impression. But hiring managers even more so. You will potentially be partnering with these individuals … Read more
Ridiculist: More Silly Recruiting Ideas
I owe the term “Riduculist” to Anderson Cooper. Every so often he discusses something so silly it defies explanation. This article deals with an email … Read more