Last week I posted a summary of the most relevant, thought-provoking discussions of the week, and after hearing from several of you, I thought I would make … Read more
6 Steps for Hiring the Best Every Time
Over the past 30-plus years, I’ve been involved in thousands of searches, worked with hundreds of hiring managers, trained 3,000 to 4,000 recruiters, and … Read more
Be a Mover or Shaker: Learning to Learn Drives All Significant Change
“. . .we can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he … Read more
The 20 Principles of Strategic Recruiting
Corporate recruiting is an interesting field. There are no books entitled The Theory of Recruiting or Principles of Strategic Recruiting. As a result, most … Read more
To Catch a Thief
As the adage goes, “to catch a thief you must think like a thief.” The same applies to finding resumes in databases. While thinking about your … Read more
Brand New Tool! SearchMonkey Rocks
In lieu of doing a complete recap today, I wanted to share some great information about a brand new way Yahoo! has come up with to use its search engine, … Read more
Catch and Release Sourcing
Catch and release is a practice within recreational fishing intended as a technique of conservation. After capture, the fish are unhooked and returned to … Read more
Are You Suffering from Over-Sourcing Syndrome?
O?ver sourc?ing syn?drome: the need to find more candidates than needed caused by inappropriately eliminating the good candidates you already have. This … Read more
Forgotten Fun
I’d forgotten the fun of Internet search. I had a job come in during January. The position was for a senior-level manager in the R&D software … Read more
We Found Time for Pipeline Building
Let’s fantasize about what it would be like to take maybe a month off (or, since we are dreaming, maybe even two) just to do succession planning. It … Read more