A new study by HR technology provider SilkRoad shows that jobs search site Indeed.com is the leading source of external hires for its 700+ customers, … Read more
Burning Bridges: The Perils of Ripping Your Employer Heading Out the Door
In a very public resignation published Wednesday morning in The New York Times, former Goldman Sachs executive director Greg Smith blasted the investment … Read more
Ask Barb: Speeding Up Client Decisions
Dear Barb: How do we get our clients to hire faster? They take their sweet old time and often my candidates lose interest. They don’t realize top talent is … Read more
HR Now Has Its First Official Standard: Cost-Per-Hire
For the first time in the history of the profession, human resource practitioners now have a uniform way to measure and compare one of HR’s oldest … Read more
What You Need to Have a World-Class Employee Retention Program
As the economy slowly improves, companies everywhere are starting to worry a lot more about an issue that had just about been forgotten during the … Read more
5 Strategies for Getting Your New Recruiters Ramped Up Quickly & Productively
This article is the third and final in a series of confessions of how I really messed up in growing my recruiting firm when I first opened in 1990 and for … Read more
No Time to Coach?
The following article is derived in part from the thinking of Randall Murphy and the Acclivus Corporation and their curriculum entitled Acclivus Coaching … Read more
Job Growth in February: 3rd Straight Month Adding 200,000 Plus Jobs
The U.S. created 227,000 new jobs in February, exceeding what economists predicted and adding to the optimism that the economy is finally on the mend. … Read more
What The Military Can Teach You About Recruiting and Hiring
It’s no secret that the military knows how to recruit. It’s considerably harder to select and prepare people for battle than it is for the boardroom, … Read more
Background Survey: Qualifications Are More Important Than Criminal Record
When it comes to background screening, employers need to continue to “thread the needle.” That’s the analysis from the 2012 employer … Read more