Saying SHRM has an “excellent opportunity to demonstrate its independence,” a coalition of trade associations, job boards, and others is calling on the HR … Read more
Whatever Happened to Jobster? Now It’s the Power of Career Development
When you think of Jobster, what comes to mind? Are you reminded of a company that reached its heyday in 2006 as a leading job referral site and then … Read more
Your Job Search Toolkit — A Resume Template and User’s Guide
Editor’s note: as recruiting professionals, it is important for us to know as much as possible about the candidate side of the recruitment process so … Read more
Have You Earned the Right to Lead?
Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them) Editor’s note: John Hamm explains in his new book, Unusually … Read more
Are You Ready For War for Talent 2.0?
Get ready for the “New War for Talent.” Call it something else if you like – maybe the War for Talent 2.0 – but as Lou Adler and others have been warning … Read more
Refusing to Consider the Unemployed? Read This and Then You Decide
Is it a good idea for firms hiring to purposely exclude the unemployed from consideration? If you missed the news last summer (June 2010) about the growth … Read more
Internet Authority Says .Jobs Manager Violates Rules, Orders Changes
See update below. The Internet’s addressing authority has ordered the manager of the .Jobs domains to fix problems with how it issues addresses within 30 … Read more
The Bottom Line on Hiring Speed? Just Run Faster
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed. – Lord Mountbattan Jason Warner has been thinking a lot about speed lately. Since reading his terrific … Read more
Overconfidence and Business Success
Recently, an article by Kimberly Weisul called Why It’s Okay to Have a Delusional CEO ran on BNET.com. This article brought research conducted by … Read more
The HR Law of Diminishing Returns
I was talking to friend recently about an interview process they were going through. I’ll take you through the steps: First contact. Came in the form of a … Read more