This year will mark my fourteenth year in the staffing business. They say time flies when you are having fun, and I feel lucky to be able to make a living … Read more
Job Board Giant Monster Completes Long-Awaited Takeover of HotJobs
Note: This post has been updated below. Monster and HotJobs, betrothed last year, are now officially one. Fittingly, the integration of the two career … Read more
Trading Places, or Why No One Ever Got Fired Hiring Ivy League MBAs
Editor’s Note: With the Academy Awards drawing near, TLNT asked a number of prominent thought leaders to write about their favorite movie with a management … Read more
Bookmobile HR, or Why Changing a Workplace Culture is so Terribly Hard
In HR we talk a lot about “hiring for culture” – it’s a nice, professional way to say, we want to hire people who “fit” in with the rest of us. We try and … Read more
How to Create a Great Talent Pipeline
By Jennifer Prosek I rarely read a resume from the top down. Of course, I’ll look at the candidate’s most recent employment line and scan his … Read more
Publicity You Can’t Buy: How The Ladders Ad Has People in a Tizzy
Monkeys, shirtless men, and come-hither women. What’s HR coming to? CareerBuilder’s monkeys have the animal rights people in a tizzy, while the latter … Read more
This Year’s Trends in the World of Pre-Employment Testing
As a technology lover and futurist, I spend time at each new year thinking about the trends shaping the future. It’s cool to look across my experiences in … Read more
Weekly Wrap: 75,000 Applicants at Google, Sick Pay Abuse, Speaking “Literally”
Sometimes, I find that the questions are far more interesting than the answers. Here’s one, for example: How does Google (or any other company for that … Read more
The Process Makes the Placement
How many times have you heard one or more of your clients state: “I will not settle for anything but the best.” Or “I want to hire the best candidate … Read more
Taleo Deals for Canadian Talent Acquisition Company Cytiva
Cytiva, the Canadian talent acquisition technology company, is being acquired by Taleo. The $11 million (Canadian; $11.1 million U.S.) deal is expected to … Read more