I was able to watch parts of RecruitFest yesterday and I continued to see a trend I’d seen at other conferences when talking about the future of our … Read more
The Candidate Experience, and Other Stuff HR Wastes Time On
By Tim Sackett It feels like things in the labor market – at least in many professional classifications – are starting to pick up. Temp hiring is up 22 … Read more
Jobs Report Preview: It’s Still Pretty Ugly Out There
By John Zappe It’s jobs report week in the U.S. and so far the news is not encouraging. For the first time in eight months the economy lost private … Read more
The Noncompete Issue: California Ruling Complicates Life for Employers Everywhere
By Peter D. Holbrook In 2000, a Court of Appeal held that an employer cannot lawfully make the signing of an employment agreement that contains an … Read more
How to Manage the Roller Coaster Ride of Executive Search
I love riding roller coasters. I always have, for as long as I can remember. When I was too short for the really scary rides, I’d put a double layer of … Read more
The Top 10 ‘Power Factors’ Driving Social Media Recruiting
By. Dr. John Sullivan A common question raised these days by senior HR leaders and business journalists pertains to the reality of social media empowered … Read more
Jeff’s On Call!: Employer-Mandated PSAs
This week’s inquiry comes from Fran Pollack: Hello Jeff, I am an avid reader of the Fordyce Letter and I have a question for you. I am the owner of a … Read more
Don’t Facebook Me: Why You Shouldn’t Google During the Recruiting Process
By Laurie Ruettimann Last week, I participated on a panel hosted by the HR Technology Conference and Exposition in Chicago. I joined fellow bloggers Kris … Read more
RPO 2010 – Part 2: An Inflection Point…What’s Next?
Part 1 of this article ended with the following position; “So I think that 2011 will look a lot like 1999, when RPO firms were called “project recruitment” … Read more
The Ups and Downs of Recruiting Entrepreneurism – Part 1: Critical Choices
As recruiters, we are entrepreneurs. Even for those of us who are employees, we are still entrepreneurs. Since our industry is incentivized, we get paid on … Read more