Economists were surprised and investors pleased by the latest monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday that said 236,000 jobs were … Read more
The Advantages of Working With An Executive Search Firm In Asia
Working with an executive search firm in Asia insures that you make the right decision when hiring a person for your business. The costs of a bad hire can … Read more
New Report Lists Fastest-Growing Temp Jobs – and HR Makes the Cut
In all the angst over the unemployment numbers during the Great Recession and not-so-great recovery, one area of recruiting has been going gangbusters: … Read more
I’ll Say It Again: We Need to Get Rid of Resumes and Job Descriptions
As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent … Read more
How to Measure If You’re Hiring Great People – or Not
“HR should be every company’s ‘killer app.’ What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?” — Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO I … Read more
Candidate Experience: Can You Keep Them Out of the “Black Hole?”
A couple of months ago I shared some data from an Aberdeen Group report about benchmarking quality of hire best practices. It’s a great benchmark list of … Read more
When Disaster Strikes, Strike Out In Person
Dear Barb: We were working on a confidential position to replace a company’s receptionist. When our candidate arrived, she announced to the receptionist … Read more
Proposed Bill Would Ban Credit Checks on Employees and Applicants
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, I discussed some pending federal legislation that would expand the FMLA to cover part-time employees. Now, I hear that another … Read more
Why the Candidate You Hired Isn’t the Employee Who Actually Showed Up
“But he interviewed so well!” the frustrated manager lamented at a leadership conference I presented for last week. “He was so sharp … so … Read more
I Want You to Show Us Your Recruiting Innovations
You may have missed the announcement about the reimagined Recruiting Innovation Summit on ERE.net (ERE Media is TLNT’s parent company). This May … Read more