Since 2008 we have seen businesses fail, jobs lost, inventories cut, marketing budgets slashed, and lots of markdowns. Over the past year however, life has … Read more
LinkedIn Reports Q3 Earnings
LinkedIn lost money, but still beat analysts estimates, blowing through their most optimistic projections by millions and ending the quarter with $139.5 … Read more
Mid-Size Companies Choosing Tech Over Talent
“Technology — rather than hiring — is on the minds of most executives of mid-market companies.” So says Mid-Market Perspectives: … Read more
Ask Barb: Should I Offer Referral Fees?
Dear Barb: I recently listened to a podcast you did and want to thank you or all your good work. I believe I heard you mention something about referral … Read more
10 Common Mistakes of Sourcing
During her presentation on sourcing strategies that produce results this Monday at the Recruiting Innovation Summit, which took place at Facebook in Palo … Read more
The Medium is Not the Message: Busting the Conventional Wisdom in Social Media
Social media gets a lot of press. There seem to be millions of articles offering advice on how to succeed with social media, in business, in fundraising, … Read more
Die-Hard Phone Jockey Arise, Conquer the 21st Century
This is the sixth and final installment of our Die-hard Phone Jockey’s Guide to Social Media series. We will now review the conclusions we’ve … Read more
A Conspiracy That Is Grammatically Influenced
Inside this modest, even nondescript brick building is the Conspiracy. I capitalize it because I’m playing along with the preposterous notion that it … Read more
Recruiting Innovation and Sourcing
Susan Strayer opened up the Recruiting Innovation Summit today by telling attendees not to replicate anything that they learn today. Say what!? What that … Read more
Strategic Market Research: What You Don’t Know Can Kill Your Recruiting (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 of this series I called out the need for the recruiting profession to embrace and make the business case for using market research to inform and … Read more