“There’s got to be an easier way to do this business,” some of us have muttered these days. There must be easier ways to find solid job … Read more
Diversity – The Business Case For Diversity
I wish TFL readers and their loved ones a happy, healthy, successful and peaceful 2004. Recently we were in the midst of Boston’s first … Read more
Lucy & the Football
Remember the periodic Peanuts comic strip where Lucy would con Charlie Brown into kicking a football she was holding; then at the last second, she’d … Read more
What the Dinosaur Teaches Recruiting Firms
In July the lively diversity recruiting postings on Electronic Recruiting Exchange, gave us plenty to think, wonder, and talk about. One made a subtle but … Read more
Diversity Recruiting: Why Such a Hot Issue?
On a beautiful evening last May, Paul Hawkinson and I had dinner in St. Louis. Over the years and in a variety of cities we’ve enjoyed many memorable … Read more
Little People: Parvum Sed Potens
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a professor of education at Harvard University, believes that respect is the single most important ingredient in creating … Read more
Baby boomers shape future business
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that I’m as old as the man in the mirror I shave every day. To keep from getting too lugubrious about this I … Read more
Staying ?Up? (And Productive) In Down Times
It would be wonderful if life sailed along, with no problems, traumas or turmoil. Yet the reality is, to coin a phrase, “stuff happens.” A … Read more
Diversity in Recruiting: Opinions and Facts
Bernard Baruch once affirmed. “Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” It’s … Read more
Gays in the Workplace
In my life I’ve met many courageous and tireless human rights leaders. One of the strongest most dedicated, and fearless died a few months ago in … Read more