A recent study conducted by the folks at LinkedIn found that, for one-third (33 percent) of the people who’ve recently taken new jobs, it was also a career … Read more
It Takes A Village For An Employer to Make A Hire
536. That’s the number of people it takes to get from the top of a corporate recruiting funnel to a hire. After 10 million applications from 50 … Read more
Redefining Recruiting, and Is It Really the “Point” of HR?
It’s like getting hit on via an online dating site, professionally speaking, of course. A recruiter digs your LinkedIn profile, he sends you a LinkedIn … Read more
How To Build a Solid Pipeline Of Great Candidates
As president and founder of a staffing firm that’s celebrating 20 years in business, I’ve experienced first-hand the ups and downs of the recruitment … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: It Takes a Little Ingenuity to Cope When Talent Gets Tight
How about this recruitment ad: Been Out of Work for a While? Then We Want to Talk to You! Just because a person has gaps in their employment history or has … Read more
When an Executive Search Goes Bad: Remember, No One Held a Gun to Your Head
It’s become common practice in high level NCAA Division Athletics to use retained search firms to hire athletic directors and coaches. Recently, the … Read more
Hiring Diverse Candidates Can Be Good For Your Business – and Your Workforce
talentRecently, the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals hired the very first female coach in league history. This is a seismic shift in a field heavily dominated … Read more
LinkedIn Endorsements: Good Idea, But We Need a Lot More Than It Offers
It’s easy to poke fun at LinkedIn’s “Endorsements” feature. Nearly all of us have been endorsed for some marginal skill by some kind soul who … Read more
Why You Are Not Ready to Talk About Quality of Hire
HR as a field sure loves to have a carousel of buzzwords that fade in and out of our conscience in 12-to-18 month cycles. Often those buzzwords are used as … Read more
4 Ways to Build a Pipeline of Great Candidates
As president and founder of a staffing firm that’s celebrating 20 years in business, I’ve experienced first-hand the ups and downs of the recruitment … Read more