When economic times are volatile and businesses are facing a downturn in revenue, many CFOs turn their attention to cost-containment. A logical place to … Read more
Four Trends Affecting the Future of Recruiting
This past week I spent time with a major recruitment advertising agency, a large direct marketing organization, and the top-performing office of one of the … Read more
The Value of Networks
What makes a network valuable to you or me? Is it the number of connections you have? I don’t think so. I have over 10 million first-, second- and … Read more
The Social Networking Tug-of-War
All around the world, organizations are scrambling to formulate policies to deal with social networking. Should our employees be allowed to use Facebook at … Read more
Why Google or Starbucks?
Why are people attracted to companies like Google and Starbucks? Is it money? Opportunity? Or maybe for the bragging rights? Certainly a few candidates are … Read more
The Most Effective Way to Change Your Brand
One of my favorite recent hot topics in recruiting is employer branding. The concept goes like this: All employers have a brand for the product or service … Read more
Don’t forget the reason we talked in the first place!
My peers extended three offers last week. In all three situations, the offers (on paper) provided better career opportunity and increased … Read more
Candidate Engagement
My definition of talent is simple: it’s those people who have the skills, knowledge, and desire to work for your organization. Increasingly, it is … Read more
Embracing Social Media to Find the Right Talent
Recruiters have traditionally relied on old-fashioned human “social networks” for decades. Now, job market trends and technology are … Read more
Onboarding That Welcomes and Inspires
At the recent onboarding conference I spoke at in Atlanta, I had the opportunity to listen to some great examples of companies that get concepts such as … Read more