I am sure that you have been there. You have a candidate you’ve been working with for a few weeks and you have built a solid relationship. The … Read more
Hold Your Own Job Fair in One Week
So many of us have wasted days going to local job fairs to come home with, well, nothing to show for it. Holding a company job fair at your location or a … Read more
Mining Your Community
Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab, and IBM have had a relatively easy time recruiting top talent over the years. They have had candidates eagerly seeking … Read more
3 Tactics to Enhance Email Effectiveness
Yesterday while I was having brunch with a friend, my cell phone buzzed with a new awaiting message. Thinking it was an important message, I anxiously … Read more
The Third-Party Recruiter: Sales Professional By Way of Recruiting
The great thing about being a third-party recruiter is that there are no firm rules on how to recruit well. Every client differs, every position differs, … Read more
Three Ethical Tests
One of my earliest childhood memories comes from when I was about three years old. My parents took my brothers and me to visit the grave site of my … Read more
From Average to World-Class: Your Onboarding/Orientation Program, Part 2
This checklist continues last week’s article about comparing your onboarding program against the design components of a “world-class” … Read more
The Video Resume
Corporations have been working hard to get us to buy their products and services for decades. Over the years, they have moved from print and billboards to … Read more
From Average to World-Class: A Checklist to Transform Your Onboarding/Orientation Program, Part 1
World-class is a term that is often used and misused by those in human resources. It’s important to realize upfront that good or even very good … Read more
How Many of Who?
The convergence of several factors has likely led to the steady rise in the number of articles, conferences, and consulting calls focused on workforce or … Read more