In order to be effective and efficient as a recruiter, you need to know whom you’re looking for, where to find them, and how to properly qualify them … Read more
Placements and the Law
Send-out to A, Hire by B: Intercepting the Forward Pass The “forward pass” happens all too frequently: 1. Employer A agrees to pay the fee. 2. … Read more
Firing Your Client – When Will They Learn?
A dozen or so years ago, an organization was created by a few influential industry bigwigs whose goal was perception enhancement – attempting to … Read more
Talent Shortage or Recruiter Lack?
Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s Labor Secretary and author of The Work of Nations, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal a few days ago about his … Read more
Fired Over Gender Reassignment, Stanton Still Job Hunting
City commissioners in Sarasota, Florida, did not hire Susan Stanton to serve as the new city manager. While most city council meetings across the country … Read more
CareerBuilder Launches WorkForAmerica.com
Despite a dwindling federal workforce (some statistics show that of the 1.9 million federal government workers, 44% are eligible to retire by 2010 — … Read more
Executive Bonuses Keep Whirling
More corporate boards are keeping base salaries steady while adding other perks (i.e., bonus payments, stock options, restricted stock awards, long-term … Read more
Immigration Changes: Title III and Electronic Employment Verification
While multi-tiered and complex, there are certain staffing-related elements of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act that recruiters and staffing … Read more
Goodbye, Imperial CEO
Boardroom verbal brawls are one major factor for increased CEO turnover at the world’s largest companies, with power struggles getting worse. The … Read more
Chinese Turtles and Rednecks
Ray Zhang knows something about the Chinese talent hunt. The HR director for PepsiCo in China gets calls from headhunters himself almost every other … Read more