In order to understand where HR is today, it is important to understand a bit of our collective history. Human resources evolved from the … Read more
ATS Survey Results: Why You Must Defend Your Desktop
This is an experiential and interactive article. Another first, but that’s not the real point. Stay with me on this, if you can. We’ll be … Read more
Annual Online Screening and Assessment User Survey Results, Part 2
Towards the end of 2003, I invited ERE readers to participate in my second annual Online Screening and Assessment User Survey. The goal of this … Read more
Let’s Assume No Job Growth, Then What?
Let’s face it. We’re not in a growth industry anymore. Although many of us built our careers on the volume side of this business, it’s a … Read more
The 2004 Recruitment Boom: An Interview with Dr. John Sullivan
As an author and corporate advisor, I receive several hundred questions a week from firms looking for advice, direction, and assistance on recruiting … Read more
Building a Better ATS?
Applicant tracking systems are somewhat unique in the level of frustration and dissatisfaction they engender among users. The churn of clients between ATS … Read more
10 Principles of e-Recruiting, Revisited
Way back in 1999, Business 2.0, an Internet-age magazine that has managed to survive to this day, listed ten principles for the new economy. I wrote a … Read more
Labor Market Indicators and Staffing Strategy
Hiring is in the news. Every day articles cover the current state of employment and unemployment along with analysis and predictions of future labor market … Read more
Where Less Is More
For the benefit of our clients, this can be a business where “less” can be “more,” but only if the staffing firm can consistently … Read more
Getting Effective and Efficient: First Steps In Putting Your House In Order
In the wake of downsizing, work overloads, and an uncertain economy, few recruiting functions have taken any time at all to think about how efficient or … Read more