Remember the Yugo? Yugos were cars built in the old Yugoslavia, in the 1980s. They were sold solely based on their low price. More than 100,000 cars were … Read more
Close the Talent Gap These 6 Ways
CEOs are frustrated. According to a ManpowerGroup survey, 34% of companies are experiencing difficulty filling mission-critical positions. Paradoxically, … Read more
IT Security Professionals: Well Paid and Staying Where They Are
Information security professionals are among the most stable of tech workers. They are paid well, the majority got raises last year — 20% of them of … Read more
Recruiting Supermodels and a Tool to Help You Do It
As a recruiter, one of the main problems I face with prospective and actual clients is unrealistic expectations of who they can really hire. For a variety … Read more
Why it Pays to Pay Your Interns
Recently, NBC News announced that it would begin to pay its college interns because the network hopes to attract more minority talent. If you pay your … Read more
Use a Salary Reopener Clause to Increase Your Offer Acceptance Rates
One of the most frustrating elements of recruiting occurs when after weeks of hard work, you have found an excellent candidate who is excited but you can’t … Read more
Weekly Wrap: The State of HR Today? By One Account, It May be Picking Up
A New Year always seems to bring a lot of new surveys and studies, but this one with Chief HR officers has some pretty interesting findings and insights on … Read more
What a Georgia Strip Club Can Teach Us About Independent Contractors
Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you … Read more
Goodies and Gimmicks Won’t Get You a High-Performing Workforce
A while back, I was doing a public program on how to keep employee morale high and shared my “Forget the Goodies, Gimmicks, and Gala Events Approach to … Read more
Hiring Outlook for 2013: Slow, Cautious
The employment outlook here at the start of 2013 is a lot like it was just last week at the end of 2012: cautious, slow, but with a few areas — high … Read more