What could be more important than having everyone on your team focused and on the same page? Unfortunately, in my interactions with corporate recruiting … Read more
Calculating the Dollar Costs of a Bad or Weak-performing Employee
Almost every manager, when asked, readily agrees that weak employees underperform average employees by a significant amount. We certainly know from sports … Read more
Time to Step Up to the Marketing Plate
I recently led a session at a recruiting conference in which I asked how many of the talent acquisition professionals present had to give an account of or … Read more
Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Strategic Talent Leaders
The New Year is the perfect time to reexamine and refocus your talent efforts. The coming year will see a surge in economic growth, but it will occur in a … Read more
Who Are the Despicable Mes in Recruiting?
The combination of the popular “Despicable Me” movies and the Christmas season made me think about who in the recruiting process should get “a lump of … Read more
Meet SourceCon Spring Speaker Jason Roberts
Editor’s note: the Meet the Speakers series is designed to introduce the SourceCon audience to the speakers who will be presenting at SourceCon Atlanta in … Read more
Forget About Quality of Hire and Focus on Quality of Hiring
There are two fundamental issues with the current quality of hire measures: the timing of the assessment and the definition itself as it relates to … Read more
4 Key Metrics Most Sourcers Don’t Track (But Should)
Conventional wisdom: You can’t manage what you don’t measure. And, more than just a business world cliché, there’s plenty of evidence that measured … Read more
Implementing Actionable Predictive Analytics in Talent Management
I’ve been espousing the need for predictive metrics in HR for over 20 years, so I am pleased that more talent leaders are now beginning to realize their … Read more
Actionable Predictive Analytics — the Next Big Thing in Talent Management
Every leader wants to know what is the “next big thing” in talent management? Well in my book, it is the forward-looking talent management approach known … Read more