I was training a group of hiring managers in New York City a few weeks ago on the fine points of Performance-based Hiring. The conversation quickly focused … Read more
Your Seat at the Table Is Waiting
Of all the developments and trends in human resources, what would be at the top of your list? Would strategic HR be there? How about outsourcing; or, … Read more
Talent Strategies for a Turbulent VUCA World — Shifting to an Adaptive Approach
It’s not the big that eat the small. It’s the fast that eat the slow! –-Author Jason Jennings If the rate of change inside your firm is slower than … Read more
Assessing Whether You Have an Elite Strategic Recruiting Function — a Checklist
Corporate recruiting is a field where there are distinct and measurable differences between the average and elite functions. In short, what that means is … Read more
What’s More Important: The Journey Or The Destination?
My dad always told me to enjoy the journey. Of course, this was always when we were on a long road trip through the middle of nowhere to somewhere that … Read more
The Silliness of Measuring Cost Per Hire, and How it Can Reduce Your Strategic Impact
I nominate the calculating of “cost per hire” as the single most pointless and damaging exercise in recruiting. Even though the cost per hire metric … Read more
Managers Need You to Screen Out the Weakest Candidates
Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure. —William Congreve, 1693 If you work from a job … Read more
Show Me the Money — the Top 10 Revenue Impacts of a Great Hiring Process
Many are surprised to learn that in growing corporations, recruiting can have the highest revenue impact of all of the HR functions. That is a powerful … Read more
“Our Employees Are Our Most Valuable Asset”
This (standard) cliché is repeated over and over by the world’s public employers in their most valuable marketing piece, their annual report. We know it’s … Read more
Recruiters Ponder Pay, Metrics, and Relocation in California’s Silicon Valley
High pay, high housing costs, and an increasingly global recruiting environment have sent the recruiting market in California’s Silicon Valley back to the … Read more