It may be the Year of the Rabbit in China, but in the U.S. today, it’s the year of the dog. And the monkey, too. Two dog-themed commercials are … Read more
Unemployment Rate Drops, But Few Jobs Added
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped sharply in January to 9.0 percent, but the economy added only 36,000 non-farm jobs during the month, the smallest number … Read more
What’s Cost Per Hire? Proposed Standard Answers That
Cost of hire is one of the most elementary of recruiting metrics. Yet if you’ve ever tried to do the math, you’ve discovered just how … Read more
Job Growth Up; But How Real Are the Numbers?
What should we make of this morning’s National Employment Report? It should be considered good news that the report estimates 187,000 private sector … Read more
Dice Has a Great Wall Street Day
Dice had a great day on Wall Street today. Its stock closed at $14.95, up 14.5 percent on the day. Depending on what expense items are considered, the job … Read more
Taleo Acquires SonicRecruit Maker Cytiva
Cytiva, the Canadian talent acquisition technology company, is being acquired by Taleo. The $11 million (Canadian; $11.1 million U.S.) deal is expected to … Read more
Thorough Sourcing
“What’s thorough sourcing?” you ask. “We’re doing that!” you hope think. Are you? Thorough sourcing is when you are confident you have everyone inside a … Read more
2011 ERE Recruiting Excellence Award Finalists
This was the seventh year of the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards, but it was the military talent category, added for the first time, that was mentioned by … Read more
In Wide-ranging Q&A, Monster CEO Calls Social Media Debate “Waste of Energy”
Friday was a tough day for the world’s stock markets. Rattled by the events in Egypt, investors worried that the upheaval there could worsen, even … Read more
Performance Appraisal, the Most Dreaded HR Process – A List of the Top 50 Problems
90% of performance appraisal processes are inadequate. –Salary.com survey In conversations with HR leaders and employees, the talent management … Read more