Disruption is what happens when someone figures out a new way to arrive at the conclusion you get to the old way. In pure technical environments, … Read more
CBS Pantses CareerBuilder Over No-Pants Ads
This is a story about pantsing: the yanking down of someone’s pants in front of others. In this case, there are two someones and they self-pantsed … Read more
Bad Employee Referrals, Internet Checks and Being Yourself
We have some great hits from the community so let’s get started! Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: The dreaded … Read more
Is a Company Tattoo the Ultimate in Branding?
You love your company. You love its culture, its people, its products. And you feel great coming to work every day. But would you get the company’s … Read more
Startup Leverages Networks to Help Candidates and Jobs JIBE
Blogging from the ERE Expo last week I mentioned a social recruiting startup that was pretty ingenious in its utility. It wasn’t ready to uncloak … Read more
Why Recruiters Hate the Compensation Department!
I seldom use the word hate. As a kid I was scolded by my father if he heard me or my brothers use it. While I may dislike the Dodgers, tea baggers, and … Read more
Ben Gotkin: Recruiting for a Great Unknown
ERE junkie Ben Gotkin (he’s on his sixth straight conference), the national recruiting director for the accounting firm RSM McGladrey, led a … Read more
Multitasking, Facebook and “Up in the Air” HR
Top of the morning to you! This is a special ERE Expo/St. Patrick’s Day edition of the community highlights. Here’s what’s going on in … Read more
Announcements From ERE Expo
Jobvite isn’t making a big splash about this, but it has a new social recruiting tool for job seekers. Think of it as a combination of bit.ly, the … Read more
Optimism Growing, Startups Returning. Could Hiring Be Around the Corner?
Optimism returned to the recruiting community in November. That’s what my informal survey here in San Diego at ERE’s Expo tells me. In … Read more