Lawson Software, seller of ERP and human capital acquisition and management software, reported a stellar financial year, more than doubling its 4th quarter … Read more
The Recruiting Project Manager
The traditional recruiting model should be replaced by what I call Solution Recruiting — which I will be writing about in an upcoming Journal of … Read more
MBA Grads Signing On To ‘Serve The Greater Good’
When Lauren Mehler took The MBA Oath this spring, she saw it as a way of holding herself to a higher degree of accountability. Putting her name to the oath … Read more
Monster Confirms Layoff But Says It Is Also Hiring
Monster today confirmed rumors of a layoff, saying 160 jobs will be eliminated. But the company tempered the news with the announcement that 80 positions … Read more
What’s Important to Employees
SHRM had employees use a 4-point scale to indicate what’s “very unimportant” (that’s a 1) or “very important” … Read more
The Road Ahead
With unemployment now reaching 9.5% and on track to hit 10% in the next few months, recruiters should consider their career options for the near term. … Read more
Twitter User. Is That An Oxymoron?
Attention you would-be tweeps and tweeple. You talk a good game, but you don’t tweet one. In fact, you don’t tweet at all. Half of all those … Read more
Monster Tight-Lipped About Rumored Layoffs; Stock Takes a Hit
Monster stock is taking a beating today, following the company’s acknowledgment it will be laying off workers in its product and technology group. … Read more
Why Competency-based Selection Should Be in Your Toolkit
Competency-based selection (also known as behavioral selection) is a well-known selection method about which many books have been written, and many … Read more
Job Loss Surprise Shows No Recovery Yet
More workers than there are people in all of Miami were put out of work in June, a development that surprised economists and sent U.S. financial markets … Read more