Talk to Steven Toole about ResumePal for even just a few minutes and you get the feeling this is how sliced bread came about. ResumePal is a simple, … Read more
Monster Powering New Microsoft Career Center And Its 18 Million Downloads
Monster has managed a coup over rival CareerBuilder, partnering with Microsoft to power the software company’s new consumer career center. Where … Read more
And the Winner Is…
Last night in San Diego, the winners of the 2009 Recruiting Excellence Awards were announced. After an intense judging process that lasted over a month, … Read more
The Most Powerful Questions That Recruiting…Never Asks
More often than not, it is the simplest things in life and in business that produce the biggest impacts. Having spent more than 30 years analyzing … Read more
Job Req: Entrepreneurs Wanted. Exp. and $50k Required
The next time you get an impossible job req, think of Will Owens. He and a counterpart are looking for 1,413 people this year to become Allstate agents. … Read more
Fewer Fancy Food Jobs
It’s a good time to bring the kids to Friday’s, Applebee’s, or Chili’s. It’s also a decent time to be a shareholder in Panera … Read more
What’s Hot
I am always looking for trends, new ways of doing things, or emerging practices that are changing, or at least influencing, the way we attract, source, … Read more
TiVo’s Referrals
A conversation on Facebook today led us to TiVo’s source-of-hire pie chart (shown), one we had to share. The 34% is employee referrals. The 20% are … Read more
When It Comes To Verification, Send A Fax
Nine years after the U.S. Congress endorsed the use of electronic signatures for commerce, research shows the majority of employers and academic … Read more
HR Firms Ride Market Rocket; Taleo To Restate $18 Million
Go ahead and cheer. Do a happy dance. Stocks were up today as Wall Street reacted to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s plan to breath life back … Read more