Microsoft this morning said it would lay off 5,000 of its nearly 100,000 workers over the next 18 months starting with 1,400 today. The layoffs will be … Read more
Keeping the Best When Times are Tough
Even though there are layoffs announced every day, organizations I am speaking with still need to keep the people who generate sales, create new products, … Read more
Free Job Board Launches Offering Online Interviewing
A new job board launched a few days ago, providing evidence that entrepreneurs aren’t intimated by the worsening recession and that they’re … Read more
The Connector’s Departure
John Q. Gladwell’s departure from Do It Right! Extrusion (DIRE) didn’t seem like such a big issue at the time. On the afternoon of the morning … Read more
The New Monster: It’s More User Friendly, But Is That Saying Much?
I don’t fit neatly into anyone’s standard job taxonomy. So it was no surprise that in the “new” Monster (profile; site) none of the … Read more
Managing Change: When S.A.R.A.H. Met S.A.L.Y.
Of all of the issues that are discussed in the ERE communities, at ERE Expos, and at other HR and Recruiting conferences, the one that I find most … Read more
LinkedIn Sourcing With a Free Account
Do you use LinkedIn for sourcing? Everybody does these days, right? Would you like to be more efficient, reach more relevant people, and do this all for … Read more
Recruiting With Little or No Money – Tools and Ideas to Consider
If you work at a company that has recently cut back on its recruiting budget, but not on its high expectations, attempting to deliver can be frustrating. … Read more
“New, User-Centric” Monster Launches Today
The new Monster (profile; site) launches today. Depending when you read this, the redesigned site that company officials promise puts the focus on the … Read more
Time Warner Launching Killer Intranet Next Week
Time Warner may be suffering from slower online advertising, the decline of print, the AOL merger, and a slower economy, but next week, it will launch a … Read more