Talent management vendor Authoria (profile; site) has been acquired by private investment firm Bedford Funding for $63.1 million. The deal leaves intact … Read more
Why You Should Care About Talent Management Systems
Why should a recruiter care about talent management programs? If you don’t have a good answer, consider this: the talent those systems help a company … Read more
Software Vendor Workstream On Verge of Being Delisted by NASDAQ
There’s more trouble for Workstream (profile; site), the Canadian-headquartered talent software and services vendor. Already wrestling with an almost … Read more
Globally, What’s Most — and Least — Important When Considering an Employer
What really matters when deciding where to work? YS Interactive, the parent company of YSN.com, asked 450 students from 50 countries. The students were … Read more
What a Journey!
I was surfing the Internet this week and came across a fabulous story that is a perfect metaphor for how much things have changed in the world of … Read more
Fatal Recruiting Ostrich Disorder and the Miracle Cure
Recruiting Ostrich Disorder (“ROD”) is an illness characterized by the head of a recruiting leader, or recruiter, being buried in the sand … Read more
Global Recruitment: A Primer from a Recruiter
Things are starting to slow down for hiring departments across the country for reasons related to the slower economy, arrival of the holiday season, and … Read more
Try Second Life Beyond the IT Department
A number of organizations are recruiting in Second Life. They are realizing significant branding benefits by recruiting in a virtual world. The real … Read more
Wanted: Real People
Is your company’s recruiting video boring? If you didn’t think so before, you might think it’s a yawner after you check out Liz Claiborne … Read more
10 Great Ways to Make Bad Hiring Decisions
I wrote a rather controversial article last week comparing Obama vs. McCain using our 10-factor evidence-based assessment system. The stated purpose of the … Read more