Last year, I worked in six countries and four continents and found similar challenges and issues in each, although with their own twist, whether a booming … Read more
7 Trends in Pre-Employment Assessment for 2006
Many of the recent developments in the pre-employment assessment field have come in two inter-related areas. The first of these is an increased interest in … Read more
2010: What Recruiting May Look Like
February 23, 2010. Another day at DH Services, one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States, and Jamie Deal was just arriving at his … Read more
3 New Year’s Resolutions for Recruiters
Half a decade into the second millennium, and change is continuing at a breathtaking pace. It used to be that a couple of years or more elapsed between … Read more
Who’s Ahead of the Curve? A Year End Review of the Best (and Worst) in Recruiting
This is my year-end list of “the best” and “the struggling” in recruiting. I usually try to take a scientific approach to … Read more
Don’t Miss the Next Strategic Turn
People who didn’t believe in the Internet as a sourcing medium 10 years ago started to look pretty foolish about five years ago. Likewise, some … Read more
Hiring Smarter as the Workforce Gets Older
The U.S. workforce is growing steadily older. From 1930 to 1970, the median age went from 26 to 28, an increase in age equal to about two weeks per year. … Read more
The Myth of the War for Talent
Contrary to what many people believe, the war for talent is a myth. What is not a myth, however, is the frightening social/organizational/political … Read more
Ethics, Poaching and Competitive Intelligence
I’m a little surprised that anyone would have a problem with John Sullivan’s stand on aggressive recruiting tactics. In my opinion, once … Read more
Strategic Talent Advisor: Is This What Recruiters Are Becoming?
The skills that once defined a corporate recruiter are no longer sufficient ó and are in some cases not even relevant to the needs organizations … Read more