In a recent ERE article (Recruiting Lessons from the iPod) I made the case that recruiting must become more iPod-like. The point was that the iPod is more … Read more

Despite advances in technology, the reactionary recruiting model of old is back in full force. Recruiters in many organizations are still spending a … Read more

Recruiting needs to ensure that an organization has the talent it needs to meet business needs in the foreseeable future. Ideally, recruiting should … Read more

For anyone who really cares about HR, January 14, 2005 will be a black day. On that day, as many as 6,000 PeopleSoft employees will be terminated by the … Read more

It’s better to be prepared than surprised. Almost every pundit who has examined the year 2005 has come to the conclusion that it will be a year of … Read more

Process improvement philosophies define quality as that which meets the customer’s requirements. Six Sigma, for instance, uses a concept of reducing … Read more

Are all your open positions of the same value to your organization? Most of us don’t really stop and think about this, but we all know that certain … Read more

About once a year I get the feeling that we aren’t making any progress in improving our approaches to acquiring and retaining talent. Perhaps part of … Read more

There are a number of entertaining, and potentially valuable, stories regarding cross-cultural blunders that have been made over the years, particularly in … Read more

“This is deja vu all over again!” ó Yogi Berra, circa 1965 A few years ago I wrote an article on the importance of using networking as a … Read more