Unless you happened to be called Rip van Winkle, it is impossible to have missed the gloomy predictions of many doomsayers that humans are set to be … Read more
Follow Your Bliss to Bigger Billings
Do you love what you do for a living? I remember hearing this quote when I first started out as a recruiter: If you love what you do, you’ll never have to … Read more
Get Rid of the Unconditional Candidate Guarantee
Most candidates are not aware that the recruiters who place them are guaranteeing that they will not leave their new company for a specified period of … Read more
Employers Shouldn’t Ask For Salary Histories
The first words out of most people’s mouths when I call them about a job are usually “what’s it pay?” And if their first question is … Read more
LinkedIn’s Recruiting Secret
Over the last five years, LinkedIn has grown from 78 million to more than 400 million members, a five times increase. Alongside this rapid growth in … Read more
Let’s Uncheck All the Boxes
You won’t often find a policy question where the conservative Koch brothers and liberal legislators like U.S. Senator Cory Booker are in agreement. But … Read more
You Need Only One Kind of Recruiting Technology
When recruiters get to talking about the future of recruiting, the discussions invariably lead to prognostications about technology. Many seem entranced by … Read more
10 Questions for Any Pre-Hire Assessment Vendor
All the talk these days about talent assessment and big data can be seen as positive: people management is a science and the more data we have, the better … Read more
What I Learned From 15 Minnesota Companies
Over the past few months I’ve had the opportunity to take part in a very rewarding networking and career development program called the Leadership … Read more
Internal vs. External: Who’s Best?
Fast growing companies have a lot of positions they need to fill. I’m often asked if it’s better to hire an internal recruiter to focus on all … Read more