The youth of America are finding it difficult to get jobs. Unemployment for those ages 18-29 reached 13.2 percent in May — about double the general … Read more
Sourcer or recruiter? It’s all about the intitle: via @derdiver
So yeah, I got to be one of the cool kids at Sourcecon in February. I was honored that Jeremy, Steve, and Ronnie invited me to speak. I have, over the … Read more
The Obsession with College Degrees: Are Too Many People Seeking a Degree for the Wrong Reasons?
I saw an interview with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz where he announced that the company would pay for most employees to get a degree online from Arizona … Read more
What to Do If You Rely on Trained Employees
Recently I got to be a fly-on-the-wall at the quarterly Industrial Roundtable luncheon at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Yes, it was a fancy lunch in … Read more
Stop the Excuses — a Frustrated STEM Woman’s Simple Solutions to The Diversity Recruiting Problem
There is a huge issue in the tech world where firms like Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and Facebook are having great difficulty recruiting technically trained … Read more
Why In-House Recruiting Leaders Should Hire Agency Sourcers and Recruiters
Hiring a technical recruiter or sourcer with agency background experience has always been a trend. Why is this? What are the skills that agency recruiters … Read more
Why I Left Corporate Recruiting
As many of you may have read in my previous post, “What Drives Me Nuts About Staffing Agencies,” my belief is that there’s not strong differentiation in … Read more
Evolving Just In Time Talent
If you’re in the talent/recruitment game you are well aware it’s a Just In Time (JIT) game. It has been that way since we were called the Personnel Dept. … Read more
Credit Reports in the Hiring Process: How to Bring Clarity to the Confusion
Employers use credit reports to assess a candidate’s stability and their propensity to be dishonest or commit fraud. But this implies that the … Read more
Are You Prepared to Win the War for Talent?
Every few years or so, it happens. Someone declares a “War for Talent”, battle lines are drawn, and then candidate poaching begins. While some of this is a … Read more