Having spent time at Monster in the content and social marketing game, but I still believe in job boards. And anyone who thinks they’re dead and … Read more
More Like Job Bored
Everyone seems to have a stance when it comes to the validity and usefulness of job boards. Once the reining champion of sourcing and recruiting, job … Read more
Hiring Generation U: Problems With the Recent Crop of College Grads
My recent post on Generation U (underemployed and unemployed) generated an enormous amount of activity on ERE. This is a topic of some interest to … Read more
Too Many Applicants, Too Little Time?
Some organizations are just lucky … they have a huge, Niagara-like, flow of applicants knocking at their front door. They hire teams of people to scan … Read more
The Unemployment Bias: The Long-term Unemployed Face Severe Discrimination
Last year I did some work for a large company that decided it would not hire anyone who was unemployed. It would automatically reject any candidate who had … Read more
No, We Actually Don’t Have a Shortage of Technical Talent
There have been ongoing debates for a decade or more over whether or not there is a talent shortage. If there were a real talent shortage we would have … Read more
Generation U: Too Many Underemployed College Grads
Recent college grads today face some of the worst job prospects since the great depression. A survey by the Associated Press found that over 50 percent … Read more
Hiring for Both Attitude and Aptitude
Lately there has been a push to hire based on cultural fit, over skill set. There are several reasons that this makes sense. When you hire for cultural fit … Read more
The Problem With Personality Tests
It seems counterintuitive. Some people claim that personality has everything to do with job performance. Others know that every piece of serious research … Read more
3 Companies Hiring Return-to-work Moms
Sabbaticals used to traditionally be for teachers and academics, but many companies have also offered them as part of their benefits packages. Thousands of … Read more