During the six years I led talent acquisition for Deloitte New Zealand, much of our employment brand strategy revolved around humanizing our brand and … Read more
Death, Taxes, and Talent Communities
The Internet makes talent communities inevitable In recent weeks we’ve seen a lot of outpouring of grief over the now dead SOPA legislation. The law’s … Read more
Bad Tests and Fake Bird Seed
An old Gary Larsen cartoon once showed a kindly old lady hand-feeding birds in her back yard. Off to the side was a sack labeled with words that read … Read more
Stop With the Recruiting Fashion Trends
It’s a brand new year, great things are on the horizon … and for me, I have had it up to my eyeballs with a particular topic. I am so fed up with this … Read more
Maybe You Should Interview For Grit, Zest, and Self-Control
I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. Jack Welch said that. It’s a good reminder of that old aphorism about … Read more
Why It’s So Tough to Create Jobs
As the media have amply reported, there is a broad consensus that the current job environment in the U.S. economy is the worst since the 1930s. Let’s … Read more
Is Our Recruiting Efficiency Hurting Our Company?
Have we become too impersonal today? Too efficient? Will that hurt recruitment in the long run? Think about it. We’ve got wonderful technology. We no … Read more
Hot, Warm, and Cold Trends in Pre-employment Assessment for 2012 (and Beyond)
I’ve never felt better about the evolution of pre-employment assessment. In this coming year we’ll see some real progress toward new levels of … Read more
Recruiting’s Dirty Little Secrets — What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Two of the hottest topics in corporate recruiting today are the candidate experience and need for transparency. And although many corporations are making a … Read more
10 Earth-shattering, Mind-blowing Things That Happened in Online Recruiting During 2011
As another year draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the year that 2011 was (man, that was truly an awkward construction, eh?). As … Read more