Our country has gone from conversations about how to recruit and retain quality employees in a market with low unemployment just a few short years ago to … Read more
Advice for Recruiting Startups
Two weeks ago, the team at KODA threw in the towel. With their goodbye, the Gen Y business connection site joined a long list of promising startups with … Read more
Who and What Can You Trust These Days?
A few days ago, John Hollon wrote a short blurb about the growing population of HR “experts.” I could not agree more. I blame it on public exposure … Read more
Making Whuffie
Build Social Capital to Succeed with Social Media “The Whuffie Factor” is a book about using social networks to build your business. The concept of whuffie … Read more
Hiring Charlie Sheen: Separating the Personal From the Professional
Charlie Sheen’s recent firing by CBS was likely well deserved. It followed a very public war with his producer and widespread publicity about his bizarre … Read more
Can’t Talk Now. I’ll Be in Meetings All Day
Caller: “Hi, can I please speak to John?” Secretary: “Sir, John is not available right now. He is in a meeting. Can I take a … Read more
Reasons Why Managers Oppose Public Sector Unions
The controversy surrounding the State of Wisconsin’s move to partially limit public-sector collective bargaining rights is certainly a hot one. Arguments … Read more
Is Indeed’s Resume Service Job Posting’s Climate Change?
Indeed made it official this morning, decloaking its new resume service with a blog post encouraging job seekers to try it out. I posted about this a week … Read more
Refusing Applications from the Unemployed: Best Practice or Madness?
Is it a good idea for firms hiring to purposely exclude the unemployed from consideration? If you missed the news last summer (June 2010) about the growth … Read more
Speed: Revised, Reinforced, and Reiterated
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed. –Lord Mountbattan Jason Warner has been thinking a lot about speed lately. Since reading his … Read more