Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics The economy grew 3.5% in the last quarter, signaling a definite end to the recession and the start of a recovery. That’s … Read more
Guess Who’s Naked?
The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson is about an emperor who hires two swindlers to create a new suit. The emperor presides over a kingdom … Read more
Coming Soon to an Employer Near You: Cash for Hires
I recently wrote about the need to directly stimulate job creation by giving employers incentives to hire workers. I’m glad to say that the government is … Read more
What We Hope for SourceCon
The Recruitosphere is undergoing significant change, and one of those changes just announced was the acquisition by ERE of the only sourcing conference … Read more
Wanted: Cash for Hires
It’s not often that the government of the United States has anything to learn from the government of Singapore, but when it comes to job creation the city … Read more
Overqualified Need Not Apply
Ask for an inch, and you get a yard! Ask for a staff accountant, and you’re buried in resumes from those who were a controller. Ask for an IT help-desk … Read more
Another Half-Baked Hiring Idea
For some strange reason, Todd Raphael, the ERE Editor, sent me an article on yet another wacko idea pretending to facilitate hiring. He must think I have … Read more
HR Blogging, Workforce, and Disclosure
I am looking at an email in my inbox from June. I’m not going to call anyone out by name in this post, but it’s from an HR Blogger, and in it the Blogger … Read more
Recruiting Belongs Under Finance
There was a blog posting by David Lynn recently here on ERE that asked where recruiting belonged: under HR? I could feel the blood rushing into my fingers … Read more
Is ‘Free’ the Wave of the Future for Job Boards?
There’s been an explosion of ‘free’ out there — free social media, free long distance, and yes, free job boards. What is a free job board? For most … Read more