Social networking is hot; at a recent event over 300 recruiters showed up to hear the experience of a company best known for making urinal cakes. … Read more
Employee Free Choice Act: Who Wins, Who Loses
The first casualty when war comes is truth. – Sen. Hiram Johnson (R., CA), 1918 The looming passage of the Employee Free Choice Act has the business … Read more
Is the War for Talent a Red Herring?
I have often heard it asserted by people within the recruitment industry that we are all involved in a war for talent. The mantra asserts that in our role … Read more
The ROI of Cheap Training
Co-written by Shally, Maureen Sharib, and Glenn Gutmacher. Have you noticed a slew of emails lately for free or cheap training? Is it tempting, when … Read more
Closing the Door: Irresponsible Changes in Immigration Policy
The recently passed “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” aka the stimulus bill, includes a provision that restricts companies … Read more
Employee Furloughs Can Be a Bad Alternative to Layoffs
You can’t read a newspaper these days without reading about organizations that are implementing employee furloughs in order to save money and to … Read more
Recruiters for Tax Cuts: Federal Spending Programs Is Not the Answer!
All of us have a stake in government decisions made to address the current economic climate. Whatever we do, the business community and investors need to … Read more
Time to Say Goodbye: Are You Keeping the Bad and Terminating the Good?
Any manager who takes an honest look at individual performance knows all employees are not created equally. About 20% of employees rise to the top of the … Read more
(R)evolution
John and I were trading emails last week, and he asked me to elaborate on one of the comments that I made. I have been thinking about it ever since. The … Read more
The Value of Seniority
I remember when I was 24 years old. Having graduated, and paid for college single-handedly with no outside assistance, I felt I was smarter than 90% of the … Read more