Fair or not, most Gen Xers see themselves as the older, responsible child doing dishes and taking out the trash while the baby boomers and millennials … Read more
What a Recruiter Can Learn About Recruiting by Being a Candidate
It is exhausting to look for a job … especially when you are employed. Recently I completed just such a job search and it was no fun at all. It never … Read more
Take a Sales Approach to Recruiting (and No It’s not the Same as an Employment Brand)
Most recruiters know that, in this hot talent market, you need to woo candidates. Yet even that may fall short. To land those A players, you need a more … Read more
Personality and Too Much of a Good Thing
Using personality assessment as part of a company’s hiring process can often parallel how people deal with nutrition, health supplements, exercise, to name … Read more
December Is the Critical Month to Recruit (and Retain) Salespeople
If you haven’t already shifted to a data-based recruiting approach, December is an ideal time to see the benefits resulting from using data to take what I … Read more
How Good Interviews Become Bad Hires
Just like a few good dates with an attractive person of interest can lead to a bad relationship, a good series of interviews with a talented job candidate … Read more
Talent Branding: Your EVP in the Age of the Mecosystem
A new buzzword on the rise is “Mecosystem,” a set of connections in which brand fits into an individual’s life in a customized way. … Read more
Is that College Degree Really Necessary?
The recent stories about Ernst & Young deemphasizing college performance as a hiring criterion and the even-more-important case of CapGemini now hiring … Read more
Is Your Company Resisting the Future of Hiring?
The CEO of Uber recently posed one of the most important questions talent acquisition leaders can ask about their own organizations. Appearing during the … Read more
Understanding How Bad Recruiting Costs Your Firm Millions of Dollars
Many recruiting leaders have a hard time getting their function fully funded. One of the primary reasons why is because we don’t quantify in dollars the … Read more