The truth is that most people are afraid to ask questions—whether from years of conditioning within a company or plain old human nature. Whatever natural … Read more
How to Recruit on LinkedIn, Fast, Without Breaking the Bank
Recently I discussed the slowdown in tech hiring, which is already reflected in today’s longer and more difficult hiring cycles as hiring managers are more … Read more
7 Things You Absolutely NEED To Do Before You Start a LinkedIn Search
Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Well, Abe sure did know what he was … Read more
How Business Intelligence Will Transform HR
TMA’s 2016 Human Capital Analytics Summit made it clear to me that despite the enormous financial benefit of an engaged workforce, the practice of … Read more
How to Overcome Resistance to Making Onboarding Vital
Are leaders too set in their ways when it comes to onboarding? For so many companies, onboarding amounts to little more than filling out forms and signing … Read more
Time to Fill Sets Record In April at 29 Days
Across all industries and all jobs, it took employers an average of 29.3 working days to fill a vacancy in April. That trumps by almost a full day the … Read more
Why HR and IT should talk to each other… but they don’t?
There are many stories about the rocky relationship between marketing and sales. Blame ping-pongs whenever any goals aren’t met and one always complains … Read more
How Will You Tell Them They’ll Have to Punch In?
Looming changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rules mean businesses of all sizes have to make some difficult decisions about how to … Read more
Why CEOs Fire CHROs and How to Avoid Being Canned
I just met with yet another HR head fired unceremoniously from an embattled tech firm. HR heads may last longer than sales leads, but they still probably … Read more
How to Build a High-Performance Sourcing Department – Part 1 Hire High-Performance Sourcers
In my over 16+ years of experience in sourcing, I have built successful sourcing models in corporate, RPO, and agency organizations. These successful … Read more