I had a friend start a new HR leadership position recently. When I spoke to her the other day, she talked about how the department she has inherited is … Read more
DOL Announces New OT Rules; 4.2 Million Workers Affected
The Department of Labor unveiled its much anticipated new overtime rule Tuesday night, declaring that 4.2 million more workers will soon have to be paid … Read more
Use Less Boolean on Google for Better Productivity
Over the last few years, Google has made algorithm advances in the area of semantic search. Last Fall Google told us that their new semantic, … Read more
Oh Snap! Bringing the Cisco Employer Brand to Snapchat
If it doesn’t scare you, it’s not worth trying. That’s the approach we took as the Cisco Talent Brand team in our latest social media endeavor. Holy cow, … Read more
Grit Can Help You Turn Failures Into Success
Staying on the treadmill is one thing. But getting back on the treadmill the next day, eager to try again is, in my view, even more reflective of grit. … Read more
The ROI of Improving Employee Engagement
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 25 … Read more
The Beginning: My journey toward being a Sourcer
A note from the Editor: I will never be younger, nor again be new to this industry. I remember the first few weeks when I started as a naive Sourcer, … Read more
The Many Benefits From a Talent Pipeline – And How It Improves Quality of Hire
If you’re looking for a powerful strategic recruiting approach that has powerful long-term impacts, you really only have two choices: employer branding, … Read more
It’s Unfair to NOT Fire People
Firing people has a bad rap in business. But sometimes, firing someone is the greatest gift you could give the individual impacted, as well as the … Read more
A Pennsylvania Town Is Creatively Selling Itself to Recruits In Ways Cities 10 Times the Size Are Not
Add a new name to that list of locales — I’m talking about Minneapolis, Nashville, Austin, Detroit, even the Yukon, to name just a sampling … Read more