By focusing on one type of diversity referral program, within six weeks a firm can dramatically turn around its diversity recruiting … to the point … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why Do You Tolerate Mediocre, Underperforming Employees?
Have you ever noticed how we humans tolerate all kinds of things on a daily basis? Commute traffic, nosey neighbors, and crying babies on planes are just a … Read more
Leadership Today — It Takes an Entirely New and Flexible Mindset
“Ray, you deserve a “D‑” for your performance today. You rambled for 50 minutes. It was obvious to all of us that you did not prepare at all … Read more
Why Does LinkedIn Need Connectifier?
Last Friday, LinkedIn released its earnings statement and clearly the market didn’t like the message, as LinkedIn plunged 40 percent in early trading and … Read more
Has Anything Changed? Analyzing the 2016 Human Capital Predictions
I started the new year reading through dozens of lists of New Year’s predictions forecasting trends that will shape the HCM world in 2016 and beyond. My … Read more
Questions You’re Probably Not Asking on a Career Gap Resume
Many people go through a stage in their career when they take a break. There can be a number of different reasons for this, including traveling, bringing … Read more
Forget Cultural Fit – We Need to Hire For Their Cultural Contributions
I recently caught a piece on the Marketplace Morning radio program, interviewing Adam Grant. He was sharing some of the interesting findings from his new … Read more
You Can’t Keep Faking It! 3 Ways to Fully Commit to Making Successful Change
Stop faking change! Stop paying it lip service and not taking supporting actions. Commit to change or don’t even bother. Change is hard. It’s why I blog a … Read more
Top 5 Practices Recruiters Should Adopt From Fantasy Football
Be it by accident or design, most recruiters or companies looking to hire talent limit themselves to a game of Texas hold ‘em, blindly accepting the talent … Read more
Warning: Social Media Can Bite Your Employees When They Least Expect It
By Eric B. Meyer The list of employees who have lost their jobs because of social media mistakes, well, it’s long. I’ll get you started with incidents here … Read more