Demographic changes will affect recruitment in coming years The American labor force is getting older and will get smaller. Already, one in three American … Read more
Is Quality of Hire a Vaguely Valid Business Metric?
In November I wrote about Linkedin’s 2016 Global Recruiting Trends Report (you can re-read it here) and took them to task about their methodology. Turns … Read more
OK, You’re an HR Leader and Have HR Data. Now What?
It’s no secret that HR organizations traditionally have lagged their finance and sales brethren in their use of data analytics. According to analyst Josh … Read more
The Silicon Prairie is a Haven for Tech Workers – Recruiters Just Need to Get Them There
Luring tech talent to the heart of the U.S. — the Silicon Prairie — requires companies and recruiters rid candidates of the mindset that … Read more
The Latest on SmashFly, Jobvite, Talent Rover, and Others
Twelve days into 2016 and it’s feeling a little like … 2015, the conclusion of which brought us new funding to RallyPoint, ProSky, and … Read more
The Hard Truth About Recruiter Spam by @MatthewJLeBlanc
There is a movement afoot by some in the recruiting and sourcing world to help find a solution to the spamming that goes on within our function. Believe me … Read more
Study Finds a $550 Incentive Doesn’t Motivate Workers to Lose Weight
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Promising workers lower health insurance premiums for losing weight did nothing to help them take off the pounds, a … Read more
Would Your Employees Keep Working If They Won the Powerball?
You and I didn’t win the Powerball jackpot on Saturday. Now we’re back at work and the Lotto officials are estimating Wednesday’s drawing to be worth $1.3 … Read more
7 Steps to Better Internship Programs
A few years ago we created our first internship program at OmniUpdate. As a growing software company, we always seemed to have more open positions than we … Read more
The Challenges in Creating Truly Authentic Employee Engagement
I was reading a recent Forbes article that discussed the distinction between employees’ authentic engagement versus scripted service in creating an … Read more