If I have learned anything at all in my HR/recruiting career, it’s that everyone has an opinion on what makes a good hire. If you ask 100 people to give … Read more
GE Recruiting’s Imagination at Work
You think you’ve got it tough recruiting programmers. Pity GE. At least you can pitch your cool startup and the new app it has for tracking lost TV … Read more
Three Reasons You Convert So Few Candidates Into Clients
We all see a future client in every candidate we interview, right? We were taught so because when we were new in the job, our bosses gave us ratios of “VIP … Read more
GE Recruiting’s Imagination at Work
You think you’ve got it tough recruiting programmers. Pity GE. At least you can pitch your cool startup and the new app it has for tracking lost TV … Read more
David Ogilvy’s Timeless Recruiting Advice
Ask 10 advertisers who their hero is and they will you give all kinds of responses, from Superman to Barack Obama. Ask them who the advertiser is, dead or … Read more
Keeping Your Diverse Talent: Why They Leave and What You Can Do About It
By Jaffe Dickerson and Corinn Jackson Building a diverse workforce has become a business imperative. According to a recent article in U.S. News & World … Read more
A Successful Formula: Shorter Workdays, Happier Employees, Bigger Profits
In America, we take the fewest vacation days of any developed nation, work more than 40 hours a week on average, and 28 percent of that time is spent just … Read more
At Last, Here’s a Winning Answer for Managing Performance
Employers need a restart on performance management. Picture Sisyphus pushing that rock. A search on the question, “Do appraisals do more harm than … Read more
What I Learned From 15 Minnesota Companies
Over the past few months I’ve had the opportunity to take part in a very rewarding networking and career development program called the Leadership … Read more
How to Crush Planning Season, Recruiter-Style: 6 Tips from the Pros
Many of us are embroiled in 2016 planning. I say “embroiled” because while planning for the year ahead is a time for inspiration and excitement … Read more