“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” – Henry David Thoreau

Saturday marked what would have been the 70th birthday celebration for one of the most inspirational poets of the 20th Century, John Lennon. A man who led a revolt, a revolt for peace around the world. Tolerance

and acceptance are sometimes the most simple yet most difficult things

to achieve. John believed in both. He united…

One of my best friends in High School was King Davis and his mom Shirley used to always tell us to “Act like ya been somewhere”. We never really understood what the she meant and it wouldn’t have made a difference, I mean, after all we were teenagers and we knew “EVERYTHING”. Well with age comes wisdom and, now that I’m old and busted, Shirley’s words…

After setting up a round of interviews for an open drafter position located in Los Angeles, CA, the hiring manager left me a concerned voicemail. “A candidate came in for an interview and asked if we require a pre-employment drug screen. Once confirmed, he stated that he has an MMJ (Medical Marijuana) Card. How should I proceed?”

My initial reaction was to advise against advancing this type of candidate along in the hiring process. Am I wrong? There are some reasonable…

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I recently received a comment on my original posting “Twittering taking job boards to a whole other level”, from Jeff Waldman. In his comment he provided me a link to his blog that lined up with mine. So I decided to take a minute and read what he had to say, wow it was good! Jeff’s blog is called “What Social Recruiting IS & IS NOT...” and it works perfectly in tandem with what I was thinking when I wrote…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing. This week we’ll be doing what I’m calling the conference edition and share articles based on the two conferences I attended over the past, HR Tech and RecruitFest. So this week is about HR Tech Twitter analysis, lessons to be learned from HR Tech, Leveraging analytics in HR, the awesomeness of…

“Innovation can be defined as coming up with ideas that bring value to your customers and…

LinkedIn has become a buzz for professional networking and effective job search activity in today' s context. People however are a bit apprehensive about what to include in their LinkedIn profile and what not. Hence to simplify and potentialize the power of LinkedIn fully,I created a small writeup about LinkedIn for better recruiting.…

Did you know that lots of people, without even realizing it, own a BMW? Some spend a lot of time driving while others do so from time to time. Many BMW owners take pride in theirs, polishing them, relishing in the experience. Others realize that it’s a means to an end and only use their BMW’s for the intended purpose.

So, what exactly is this BMW I’m referring to? It’s not the fine vehicle of German engineering, rather, it’s something that many people do —…

Nobody likes recessions, especially when they're as long as the most recent one (and some people claim that the recession really isn't over, regardless of what the National Bureau of Economic…

In an ongoing effort to Add Value for you as a Leader, I've been seeking out Experts who have unique talents to ask them for their experiences. This week Doug Wick, a Professional Coach and Business Advisor, shares

some of his thoughts on how you can improve your hiring.…

With every recession, recruiters learn lessons—many of them hard lessons—and this latest recession was no exception. Top Echelon Network interviewed a number of its recruiters and asked them what they’ve learned as a result of the recession.



1. Staying positive is more important than you realize.

Being positive is more than just a frame of mind. It also translates into every interaction that you have with candidates and clients and can ultimately affect how…

One of the most popular events at the HR Technology conference was The Great Technology Debate with Jason Averbrook and Jim Holincheck. (For a deeper look into the debate check out John Zappe's article,…