According to a 2013 Addecco Staffing survey, 92% of executives believe there is a very real "skills gap" that prevents employers from finding and hiring top talent.  Many thought leaders in the recruiting and staffing industry have weighed in on whether the skills gap is real or imagined.  But it's clear that in certain…

It might be folklore, but it’s still a great story. 

The most successful job ad ever written was Shackleton’s broadside advertising for the crew of the Endurance.  Printed with hand-set type on cheap paper and glued to piers and posts around the harbor, it read:

A reported 5,000 men lined up…

Lunchtimes may never be the same again in FMC Towers. Around the dinner table in our kitchen the topic of Tinder is a regular theme. A significant number of 20 somethings are embracing technology in the search for love, however short term that maybe! Recently the older and more settled members of the team have been getting in on the action, offering their ‘wisdom’ in helping…

Being the new person isn’t easy, slowly and efficiently easing new talent into your workforce is a crucial part of actually keeping your shiny new edition. Be thoughtful, actively think of ways you can incorporate your new talent, so that they feel…

Journey to the edge of HR.

It is not a hysteria-inducing, stomach-churning helter-skelter ride.

It is not Woooooahhhh! But more of a Wooooo-Aha!

It is a controlled…

For starters, Prophet is not new any longer but has gained much-deserved popularity since it was introduced and is absolutely worth using.

In the past few months, I’ve noticed a myriad of other tools, all of which will try to find an email address, starting from a social profile or, in some cases, from the persons’ and…

We’ve all read best practices about attracting top talent; there are about 4,987 blog posts dedicated to finding these coveted few. A recent Jobvite study has highlighted one major element of attraction in their “…

As a caveat, I've worked in retained search and now in-house and I see the value in understanding, identifying and recruiting passive candidates. This post is by no means a diatribe against including proactive recruitment efforts into your overall sourcing strategy.

This post is aimed more at the attitude and…

This latest post from national recruiter, Pertemps, is a take on a popular thought of ‘who would make the worst boss?’. However, this has been taken up a notch with them creating 3x fictional management teams made up of TV and films most famous bosses.

Taking the…

Volunteerism has been …

You just got through your final stages of deliberation. You found your new employee and you are ready to incorporate them into your workplace. You have all of your regular …

For almost a decade, recruiters have been trying to figure out how to use social media for recruiting.

Although LinkedIn has virtually eliminated the relevance of the resume database, and companies everywhere now post jobs to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, social media accounts for a slim share of hires overall (as I’ve written before though, you can’t…

A product that works well is not enough for it to be good. It needs to look good as well. A working mobile application is not enough for it to be used. It also needs to have a beautiful design that will make it appealing for users to want to download and use it (for the sake of the example, please forget about all other factors like marketing, sales, etc.). If a…

Do you have Structure as one of your top rated …

The Evil HR Lady is Actually Very Polite

We contacted Suzanne Lucas, also known as the Evil HR Lady, and asked if we could interview her about the topic of technology in the HR world. She agreed, and during the very first question, we mentioned that we didn’t know if she’d have an opinion on this matter.…

Recruitment process sustainability is becoming a key focus for many companies, but this topic has only started to take hold in the last few months. In the past, the recruitment industry has focused on simply filling current positions as quickly as possible, without paying much attention to ensuring efficiency or sustainability. Due to the lack of alternative options, many…

Employee generated content creates a powerful direct communications channel for companies to cut through the corporate copy and careers speak to tell a direct and intermediate story that cuts through the marketing BS and buzzwords to establish a direct, credible perspective on a role, location or business unit within a larger company or brand.

The…

Hi everyone, 

For those of you who read my previous blog post, I asked for advice on how to interview for a corporate job. I am an agency recruiter who wants to transition into corporate recruiting. For a recent job opportunity, I passed the phone interview but I guess I did not do too well during the face-to-face interview (I did not get a call back for a third…

The cost of hiring the right employee can be hefty. A recent report by The US Bureau Of Labor Statistics shows that the cost of hiring has increased by 0.7% in Dec 2015 and Unit labor costs have increased by 2.8 percent over the last four quarters. While…

How many times have you heard this from a department manager or even from top management? Everyone thinks they are basically running a tight ship but under the surface lies this scary monster we call waste. It is right under our noses and we choose to ignore it for whatever reason. Some are subtle nuances to our processes, other are the result of a just not the way we do…