On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his iconic “ I have a Dream Speech.” Like Dr. King I too have a dream or more correctly a vision. While I am not referring to my four-year-old son as Dr. King did, I am referring to our global workplace. Let me paraphrase Dr. King’s speech and relate my vision or dream to you the reader.

I have a goal in my professional life to deliver a message. It is a message that will transform our business world to greater heights. Today…

As a counter argument to Catherine Miklaus' outstanding post, Are Job Hoppers Good for a Company, I offer this post. 

I recently told a potential customer (client) that he should stay longer at his current company,…

As most of you know Fall Sourcecon 2015 is coming in Dallas on Sept 17-18. I am speaking at it, running a lab as well as helping to MC all the labs. This years Labs are going to be exceptional, perhaps the best ever. We have paid a lot of attention to what you want, and have a great list of…

Continued economic improvement means employers need to work harder to attract, recruit, and hire top talent.  Are you making easily avoidable recruiting mistakes that impact your bottom line?

Recruiting is not what it used to be—and neither are the mistakes that trip up well-intentioned recruiters.  As research advises businesses to focus more on…

I’ve been reading a lot of posts lately on the good, bad or completely ridiculous interview questions to ask candidates. I find myself chuckling because I have recognized myself as having been a guilty party in asking some of what is being talked about as “bad” interviews questions in the past, which is until I figured out better ways to rephrase some…

When first onboarding a new hire, what do you hope to instill in them? A sense of belonging to your company culture? A quick adoption of the skills they need to get the job done? A passion for the field and a commitment to good work? These are all…

You've made the best of your company culture, benefits, and the best parts about working for your company. To new grads, it's an attractive company to work for. But the entire recruiting process for these candidates is different than the norm. College…

Finding dependable, loyal employees is the key to a successful recruitment process, which is why so many businesses nationwide are hiring senior citizens.

That's right; seniors make great employees for a number of unique reasons.

If your business is hiring, here are some of the advantages of going the senior citizen route:

Tips for Hiring…

In 2014, the average time-to-hire was 22.9 days, according to Glassdoor. What happens in these 22.9 days?

Nearly every hiring process utilizes interviews as a primary selection tool. Companies conduct multiple interviews in hopes that each additional interview would result in a more accurate…

Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk both think that Robots and Artificial Intelligences might eventually try to take over the world and destroy life as we know it, in a "Terminator" kind of doomsday scenario.  

I think people like Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk are frightfully clever people, but I would like to point out where humans retain an advantage over…

For years now, we've been reading articles on Millennials equivalent to Chicken Little's assertion the sky was falling.  And certainly, it has been fascinating watching how work environments have grown to include 3 generations of employees.  But isn't it time that we…

Administrative tasks can really weigh down an HR department, but switching to electronic personnel files can change all of that. Here are 5 ways to improve HR efficiency. 

Managing all of the documentation that goes through Human Resources can be a big challenge. When your team deals with a lot of paper, productivity can…

Am I the only one who has finally reached the end of the proverbial rope regarding the much chucked around term “culture fit?” I find myself in a whirlwind of fed-up-ness. Odd that this irritation manifested in almost an instant. The concept of culture fit, in some form or fashion, has been a thing for a decade or so. But, today I filled up, tipped over, and am sick of…

California banned social media snooping in 2012, but other states have been slower to adopt similar laws.

This year, Maine will become the 23rd state to restrict employers' access to social media accounts of applicants and employees. The others are: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland,…

As a career strategist, I hear grumblings from my workshop attendees about how their interviews with hiring managers are less than pleasant. And what follows the interview can be just as irksome. For those of us who are gainfully employed, it may be difficult to understand candidates' frustration and, at worst, despair. 

Hiring managers, don’t take it personally.…

I love to talk "content." As a writer for Clinch, I'm especially interested in the role content plays in recruitment marketing. I regularly read around the subject and while not strictly recruitment marketing-focused, one of my favorite blogs is …

Sometimes a resume just isn't enough of an attention grabber when it comes to landing the perfect job.

Fortunately, social media can help put your resume and your career hunting endeavors in the social spotlight.

Here are just a few ways social media can help you promote your resume:

Make Sure Your Resume is Website-Friendly

Just because…

Yelp began more than 10 years ago in San Francisco in 2004. Originally an email based referral service built by two former PayPal employees, they made a pivot to the business model we all know in 2005 and became the site for online reviews of stores, businesses and services.  Yelp reviews can now make or break restaurants and shops, and one bad experience for a customer…

Being able to utilize the internet in one’s career is a necessity in almost every field.

Architects are finding that they too must become adept at surfing the web for the right tools to help their careers.

Whether they are looking for new jobs or new resources for their current positions, the internet brings a wealth of information that the savvy architect and…