When you boil it down to its most basic components, it becomes obvious what the Star Wars saga is really about: the importance of recruiting.

Think about it. Emperor Palpatine was probably the greatest recruiter of his time. He understood that if he could convince the number one talent in the galaxy to join his side, hundreds of…

Video interviewing software is more and more common these days – reports show that as many as 60 percent of companies use them in their hiring processes.

But we have something to break to you: they aren’t the answer. They…

When the electronic spreadsheet came out, many feared bookkeepers would be a thing of the past.

They figured basic accounting could be done by machine, that there was no longer the need for a person to insert number after number into paper ledgers. But that wasn’t what happened.

Instead, the position just changed.

Now,…

One thing I’ve never liked about applying for jobs is the initial screening process is all about a resume, a single piece of paper. And there is so much more to a person than a single piece of paper.

Just ask Josh McCown.

McCown is now an NFL quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after having his best season last year, at the football-ancient age of 34. But the real story is that he got a second chance in the NFL, and it certainly wasn’t about his resume.

If he had a…

Dear Cover Letter,

It has been great. We’ve had a lot of great years, a lot of great memories, reading you under those humming florescent lights, tucked away in my cubicle.

But I’m sorry. It is over. It just isn’t working out anymore.

It isn’t you. I swear. You’ve always been so polite, so chivalrous, so overtly formal. It…

Sunday night, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat to win the NBA championship in one of the most shocking thrashings in NBA Finals history, with the Spurs winning the last three games by at least 17 points…

What’s the most important part of any organization? What should the leader or leaders of all organizations be focused on?

The answer, really, is obvious: getting the right people. Just ask Kevin Ryan, a man who has founded several successful Internet companies, including Business…

Luis von Ahn, a native of Guatemala who was once named the country’s person of the year by a prominent Guatemalan newspaper, is the creator of reCAPTCHA, which made him a very wealthy man and a pioneer in crowdsourcing. And while he sold reCAPTCHA to Google in 2009 for an…

Bill Gates is the richest person in the world. How?

He is incredibly demanding. He is incredibly smart. He is an incredible negotiator and salesmen. He has vision. He has passion for what he does.

But, if you ask him, that’s not what he points to as the secret to his…

It is amazing Tim Cook hasn’t frozen to death. Because he’s standing in the largest shadow in America.

Cook, the Apple CEO, is trying to move the company forward now that Steve Jobs has passed. But the fact of the matter is he hasn’t, at least not yet. Since Jobs died, there has been no major innovation by Apple, no amazing new…