The Six Recruiting Skills You Must Have

Survival Skills for a Tough EconomyThere has never been a more challenging time to be a corporate recruiter. There have been thousands of recruiter and employee layoffs this year. With uncertainty over the economy, many organizations, including Amazon and Ford, fear...

Evidence-Based Recruitment

Improve Your Decision Making and Hire Better PeopleI have spent much time trying to put more science and objectivity into recruitment. Unfortunately, we have based much of our decision-making and practices on assumptions, beliefs, and practices that are more akin to...

The Good and the Bad of Rigorous Selection

Why Do We Love Hiring Shenanigans?Have you ever asked candidates to come in for six, eight, or even ten interviews? Does your culture demand that candidates go through a trial by fire by answering weird questions like those infamous ones Microsoft used to ask about...

Overcoming The Talent Shortage

Why Education is not enoughFrench sociologist and philosopher Auguste Comte wrote that demographics are destiny, and we see that come true in Europe, the United States, and China. Aging populations combined with low birth rates have led to decreasing populations in...

Charlene’s Problem

An Interactive Case StudyA change of pace for mid-summer. A case study for you to explore and comment on. Let me know if you like this sort of challenge.Charlene faces a challenge. One month ago, she was hired to work with a hiring manager who had about 200 call...