Birthing Tomorrow's Workplace is Painful

A formula for Filling the Many Open JobsSo much of the current turmoil over unfilled jobs can be directly traced back to retrograde thinking and an attempt to return to the way things used to be: forty hours work weeks, eight hours in the office every day, lots of...

Potential Woes in Talent Analytics

Lessons for Better AnalyticsData gathering and analysis are touted as the solution to many talent acquisition issues. Still, very few have defined what they hope to get from their analytics, thought out the implications of, or established guidelines for using the...

The Myth of a Talent Shortage

NOTE: We are on a summer break. This is a repost of an article from May 2020 that has been slightly edited. Next week will bring a new article.We have been bombarded for a decade with news reports, articles, stories, and books about the looming shortages of talent...

Sometimes It's Just Easier to Quit

NOTE: We are on a summer break until September 1st. This is a repost of an article from October 2020.Does your organization want more people to move internally?Almost every client that I speak with is interested in reskilling their workforce, and promoting or moving...

A Radical New Design for Talent Acquisition

NOTE: We are on a summer break until September 1st. This is a repost of an article from February 2020Being able to recruit hard-to-find, high-quality talent quickly is a clear win for any organization making it better able to compete and innovate. Today’s recruitment...