by Kevin Wheeler | Aug 4, 2010 | ERE Articles
There is a common language used by top-level managers in every company. It is a language centered on business concepts and understanding a handful of concepts. For example, CEOs instinctively move toward the action that will maximize profits and minimize costs or...
by Kevin Wheeler | Jul 21, 2010 | ERE Articles
As a recruiter, how would you describe the culture at Apple, Microsoft, AT&T, or at your own organization? Being able to distill the essence of an organization’s culture into a few well-thought-out adjectives is worth a lot. Sometimes I ask a wide variety of...
by Kevin Wheeler | Jul 8, 2010 | ERE Articles
How much should we let chance and circumstances define who we hire, rather than continue to invest time in tough screening and many interviews? In the simplest terms, should (and maybe even does?) randomness play a large role in selection? Is it better to have a...
by Kevin Wheeler | Jun 17, 2010 | ERE Articles
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”. –Andy Warhol It is time to change the recruiting game. Someone has to reinvent a process that is aged, inefficient, and marginally successful in procuring...
by Kevin Wheeler | Jun 16, 2010 | Bold HR Ideas
Social media and social networks are all the rage. They are supposed to help us connect to a wider range of people, find like-minded associates, build brand loyalty, locate and engage candidates for employment, provide education and real time learning, and stay in...
by Kevin Wheeler | Jun 10, 2010 | ERE Articles
Building a social network is only the first step to getting the best candidates. A social network helps you gather potential candidates together and it provides a way to deliver and receive information. But typical social networks tend to be weak at getting candidates...
by Kevin Wheeler | May 23, 2010 | Bold HR Ideas
You have most likely heard the humorous expression that the word assumption means “make an ‘ass’ out of ‘u’ and ‘me.’ And, even though amusing, it harbors a deep truth: that we go about our lives following habits and assumptions that we never question. Most of them...
by Kevin Wheeler | May 21, 2010 | ERE Articles
The simple question I always ask myself when I see an organization advertising an open position is: “Why would I work for them?” The answer to that question is the essence of employment branding, which I define simply as the amount of attractiveness an organization...
by Kevin Wheeler | May 12, 2010 | Bold HR Ideas
I have been in Johannesburg for the past 4 days attending and speaking at the Global Learning Academy conference. This is a gathering of about 100 learning executives from nearby countries as well as speakers from Dubai, the United States, Australia, and the UK....
by Kevin Wheeler | Apr 29, 2010 | ERE Articles
Social networks have grown to the point where they now challenge traditional ways of communicating, marketing, and recruiting. One of the measures we often use to determine the success of our networking is to count the number of people in it. But this is not really a...
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