Online marketplaces are using AI to quickly transform nearly every conceivable service: Airbnb disrupted the hospitality industry by giving travelers (and … Read more
Tight Labor, Old Tech and M&A Are Challenges For Staffing Agencies This Year
Like most industries, the staffing industry is affected by a number of macro influences – the economy, the labor market, politics, technology advances and … Read more
Don’t Hire a Search Firm Until You Read This!
A while ago I was invited to pitch to a group of investors on behalf of a potential client: a Series B Silicon Valley startup. Our job, as their recruiting … Read more
The Future of Agency Recruiting Is Going to Be Very Different
Note: This is the second part a two-part article on what the future holds for external recruiters and executive search, and for the clients they serve. It … Read more
8 Trends and Challenges Facing Search Firms (and Pricing Is One of Them)
Note: This is the first of a two-part article on what the future holds for external recruiters and executive search, and for the clients they serve. It is … Read more
Don’t Give Up Quality For Speed In Volume Hiring
What’s the price of cheap? Getting a lot of junk that costs plenty in the long run. Poor recruitment is like that. Many external recruiters focus on one … Read more
Your Agency Temps Can Now Form A Bargaining Unit With Your Own Employees
Over the last seven+ years, the National Labor Relations Board has consistently expanded collective bargaining rights in a variety of employment settings. … Read more
HR Tech 2015: Now Everybody Wants to be the “Uber of Recruitment”
Apparently, the new marketing message for Talent Acquisition technology that I’m seeing here at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas is to call … Read more
How To Build a Solid Pipeline Of Great Candidates
As president and founder of a staffing firm that’s celebrating 20 years in business, I’ve experienced first-hand the ups and downs of the recruitment … Read more
Disruptive Technology? Who Cares as Long as We’re Still Hiring?
The shift in public safety best practice was dramatic. Prior to early 1983, the Visalia, California police and fire dispatchers managed a manual process … Read more
The Single Biggest Lie That HR Tells Candidates
No one ever wants to admit this but it can be really intimidating working with someone who is way smarter and more talented than you. This is the basis for … Read more
Hiring a Game Changer: Sometimes, You Get “The LeBron Effect”
Corporate executives don’t have to be sports experts to realize the incredible value that LeBron James has added to the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers in … Read more
State of Ohio Jumps in and “Bans the Box” For All Civil Service Jobs
While the state Legislature has not yet weighed in on the issue, the Buckeye State has taken one step closer to embracing “ban the box.” Effective June 1, … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Is What You Heard What the Job Candidate Really Meant?
“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” ? author Robert McCloskey … Read more
Former Google Recruiter Tells: Here’s Why People Want to Work for You
David Bizer is a pioneer in global Internet recruiting, discovering talent from Silicon Valley to the technology hubs of Europe. He was the first European … Read more
My Great, Big Fat Recruiting Dilemma
Have you had an employee who had to stop working because they became too fat? Just wait, you will; it’s just a matter of time. I remember when my biggest … Read more
7 Workplace Realities About Negotiating Salaries With HR
I think we all know that one person in our life that thinks they get the best deal on everything! They consider themselves the ultra-negotiator, the person … Read more
Is Your Recruiting Team Still Behind the Curve on Social Media?
Social recruitment is more than just automating your job board posts to the company Twitter account. It’s also more concept than technology. Many agree … Read more
How to Keep Your Job Hoppers From Hopping Again
Second of two parts Yesterday, I told you about Hiring Job Hoppers: The 10 Reasons They Are So Very Valuable. Today I’m tackling the other side of … Read more
Hiring Job Hoppers: 10 Reasons Why They Are So Very Valuable
First of two parts Hiring managers and recruiters have a long history of rejecting “job jumpers.” And even today, 43 percent of employers won’t consider … Read more