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New Belgium Brewing’s story is familiar to anyone running a rapidly-growing business. The Fort Collins, Colo.-based maker of Fat Tire beer has thrived for more than two decades on a… Read more

2014 ITSM projections for recruiting and HR.

One of the most reliable indicators of quality of hire is the ever-elusive concept of “fit,” but accurately predicting whether or not a candidate actually clicks with your culture can… Read more

On on-going question posed to recruiters is about how they started in the business. For me, it was nearly 25 years ago and looking back, I can unequivocally assert that… Read more

Data to help recruiters understand social recruiting risk factors.

The last few weeks have brought on an onslaught of posts dedicated to HR and recruiting trends, although it’s a constant staple of almost every B2B editorial calendar, New Year’s or… Read more

When it was first published in 1989, Stephen Covey’s ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’, a business and self-help book, instantly became a top seller. Apparently, by preparing readers… Read more

As an HR analyst at Software Advice, a company that connects businesses with recruiting software vendors, Erin Osterhaus frequently conducts market-research on recruiting and talent management technologies. Recently, Osterhaus wanted… Read more

After publishing a blog post, I enjoy seeing how many views it gets and how much social activity (e.g., tweets and retweets, likes, shares, pins) it generates. Of course, I… Read more

Your profile photo may be the most important part of your Linkedin profile. So how do you know what makes a good pic for you? Read More

There are few topics more taboo in the strange sweater and swag filled world of HR than smoking weed, or “ingesting marijuana,” if you’re an employee handbook or an SPHR…. Read more

Imagine yourself back in high school with a big crush on the homecoming queen. (We’ll do this from the male perspective just for demonstration purposes.) You really like her. She’s… Read more

So, you’re a recruiter who’s embraced social. Good call. Welcome to the world of Recruiting 3.0. Social recruiting isn’t meant to replace ‘old school’ recruiting methods (for those of us… Read more

The increasing overlap, and potentially inextricable intertwining of recruitment and marketing has been a central theme in the HR industry, the subject of a prodigal amount of product marketing, ‘thought… Read more

The interesting thing about technologies — cloud computing is a good example — is that while they profoundly change the way we live our lives and operate day-to-day, nobody, outside of… Read more