General

The only people fighting harder to earn credibility than recruiters are the rest of HR.  Pretty much everyone, everywhere, it seems, has some sort of severe dislike for HR as… Read more

Let’s face it. If we liked math (or were any good at it), there’s a good chance we wouldn’t be in recruiting. Crunching data has to be one of the… Read more

“That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9… Read more

If you know me, you know that I love to eat. This hasn’t always been the case; the concept of “good” food is a relatively new discovery for me, and it’s… Read more

VCs want your company to be worth a lot of money – but that’s a bad thing. HR and recruiting, historically, haven’t exactly been hotbeds of innovation; instead, these back… Read more

Just last week, the Department of Defense announced that veteran unemployment had reached its lowest levels since April 2008. While an estimated 6.9% of veterans were unemployed in October 2013, two… Read more

“A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.”   – Fidel Castro. It’s taken me a while, this post. The reasons, you see, are contrary to… Read more

I’m passionate about helping good companies recruit good people, which is why I’ve dedicated so much of my time and effort to building solutions designed to make those matches happen… Read more

According to a recently released report conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), the UK’s professional body for HR and talent development and global recruitment process outsourcing firm Hays PLC,… Read more

I bet you’ve already noticed how much harder it has gotten in the last year or two. The economy is improving, so everyone’s willing to look for a new job,… Read more

Editor’s Note: Thank you to our sponsor HiringSolved for making this trip possible.    “One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small. And the ones that Mother gives you, don’t… Read more

Editor’s Note: Thank you to our sponsor HiringSolved for making this trip possible.    I’m taking off at o’dark thirty Saturday morning on a charter flight to Havana with a ragtag assortment… Read more

“When I talk about money all you see is the struggle/ When I tell you I’m livin’ large, you tell me it’s trouble.” – Tupac Shakur, I Ain’t Mad At Ya…. Read more

Recently, it seems my rants against the rotten state of the recruiting industry have earned me the reputation of being “the angry recruiter,” an honorific that, while not entirely accurate,… Read more

If you run a business or manage a team, then you’ve felt–or can imagine–the extreme stress of a talent deficit. Experiencing a rapid-fire personnel change is comparable to being struck… Read more