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I’ve always been acutely aware of the central role alcohol seems to play whenever HR people congregate, and found it oddly paradoxical – and hypocritical – that the same group that… Read more

Most recruiting tools and technologies on the market are designed with enterprise employers in mind, focusing an inordinate amount of their bandwidth and budget on landing big deals with big… Read more

For going on two decades now, I’ve been a proud, card carrying member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). On top of diligently paying my dues every year,… Read more

Walking through the campuses of today’s Silicon Valley tech giants, it’s no surprise most employees are satisfied. Colorful workspaces, flexible schedules, dog-friendly offices, casual dress codes, free meals, commuter shuttles… Read more

There I was, packed into the sweatbox that was the small club in the heart of downtown Austin, pressed up against that weird mix of slick, suit clad biz dev guys,… Read more

Several recent posts by Derek Zeller, Steve Levy and Chris Hoyt (and especially the comments directly following those posts) contributed to my writing this column, but I wanted to weigh… Read more

If you’re a recruiter or employer, there’s a good chance that when you opened your inbox last week, you received an e-mail from LinkedIn announcing a class action settlement. Here’s… Read more

For weeks (actually, no, make that months), I’ve sat back and watched a pretty interesting phenomenon unfold. It’s nothing new, of course, but it’s a hell of a lot more… Read more

There’s always been plenty of talking, tweeting, blogging, venting, ranting and raving about the sad state of recruiting – but lately, it seems like the topic of what’s wrong with… Read more

I don’t know much about love. Really, who does? It’s a bit of trial and error and a lot of compromise, from what I do know. I’m thinking of those… Read more

While most of you still digging your way out from Winter Storm Juno (where do they get these names?) this week are probably going to hate me for saying this,… Read more

If you happened to tune into the State of the Union this week (or caught up with any of the recaps), it’s pretty easy to see that there’s a ton… Read more

Well, my friends — I suppose it was inevitable. After all, for years we’ve been hearing recruiters use stupid superlatives and specious self-descriptors like “rock star,” “ninja” or (gag) “guru.”… Read more

I’m pretty sure I could convincingly claim I attend more HR and recruiting related conferences than anyone on the planet, with the possible exception of Bill Boorman, who has covered… Read more

When I stand back and take a look at job interviews, the whole concept seems, I don’t know, a little weird to me. Sure, they’re as much a standard part of… Read more