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#behuman Heard of it? If you’re on social media, you have. Think about it, how many times have you heard the phrase, “putting the ‘human’ back in human resources” this… Read more

You know this to be true: A company is just a building unless its employees fill that space with their skills and hard work to help drive the organization’s goals… Read more

You hear it from job candidates all the time: Why won’t Recruiter X respond to me? How do I deal with an unresponsive recruiter? Not all recruiters are like this,… Read more

Last month, I was consulted by a large international client. They were launching a thoughtful and contemporary worldwide multicultural and generational mentoring initiative and wanted to do some additional programming… Read more

Out of the various soul-sucking elements of a standard hiring process, one of the bigger ones has to be when they send you a note that says, “We’ll keep your resume… Read more

I’ll admit that I’m as big a sucker for click-bait headlines as anyone, but this one I saw recently actually made me think I might be getting something  meaningful. This… Read more

“There’s no way I can justify my salary level, but I’m learning to live with it.” — Drew Carey The hottest topic, it seems, in the recruiting world the last… Read more

I was having a conversation recently with a client who was asking my advice on interviewing for a key position on her staff, and it made me think of an… Read more

Throughout the U.S., hiring qualified teachers is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. That’s because the number of teachers applying for positions isn’t keeping pace with the growing… Read more

Of all the buzz words and phrases in the workplace, it’s the one that seems to give both workers and managers the greatest amount of angst. You know what I’m… Read more

I literally do not (and have not ever) understood the basic resume. Why is this still a thing? In the era of LinkedIn, which is apparently worth $26 billion but… Read more

Do you have a squad? Are you someone who thrives in groups of experts and thought leaders? Are you inclined to join groups on social media to find peers and… Read more

We recently measured the referral programs of over 145 companies for some really cool findings. You might be surprised to learn, for example, that companies 4-6 years old have worse… Read more

If there is one thing we can be sure of it’s this: Combine a persistent shortage of skilled talent, a 2.7 percent Veteran unemployment rate, and a surge of organized… Read more

I’m going to say something that might get me into trouble later on. It’s something that many other fellow sourcing professionals have probably felt for a long time. It’s this:… Read more