Do This, Not That. How to Nail Social Recruiting
It’s not an exaggeration to say that in today’s fast-paced, connected, “always on” world, a social media recruiting strategy is a must have. If you
It’s not an exaggeration to say that in today’s fast-paced, connected, “always on” world, a social media recruiting strategy is a must have. If you
It’s not enough to think of your company brand. Or your product brand. Or, actually, your employer brand. Think about it: being an employer implies
Hiring is a gamble. The cost of a bad hire is high — tens of thousands of dollars down the drain, from onboarding and training,
I love big data. I love it for many reasons, but, as I’ve said before, one of the main reasons is the way it’s “raised the
Love is a mystery, as is hiring. The former: we can talk about that complexity some other time. The latter: at least, given the rise
Here’s a simple truth. Human resources is an outdated term. The HR director or HR coordinator no longer just focuses on hiring and firing employees and making
Technology compliance is a necessity. But it isn’t sexy — yet. Certainly, innovating ways to approach compliance has contributed to a greatly transformed world of
We’ve all watched (and some of us have helped) Social and Mobile (SM) rise to the forefront of the world of work. It’s applied a new
You know the old three-legged stool metaphor: you can’t sit down if one of those legs is off. In HR, that means culture, brand and engagement.
It’s no secret that I love technology. From the domination of mobile to the latest in recruitment tools and gamification, and how video and live streaming is having an
HR is experiencing a watershed moment. It’s not like the massive shift from virtual punchcards and e-forms to Cloud-based applications and analytics. It’s not the
Bells and whistles and corner offices aside, talent management is dedicated to one basic question, right? Who’s next? From tending the pipeline right through issues of
Here’s the average amount of time recruiters spend looking at a resume: 6.25 seconds. That’s how long it takes to evaluate, by brain, whether or not
Lately there has been a lot of noise about the rapid rise of technology in HR, and its impact on the traditionally very human face of
Imagine a big desk. It’s loaded with two huge stacks of work, one on the left side, one on the right. Left side: the administrative
Here’s a mind-blowing fact to spark up the late-summer doldrums: research from IBM shows that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the
We’ve been listening to the buzz around Big Data and Talent Analytics for a couple of years now. It has been nearly three years to
Success for a business of any size hinges on its people and their ability to make things happen. Top talent is expensive — and wasted if
There is something to be said about controlling your own destiny and making your own rules. It’s the reason our workplace has seen a huge
We talked last week about the need for HR and leaders to be on the look-out for employee potential – a real-time alignment between the
Just like professionals from other industries, human resource professionals are dependent on technology. However, the pace of advancement means some technologies become outdated very quickly.
Once upon a time, most HR departments provided one-stop shopping for employees with questions or concerns about benefits, hiring, training, complaints, colleagues, etc. For leaders,
One of the dirty little secrets of HR – Human Resources as a professional practice – is that it’s not always about the people and
Thousands, maybe even millions of research articles flood the web on how Xers and Boomers are trying to understand what millennials really want in the
The three of us have lived and breathed on all three worlds. We’ve been full-time employees, we’ve been independent contractors, and we’ve been entrepreneurs –