Yesterday, I read one of those “10 Tips for…” type of articles on how to manage the Millennial or Gen Y employee. They included recommendations such as: Provide leadership and guidance. Listen to the Millennial employee. Provide challenge and change. Provide structure (i.e. clear expectations, goals, assessment of progress, etc). One of the website’s readers posted a point-by-point criticism of... [full article »]

ERE Expo Fall opened this morning in Hollywood Beach, Florida, starting with a series of practice workshops covering everything from how to source passive candidates to how to interview for results, improve Latino recruitment and plan strategically. Dozens of recruiters are attending these special workshops and pre-conference events. In all, some 800 registrants are expected over... [full article »]

Do you have a strategy for a good life? Can you offer prospective employees a path to develop their own strategy? Have you decided what part work plays in your life and what engages you? I have been noodling for quite some time over the work/life balance movement. I call it a movement because it... [full article »]

Yahoo asks itself four questions when sourcing candidates of different generations. Where are they? How do they want to receive information? What makes them respond and engage? What’s the same and what’s different about the generations? Carol Mahoney, Yahoo’s VP of talent acquisition, talked about the questions today at an HCI event. For Gen-Xers, Yahoo is focusing more on career... [full article »]

Have a boring, crappy job? Do your co-workers celebrate your birthday in the morning with a half-hearted singing of the Birthday song? Are you pegged as the guy who mooches other people’s snacks from the office fridge? Post your resume to CareerBuilder (profile; site) and your troubles will be solved. That’s the message of a series of... [full article »]

Millennials are entering the workforce as quickly as boomers are retiring, and they’ve brought with them a set of ideals and skills that differ greatly from those of previous generations. Needless to say, they’re really shaking things up. This generation, which most experts define as those born in the 1980s and 1990s, has grown up immersed... [full article »]

I’m not sure why, but I’m fascinated by cons and confidence games. When I lived in New Jersey, I loved walking around New York City just south of Times Square because I was always sure to see some tourist happily handing over his vacation money to a Three Card Monte gang. I’d stand cautiously and observe... [full article »]

Some more thoughts and trends on the Class of 2008, and the best ways to tap into the most promising new graduates this spring: — Despite what is happening at Bear Stearns, NYC-area students are hungry for their bite of the Big Apple, with Wall Street jobs in the highest demand. Results from the Universum IDEAL... [full article »]

I still remember my harsh introduction to the concept of having my performance as a recruiter measured. I had joined a company to support a functional area that had lots of needs. Jobs were open for unacceptably long periods of time, and hiring managers were questioning the candidate slates that were being presented. I had been... [full article »]

Given today’s slowing economy and the “retirement” of the Baby Boomers, workforce demographics is on the forefront of every recruiter’s mind. Understanding and engaging Generation Y is critical for companies looking to win the war for talent.  This war requires a solid understanding of the new pool of candidates… Gen-X and Millennials! The pool of... [full article »]

Please forgive me. You already know me…by proxy, in the very least. From the pages of Us Weekly (the generality implied in this paragon of journalism’s very name) to the Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership (which, unlike the former, sadly discounts the impact of celebrities eating salad on the collective psyche of the nation), I’ve been... [full article »]

I still remember the first time I heard about the Millennial generation. I was at a recruiting conference in New Orleans about 10 years ago, and one of the presenters was commenting about how the boomers were about to turn 50. He said the bulk of workers who would be replacing them would be coming... [full article »]

The best companies are having trouble attracting employees. Not only are companies in different industries vying for the same candidates as the current crop of college graduates emerge, but these candidates themselves present different challenges from only a couple years ago. The 80-million strong Millennials (also known as Generation Y/Echo Boom) are acutely discerning job seekers,... [full article »]

New methods for attracting the largely untapped baby boomer demographic are sprouting up around the country. A growing number of companies, being served by niche job boards and staffing agencies, are trying to penetrate the boomer demographic to fill key staffing shortages and maintain a competitive edge. In the past few years, more and more companies are... [full article »]

Everyone talks about work-life balance. It drips from the lips of recruiters and HR folks and jumps off the pages of recruiting web sites. Articles touting the “Best Companies to Work For” include it as one of their criteria. Yet, deep inside, we all know that almost no one ever achieves any balance. We either choose... [full article »]