Moody’s Economy.com released a forecast for employment in the United States for the next few years, and USA Today has done a phenomenal job at packaging the data by state and industry in an interactive map. [full article »]

Here at ERE, we have a profound respect for the truthiness and recruiting insights of Stephen Colbert. [full article »]

If the gods of software development are kind, we’ll be launching a major revamp to all things social on ERE.net in the next few weeks. It’s given me the chance to look at every aspect of the site with a fresh eye. As an exercise, I wrote up a draft of what I believe ERE.net... [full article »]

Our friends at Fistful of Talent just launched the pilot of their new FOTv show this morning. There’s a ton of noise in the recruiting blogosphere these days, and Fistful is on a very short list of the blogs that have become my daily must-reads. Like everything they do, the pilot is fun and opinionated,... [full article »]

The last hour and a half has been an exercise in frustration. I spent most of it freaking out as I tried to connect to today’s webinar and listening to busy signals and dropped audio on my laptop’s speakers. The rest of the time I spent on hold waiting for technical support at GotoWebinar, the company... [full article »]

John and I were trading emails last week, and he asked me to elaborate on one of the comments that I made. I have been thinking about it ever since. The recruiting profession is at a unique moment in time, and it’s not just because of the economy. We are at an inflection point where... [full article »]

Google is arguably the most storied company of the new millennium, but even it is not immune to the global economic slowdown. The company just announced via its official blog that it will be laying off 100 recruiters, a large slice of their recruiting team, which our own Dr. John Sullivan has called “one of... [full article »]

On Wednesday, we created a Facebook fan page for ERE.net. It’s a fun little experiment, and we’ve put up some pictures, upcoming events, and a feed of our articles. I’m not sure where we’re going to go with this yet, but it’s obvious that there is demand for more ERE on Facebook — it’s only... [full article »]

We’re already a week into 2009, and everyone else has already published their predictions for the year. In the spirit of better late then never, here are a few of mine: 2009 will be a painful year for recruiters. It’s obvious, but how could I leave this off the list? We’re in a recession, and... [full article »]

Elaine wrote about today’s Employment Report for ERE’s sister publication, The Fordyce Letter, and there’s no other way to put it — it’s just awful across the board. [full article »]

We ran a webinar today with Elaine Orler and Jason Corsello of Knowledge Infusion about what changes we should expect from recruiting technology in the next year. I learned a lot on the call, but one of the polls that we took really made me stop and think. Here it is: [full article »]

Last Thursday, I got to spend some time with a great group of recruiters at the ERE Meetup in Dallas, TX. We’re going to do more meetups in the coming months – they are a good chance for recruiters to hang out, chat and compare notes with their peers over a few drinks. If you... [full article »]

I passed my local library last night, and I took a few pictures of the display in the front window. When the local library is pitching in to help people find jobs, I see it as a sign of the times. What do you think? [full article »]

We ran a live video feed of the ERE Expo (join us for the next conference in the spring!) last week on our site, and lots of recruiters who could not be with us in person tuned in — at one point we had over 400 live viewers! I couldn’t be happier with the way... [full article »]

This Wednesday will mark the 15th time that I’ve kicked off an ERE Expo in the U.S., but running conferences is a people business, and it’s different every time. The people, personalities, and subject matter changes from show to show — I always come away with something brand new. The ERE team works hard to... [full article »]

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably noticed some pretty major changes to the ERE.net site and our daily newsletter.  It’s the culmination of months of work by Jim and Hunter, our crack development team. The first things that you’ve noticed are no doubt cosmetic – we’ve got a snazzy new look!  But beauty is only... [full article »]