Yves Lermusi – ERE

Yves Lermusi

Yves Lermusi (aka Lermusiaux) is CEO & co-founder of Checkster. Mr. Lermusi is a well known public speaker and a Career and Talent industry commentator. He is often quoted in the leading business media worldwide, including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, and Time Magazine. His articles and commentary are published regularly in online publications and business magazines. Mr. Lermusi was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the Recruiting Industry” and his blog has been recognized as the best third party blog.

Google Jobs API: The Future of Intense Job Poaching?

Yves LermusiMay 18, 2017May 18, 2017

Google announced its coming release of Google for jobs, after having closed its alpha on its jobs API we were expecting it. Where could it lead us? … Read more

HR Leader Behavior Millennials Hate … and Killing HR Legitimacy

Yves LermusiApril 28, 2017April 25, 2017

Last week at ERE in San Diego I had a conversation with a talent-acquisition leader and customer who was just part of an acquisition and is now reporting … Read more

The Quest for Quality of Hire

Yves LermusiJune 4, 2013July 23, 2015

About a month ago, I was at ERE and a session caught my attention: “A Framework for Improving and Measuring Quality of Hire.” I was delighted. Would … Read more

Confirmation Bias Can Get in the Way of Smart Hiring Decisions

Yves LermusiMarch 20, 2013July 22, 2015

Chip and Dan Heath have two best sellers behind them and I suspect soon a third one. I am fortunate to know Chip, and received a pre-release of Decisive, … Read more

Cyber-vetting’s Usage, Risk, and Future

Yves LermusiSeptember 14, 2011July 25, 2015

Cyber-vetting may sound like solely a way to dig up dirt about someone. But it can be used to not only avoid a bad hire, but also help perform a good hire … Read more

The Interview Debrief Trap

Yves LermusiJune 29, 2011July 23, 2015

If you want a job at Google or McKinsey, you’ll have to go through a rigorous process. This process often includes as many as 10 interviews, and requires … Read more

Message to Candidates: Cheating Works … Sometimes!

Yves LermusiAugust 27, 2009July 23, 2015

How many applicants fake test results and assessments?Does cheating work? Is it worthwhile?What can you, the employer, do about it? Read more

Are You Using Collective Intelligence for Talent Management?

Yves LermusiDecember 12, 2007July 23, 2015

Imagine you are on stage and in front of the cameras at the famous game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The last question comes, and you know if you … Read more

Experience Without Performance is Doomed to Fail

Yves LermusiAugust 29, 2007July 23, 2015

In part one of this article we learned that selecting the right people for the right job is the most important talent-management decision you have to make. … Read more

Experience Without Performance is Doomed to Fail

Yves LermusiAugust 28, 2007July 23, 2015

Strategic talent management is about making one decision and making it right. Today I am going to show you how this key decision can be improved by … Read more

The No. 1 Frustration of Your Job Candidates

Yves LermusiAugust 15, 2006July 23, 2015

An excellent recruiter knows candidates’ expectations. They know what they like and what they dislike. Do you know what the main complaint of your … Read more

Don’t Miss the Next Strategic Turn

Yves LermusiNovember 17, 2005July 22, 2015

People who didn’t believe in the Internet as a sourcing medium 10 years ago started to look pretty foolish about five years ago. Likewise, some … Read more

Staffing Quality in One Question

Yves LermusiJune 21, 2005July 23, 2015

For years now, we have been looking at the economics of talent management and specifically written on the importance of quality in the talent acquisition … Read more

What Every Company Should Control But Doesn’t

Yves LermusiApril 5, 2005July 23, 2015

After completing nearly 100 return on investment (ROI) studies on retooling and new process implementations in the staffing departments of the largest … Read more

Quality of Hire: The Next Quality Program

Yves LermusiDecember 21, 2004July 23, 2015

Process improvement philosophies define quality as that which meets the customer’s requirements. Six Sigma, for instance, uses a concept of reducing … Read more

Corporate Staffing: It’s a Risky Business

Yves LermusiMarch 30, 2004July 22, 2015

Staffing professionals are faced with risk daily. Risk comes from a variety of sources, and can be a strong motivator. What are some of the specific risks … Read more

Metrics in Centralized and Decentralized Staffing Functions

Yves LermusiNovember 11, 2003July 23, 2015

The centralization of a staffing model is defined as the extent to which management has direct control over the staffing function. In a highly centralized … Read more

The Economic Consequences of Reducing Cost Per Hire

Yves LermusiAugust 12, 2003July 23, 2015

There has been a steady decline in average cost per hire in corporate North America over the past several years. In this article, I’ll discuss some … Read more

Characteristics of a Good Metric

Yves LermusiJuly 8, 2003July 23, 2015

As a speaker and attendee at the recent SHRM conference in Orlando, I detected three current major areas of interest in the field of staffing management. … Read more

A Global Workforce Calls For a Global Database

Yves LermusiMay 27, 2003July 23, 2015

An annual survey by iLogos Research, now in its sixth year, reveals that in 2003, 94% of the Global 500 maintains a corporate careers website. The near … Read more