What do you want to achieve in life? What will be your legacy? The average UK worker spends more than 12 years of their life at work, and most of us want … Read more
Need More Strategic Thinkers? Here’s How to Hire Them
What firm doesn’t need to be strategic? In fact, what could contribute more to the success of an organization in today’s fast-changing world of business … Read more
How to Build a Talent-acquisition Strategy
It is amazing how much information and training there is out there for recruiters with regard to tactics and tools to do their jobs. When I got into the … Read more
How a Talent-acquisition Team Can Look at Its Own Hiring Plan
One of the most important operational drivers of a company’s future success is its headcount plan for the coming year. Although they may drive the process … Read more
Instead of Backfilling Jobs, Do These 3 Things
One of the most difficult tasks of a leader is to maintain a team of A players. Steve Jobs once famously said, “A players hire A players and B players hire … Read more
Hiring a CEO? The Data Behind What Makes a Great One
CEOs are measured on everything. Company earnings, culture, leadership, employee retention, business trajectory, and so on. It’s no wonder the … Read more
What Hypergrowth Environments and the Gig Economy Can Teach Us in Talent Acquisition
In a world where the HR function delves into “break-a-thons” and innovation doesn’t hold the competitive advantage it once did, it can get harder for … Read more
How Talent Acquisition Leaders Can Be Super Valuable
Being invaluable means that you offer something unique and valuable that no one else in your circle does. I have been blessed; this was very easy for me to … Read more
The 3 Types of CEOs That Talent Leaders Work With
According to a recent survey from leading professional services network PWC, 93 percent of CEOs understand the importance of strengthening their company’s … Read more
Talent Advisors and Exceptional Hiring Managers
Over the last decade of my career, I have spoken to and received feedback from hundreds of talent acquisition, HR, and business executives. One theme rings … Read more
3 Lessons Learned By a Talent-Acquisition Leader
I am almost nothing like Liam Neeson’s character in the Taken franchise. I’m certainly not handsome or dashing, I’m no hero capable of taking out a … Read more
Leadership’s Effect on Recruiting
There has long been an assumed link between the quality of leadership a company has and its ability to attract and retain great people. But why is that? Is … Read more
Aim Higher … From Talent Acquisition Business Partner to Trusted Advisor
We hear a lot about being a “business partner” or having a “seat at the table” with our business leadership. As HR professionals we pursue this goal like … Read more
Leading and Managing a Team of Recruiting Professionals — Remember Who the Team Really Works for
Have you ever heard that old analogy: “the best salesperson often makes the worst sales manager”? Well, I am sure you can tell where this one is going. … Read more
Migrating Knowledge Across Generations: A Talent Challenge and Opportunity
2015 was a pivotal year in the U.S. workforce. In 2015, there was an equivalent number of workers (approximately 50 million) in each of the Baby Boomer, … Read more
Six Factors for a More Effective Recruiting Strategy
Time-to-fill. Cost-per-hire. Applicant-to-hire rate. Sound familiar? These “transactional” metrics have been around for years — decades, even. But … Read more
Leadership in Recruiting: How to Create Happy Employees, Happy Experiences, and Happy Clients
My family and I go to Disneyland every year. When I walk in, I can smell the popcorn and cotton candy right away. The friendly staff wishes you a magical … Read more
Manager or Babysitter?
Dear Barbara: I was promoted to manager and now feel like I made a big mistake. My production has dramatically decreased, I feel like a babysitter and I’m … Read more
Lesa Frances Elected ASA Board Chair
Members of the American Staffing Association elected or reelected eight directors last week during Staffing World, the ASA’s annual convention and … Read more
How to Crush Planning Season, Recruiter-Style: 6 Tips from the Pros
Many of us are embroiled in 2016 planning. I say “embroiled” because while planning for the year ahead is a time for inspiration and excitement … Read more