Baseball spring training is here, so it’s a perfect time for us to talk about the importance of an organization’s bench strength. When you think about … Read more

Baseball spring training is here, so it’s a perfect time for us to talk about the importance of an organization’s bench strength. When you think about … Read more
With the rate of voluntary quits in the U.S. approaching pre-recession levels — 22.8 percent in 2013 — it’s no surprise that in a survey … Read more
If you expect to win “The War to Keep Your Employees,” you must continually assure that the best offer that a top performing employee receives comes from … Read more
I’ve been espousing the need for predictive metrics in HR for over 20 years, so I am pleased that more talent leaders are now beginning to realize their … Read more
During the newly reinvigorated and exciting ERE conference, two attendees posed related but powerful questions to me. The first was “What advanced topics … Read more
I decided to ask 1,582 U.S. company employees how they go their last job. I gave them four choices: Internal move or promotion Some type of proactive … Read more
A retention toolkit for innovators As the economy picks up and unemployment rates continue to drop, I can forecast with a good deal of certainty that the … Read more
On the way home from the diversity career fair, while writing job ads for the diversity publications, hiring the diversity consultants — while taking … Read more
Everyone knows that employee referrals produce high-quality external hires, but what most don’t know is that employee referrals can also be used to improve … Read more
There’s no better way to start out a new year than to take one or more strategic actions. On the surface, selecting a new strategic area may seem to be … Read more
If you are a recruiting leader, I would like to introduce you to a concept that many are not familiar with, which is “whole career employment.” The … Read more
There is probably no more misleading statement in corporate recruiting than “we will keep your application on file for six months.” While such a … Read more
This week on ERE.net, there is a unified focus by a wide range of authors on the use of LinkedIn. To me, this focus is justified because LinkedIn has the … Read more
Employee referrals are up at eBay, the owner of such brands as PayPal and StubHub, up enough that it has candidates in a pipeline that is hasn’t … Read more
Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I’ve pushed hard to … Read more
The science of recruiting is years behind our peers in other disciplines, but when I see research like this journal article, “Paying More to Get … Read more
Does your organization have a succession program in place? Too many organizations and small businesses default to the practice of reactionary assignment of … Read more
I was just reviewing the predictions I made for 2011 written at roughly this time a year ago. Much of what I thought would happen unfolded as expected, … Read more
The New Year is an opportune time to “raise the bar” by doing something strategic in talent management. In many corporations, new plans and budgets take … Read more
Of late I’ve been making the contention that the strategies and tactics used to recruit active candidates is fundamentally different than the ones used for … Read more