Recently, ERE asked me to conduct a webinar on The Impact of Gamification on Generational Talent. It’s an exciting topicworthy of exploration by … Read more
All Companies Should Hire Like Google
I don’t work at Google. I never have. I know multiple managers and former directors in HR & recruiting who’ve been there and shared their experiences. … Read more
Making Moneyball Work
Breaking News: (July 16, 2036) The national Comprehensive and Reliable Assessment of Performance (CRAP) database reached its goal of 100 percent coverage … Read more
Moneyball and Recruiting: The Future of Hiring or Pie in the Sky?
Moneyball is getting to be the new buzzword in recruiting. We’re supposedly on the cusp of a data-driven revolution in hiring. And it seems one is sorely … Read more
What Meteorologists and HR Professionals Have in Common
Chances are you haven’t thought of the morning weather report as an example of big data at work. But it is. Pulling together information from ground … Read more
The Top 25 Recruiting Trends, Problems, and Opportunities for 2014, Part 1 of 2
Even if you work in a corporate recruiting function with low resources or minimal expectations for change, every recruiter still has a professional … Read more
Actionable Predictive Analytics — the Next Big Thing in Talent Management
Every leader wants to know what is the “next big thing” in talent management? Well in my book, it is the forward-looking talent management approach known … Read more
Is Your Office a Breeding Ground for Gangs?
In today’s roundup we tackle the complicated and totally interrelated issues of lunchtime neighborhood shopping and the retention rate of hourly … Read more
Google’s Weird Interview Questions: ‘A Complete Waste of Time
You may have suspected that those peculiar interview brainteasers made famous by Google, Microsoft, and enough other companies that Glassdoor is able to … Read more
Winning at Basketball, and Recruiting, Big Data-Style
The goal of any team sport is to win. Professional sports takes this concept one step further, since winning at the game also leads to greater revenue and … Read more
The Big Data HR Fad
Nothing excites organizations like another fad. The latest one happens to be a thing called “Big Data.” Big Data refers to collecting so many … Read more
2012’s Vendor Consolidation Holds the Potential for the Biggest Impact on Recruiting and HR
I recently got one of those year-end surveys asking about the significant developments in recruitment in 2012 and trends and predictions for next year. My … Read more
Every Step You Take, Every Move You Make, I’ll Be Watching You — Big Data and Recruiting
In the movie “The Matrix” there’s a scene where Laurence Fishburne says to Keanu Reeves, “The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this … Read more
What President Obama’s Reelection Can Teach About the Importance of Talent Communities
Just weeks after I wrote a piece for ERE.net about talent communities, something happened on the Internet that excited much of the tech blogs and was … Read more
4 Talent Management and Big Data Lessons from the Presidential Election
Whether you follow politics or not, there are many important lessons that leaders in talent management and HR can learn from the recent presidential … Read more
CareerBuilder’s “Big Data” Can Help You Recruit Smarter, While It Transforms the Job Board Industry
It’s impossible to find an HR conference, a business magazine, or a recruiting site — especially this one — that isn’t talking … Read more