A CEO’s job is never an easy one. Whether in good times or bad, a successful CEO must remain a good leader for his or her employees and the company … Read more
Remaining Relevant In Your Industry
There are so many cliche sayings that relate somehow to being relevant, and most of them have underlying tones of being adaptable and flexible: “Roll … Read more
Speaking of Perceptions…
Yesterday, a post came out on SmartMoney called “10 Things Employment Recruiters Won’t Say“. This article was written for the benefit of … Read more
Letter to the Editor: Tim Tolan’s article in the October Fordyce Letter
This note is a letter to the Fordyce Letter editor from Howard Taulé, Chief Financial Officer of GameRecruiter, in response to the cover story written by … Read more
The New Temporary/Contract Workforce
Last week, CNN Money reported that according to the Labor Department, “jobs in the temporary services industry are up 22.1% year-over-year…But … Read more
While in Washington, D.C…
Good morning, recruiters. I will be in Washington, D.C. this week overseeing the SourceCon conference for Fordyce’s sister publication, … Read more
Oh, Those Unethical Recruiters!
Recently, I read a discussion where people were sharing accounts of what they deemed unethical practices of third-party recruiters whom they had … Read more
A Letter to the Editor
The following letter was sent to the Editor by regular Fordyce contributor, Steve Finkel, in reference to an article by Jim Domanski from the September … Read more
An Interview with Jeff Allen, Placement Law Attorney
The following interview is an in-depth introduction to an individual who has been writing for The Fordyce Letter for nearly 30 years. A respected … Read more
What if there weren’t telephone numbers?
Over on TechCrunch late last week, the co-founder and CEO of voice-application startup SayNow, Nikhyl Singhal, wrote a very interesting post titled Phone … Read more
Hiring, the Economy, and the Human Body
The Washington Post recently ran an article discussing the cautious attitude with which businesses are still approaching hiring, even though profits appear … Read more
Disconnect Between Job Seeker and Employer Expectations
Today, TalentDrive, an online resume aggregation search engine, released the results from its “Job Market Perceptions” survey. The findings uncover a … Read more
Falling Out Of Love With Your Work
William Tincup was featured recently in John Sumser‘s Top 100 Influencers, which is a running series that Sumser is doing on recruiting and HR … Read more
Poker Faces and Prosperity
I know many of you enjoy occasionally sidling up to the poker table to play a little Texas Hold’Em. There’s something about bluffing your … Read more
What We Can Learn About Recruiting From the Cleveland Cavaliers
There are several recruiting lessons to be learned from the bomb that LeBron James dropped on Cleveland late last night about his departure to the Miami … Read more
Introducing The Fordyce Letter’s New Editor, Amybeth Hale
At the Fordyce Forum in Las Vegas earlier this month, it was announced that I would be taking over the duties of Editor for The Fordyce Letter from Elaine … Read more
Publisher’s Corner
Well, I survived another year in the trenches under the auspices of my sponsor firm, a two-man generalist operation working almost exclusively in Missouri … Read more
Publisher’s Corner
As this issue goes to press, I have started my two weeks in the trenches, an annual event that keeps me in the loop about what is really happening in the … Read more