Oh man, I’ve been TAGGED by Troy Bettinger of NotJobs. I’ve been tagged before, by my buddy Jason (not related to Jessica) Alba [and yes you can scroll down to the end and find a fresh pic of our favorite eye-candy] and enjoyed the links that game provided as well as getting to learn about [...]
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Author: Doug Fuehne, Co-Founder and Vice President - Services, Scalability and Strategy
Measuring success is critical in recruiting. There are four general types of metrics on which to concentrate – cost, quality, quantity and time. This blog focuses on the costs of recruiting.
Possibly the most overused and least-understood metric in recruiting is "cost per hire" [...]
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When it comes to motivating a hiring manager or internal recruiter to move on your submittal, remember the catchy saying….â€Time kills all dealsâ€.
One of the most frustrating things to a recruiter is the lag time between finding and submitting a good candidate and getting meaningful feedback through the screening process. Think about it: how often [...]
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I was listening to one of my favorite talk radio show hosts yesterday on XM radio - Larry Elder. Since anyone who is heavily bent to either side of the political dial will probably know who that is, I may have just lost 50% of my audience, that’s OK. The 50% who stay around to [...]
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So, people really think Don Imus is a racist? Get real folks. He used some crude remarks that referred to the ethnicity of the Rutgers women’s basketball team - "nappy-headed hos" is what he called them. Now the usual suspects (Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and others) are clamoring for Imus to be fired and [...]
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So Bob Nardelli has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of The Home Depot Inc. after six years in the top spot of the world’s leading home improvement retailer. But Bob wasn’t content to leave with a handshake or even a golden watch. No, Bob and his supporters (enablers?) at The Home Depot decided that his [...]
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Another sure sign that college tuition has gotten out of control: 19-year-old Ron Steen of Anaheim Hills, California put a share of his future earnings up for sale on eBay. In August, Steen offered two percent of his future earnings to the highest bidder. The cost? He set the minimum bid at $100,000. Steen, [...]
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When employers talk about desirable skills they look for in new hires, they usually mean things like writing, data analysis, interpersonal communication, and project management. But what about the ability to LEARN?
I’m not kidding. Let’s say a twenty-something employee, we’ll call her Amy, starts a new job as a sales representative at a [...]
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