This past May 28th, there was a fascinating article in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal titled, Industry Game Changer. I've read the article a few times - and feel a need to respond (on our Blog).
In January of...
Over the past few months, we have seen a tremendous uptick in retained search - and have performed a number of successful searches for a range of client organizations. We have used existing networks, identified new networks likely to yield winning candidates, pre-qualified...
We all know the number - 9.9% is the national unemployment rate for April 2010. We also all know that the 'number' is not a perfect calculation. It is, however, a relative number - higher than 7% and lower than 12%. Some of us know the State of Minnesota rate - 7.4% (it...
As mentioned on my LinkedIn page, I just returned from the International Association for Corporate and Professional Recruitment Conference (IACPR). The spring conference is called the Small Search Firm Forum. It brings together the principals of small search firms from...
It used to be the final line on all resumes. (Does that mean references would NOT be available if that line wasn't there?) Most candidates, regardless of their current work situation, have a general idea of the people they would like called as employment references. More...
I recently had the honor of being a panelist at the recent HRP-MN Spring Conference. The conference title was Post Recession Strategies: Regroup - Retain - Recruit. A few days later, I attended the HR...
This is the theme of discussions and conferences
Earlier this week, Human Resource Professionals of Minnesota held their spring conference. The focus/title was Post Recession Strategies: Regroup - Retain - Recruit. On April 16th, the University...
The quality of being clear and transparent
The 2010 theme for compensation programs at all levels appears to be Transparency. I decided to look for definitions of this word/concept on the Internet. The first is mentioned in the above headline. The second is a...
Pay for Performance - it is what we all say we want (in good economic times - and assuming we think of ourselves as great performers) and it appears to be what companies, more and more often, want to...
Whenever we conduct a search - regardless of position level, function or industry - we ask each prospective candidate for their current salary information. In almost all cases, we get current salary and bonus/commission information. The result is that for each position,...