The last post was titled Gone in 6 Seconds! It really doesn't take long to screen a resume (at least for the initial screen). What do we look for? The two questions contained in the Blog title can be answered at the same...
On May 31st (2012), I was a panelist at a local FENG program (FENG is the Financial Executives Networking Group - see www.thefeng.org). While there were multiple topics we were...
(I had a vision of a 3 year old child asking this question to their parents as I wrote the Blog title!)
Approximately once per quarter, I address a group of executives in transition on the topic of How To Work With A...
The search person says to the HR person: I want to lead a discussion on Ethics in the Search Field.
The HR person responds: Well that won't take long!
Sad, but all too true - and these...
This coming Friday (November 18, 2011), I will be speaking at the MnCUPA-HR (Minnesota College and University Professional Association for Human Resources) fall conference. The conference title is, HR as Business Partner:...
December 1st 2009 - our first Blog posting - and the topic was Ethics in the Search Field. This continues to be a topic of interest - and one that continues to surprise HR professionals when it sneaks up on them. It is...
Subtitle: The Opposite of Post and Pray
Yet another post where someone will say, "wow - is he old" after they read it.
I remember, not so long ago, when applying for a posted or advertised position actually took some...
War for Talent – a term coined and researched by McKinsey & Company starting in 1997. The conclusion – key talent for many roles was going to be in short supply. Fast forward (there was certainly more in between) to 2003. A book was written, ...
As part of some pre-work for a retained search industry conference I helped plan (conference was held at the end of April), I asked a few of our clients about their perspective on the market, and their workforce and succession planning plans. Each of the people on the...