It’s a typical Sunday evening – catching up on e-mails I missed since Friday when I left the office (I try to not access e-mails on Saturdays).  Technology sure has made our life easier (or at least different) – we no longer have to be in the office to catch up on...

And the answer is . . . . . NO!  Does that surprise you?  The answer surprised us in some ways, but not in others.  Let us explain. 65.5% - we counted! We decided to look at every person in the last 4 years that interviewed any of our candidates for each and...

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...

When I was graduating college, my first potential 'professional' employer asked me for a letter of recommendation from a long-standing past employer of mine. I asked the business owner to write a letter. His response was to send me to his office to get letterhead so that...

Each week, I get my weekly LinkedIn Updates e-mail. I find who my contacts have added as their contacts; I see all status changes. One trend seems to be changing the picture on the top right of the profile (I assume updating). Now one can ask . . . . . why the picture...

Is LinkedIn the NEW monster in the room? Yes - I have a LinkedIn profile. Yes - I have multiple 'electronic' contacts. What is LinkedIn becoming - and is it of value? Networking is an overused job search...