Google announced its coming release of Google for jobs, after having closed its alpha on its jobs API we were expecting it. Where could it lead us? … Read more
Yves Lermusi (aka Lermusiaux) is CEO & co-founder of Checkster. Mr. Lermusi is a well known public speaker and a Career and Talent industry commentator. He is often quoted in the leading business media worldwide, including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, and Time Magazine. His articles and commentary are published regularly in online publications and business magazines. Mr. Lermusi was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the Recruiting Industry” and his blog has been recognized as the best third party blog.
HR Leader Behavior Millennials Hate … and Killing HR Legitimacy
Last week at ERE in San Diego I had a conversation with a talent-acquisition leader and customer who was just part of an acquisition and is now reporting … Read more
The Quest for Quality of Hire
About a month ago, I was at ERE and a session caught my attention: “A Framework for Improving and Measuring Quality of Hire.” I was delighted. Would … Read more
Confirmation Bias Can Get in the Way of Smart Hiring Decisions
Chip and Dan Heath have two best sellers behind them and I suspect soon a third one. I am fortunate to know Chip, and received a pre-release of Decisive, … Read more
Cyber-vetting’s Usage, Risk, and Future
Cyber-vetting may sound like solely a way to dig up dirt about someone. But it can be used to not only avoid a bad hire, but also help perform a good hire … Read more
The Interview Debrief Trap
If you want a job at Google or McKinsey, you’ll have to go through a rigorous process. This process often includes as many as 10 interviews, and requires … Read more
Message to Candidates: Cheating Works … Sometimes!
How many applicants fake test results and assessments?Does cheating work? Is it worthwhile?What can you, the employer, do about it? Read more
Are You Using Collective Intelligence for Talent Management?
Imagine you are on stage and in front of the cameras at the famous game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The last question comes, and you know if you … Read more
Experience Without Performance is Doomed to Fail
In part one of this article we learned that selecting the right people for the right job is the most important talent-management decision you have to make. … Read more
Experience Without Performance is Doomed to Fail
Strategic talent management is about making one decision and making it right. Today I am going to show you how this key decision can be improved by … Read more
The No. 1 Frustration of Your Job Candidates
An excellent recruiter knows candidates’ expectations. They know what they like and what they dislike. Do you know what the main complaint of your … Read more
Don’t Miss the Next Strategic Turn
People who didn’t believe in the Internet as a sourcing medium 10 years ago started to look pretty foolish about five years ago. Likewise, some … Read more
Staffing Quality in One Question
For years now, we have been looking at the economics of talent management and specifically written on the importance of quality in the talent acquisition … Read more
What Every Company Should Control But Doesn’t
After completing nearly 100 return on investment (ROI) studies on retooling and new process implementations in the staffing departments of the largest … Read more
Quality of Hire: The Next Quality Program
Process improvement philosophies define quality as that which meets the customer’s requirements. Six Sigma, for instance, uses a concept of reducing … Read more
Corporate Staffing: It’s a Risky Business
Staffing professionals are faced with risk daily. Risk comes from a variety of sources, and can be a strong motivator. What are some of the specific risks … Read more
From Workforce Planning to Workforce Logistics
Workforce planning is a popular topic of discussion, especially when an improving economy drives changes in corporate staffing needs. Although workforce … Read more
Metrics in Centralized and Decentralized Staffing Functions
The centralization of a staffing model is defined as the extent to which management has direct control over the staffing function. In a highly centralized … Read more
The Economic Consequences of Reducing Cost Per Hire
There has been a steady decline in average cost per hire in corporate North America over the past several years. In this article, I’ll discuss some … Read more
Characteristics of a Good Metric
As a speaker and attendee at the recent SHRM conference in Orlando, I detected three current major areas of interest in the field of staffing management. … Read more