If you really wanted to, you could choke on recruiting metrics. Trust me, I have – and it tastes a bit salty. Most organizations do a decent job measuring the two basic recruiting metrics: cost-per-hire (CpH) and time-to-fill (TtF). While... Read More
Can we talk for a second? I promise I’ll be quick. But I think we need to have an important discussion so I can let you in on an undeniable truth. Ready? Well, here it is. There are no perfect... Read More
One of the great things I love about football – and sports in general – is the portable lessons applicable to recruiting and talent management. Today on NFL.com, current NY Jets players anonymously ripped their starting quarterback, Mark Sanchez. Clearly they have big... Read More
I’m interested in feedback from the corporate recruiting community on this one. I have a great deal of respect for Peter and his methods. I’ve used them successfully most of my recruiting career and I’m a huge fan. There’s a... Read More
“I don’t have time.” How many times a day do we hear someone say this about doing something we think is important? Or, worse yet, how many times do you say it? The reality is this – we all get... Read More
The job description is to the search as the foundation is to the house. Simply put, the job description is the foundation of the search. Good, solid job specification – good search. Poorly written, full of holes job specification –... Read More
[Updated February 10, 2012: I stand corrected. Apparently, purple squirrels do exist as evidenced in this crazy article that surfaced this week. So, instead of saying they don’t exist, I’ll just go with “super rare.” Special thanks to @recruitmoore and... Read More
“I need a report.” That sentence makes me cringe. Not because reports aren’t important – they definitely are. But I’ve been producing reports my entire career that take hours to compile and check for accuracy only to have them looked... Read More
Technology is amazing. It’s amazing because I’m writing this on my iPhone as I think about it. It used to be that I’d think about interesting, scary, or important stuff but I’d lose the thought or concept before I had... Read More