Wright On Leadership

In one of the more unbalanced blogs I’ve read on Forbes.com, Josh Bersin espouses the attributes of LinkedIn and how the company is effectively disrupting the corporate recruiting market. (Read first.) It’s a good piece, Josh, but there’s another side... Read More

Does the name Ken Herock ring a bell? How about the names of Super Bowl Champion Quarterback Brett Favre (Super Bowl XXXI), Steve Young (Super Bowls XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX), or Doug Williams (Super Bowl XXII)? Make the connection yet?... Read More

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

A few days ago, I was poking around on LinkedIn and saw that one of my connections was looking to hire a Vice President of Human Resources in the Washington, DC metro area. As it turns out, I’m a pretty... 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

What a week. There is just never, ever a shortage of material and for that, I’m thankful. A particularly memorable highlight of this week involves a “tactical” error from one of our clients. In our quest to ensure we have... Read More

There are four kinds of people you should have at the top of your contact list: an attorney, a realtor, an accountant, and a recruiter. The order can certainly shift and you (fingers crossed) won’t always need them. And let’s... Read More

Recruiter/Hiring Manager: “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Candidate: Eye roll, followed by dry mouth, sigh, light-headedness. Feeling dizzy. Passes out, bangs head on desk. Thud. Candidate now has a knot on her head similar to Lt. Worf... Read More

Sorry for the late post this week – it has been one crazy week! _____________________________________________________________ Living in the Washington, D.C. Metro area is a wonderful thing. History, entertainment, culture, seasons, and great places to eat abound. The Redskins are a... Read More