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No Amazon chatbots, virtual reality, or Artificial Intelligence recruiting screens? Amazon is using old fashioned, face-to-face job fairs! What gives? They work! And Amazon is not alone in turning to older, but reliable, recruiting methods in this tight labor market.…
Read More Digital Retail Giant Amazon Is Holding Job Fairs. What?
After giving a presentation about the return on investment of smart recruiting strategies, I was asked to consult with a couple of human resources departments. I began by asking them to tell me about their organization’s business strategies, their recruiting…
Read More Recruiting Without a Strategy and Metrics is Like a Camera Without a Lens
One of the biggest influences in my young life was a baseball coach in junior high who spent extra time with me, not the best athlete by any measure. He helped me work on my batting technique, especially, bunting. It…
Read More Coaching Girls Softball Taught Me Important Lessons About Leadership
A recruiter complained to me recently about Millennials, “I have so many Millennials who do not show up for their interviews. Once they are hired, our managers have a hard time motivating them, and their turnover is high. It’s not…
Read More Tired of Talking About Millennials? Me Too. But Two Juggernauts Are Coming…
“She is a good candidate, but I want to bring her in at 75% of our market value. That salary will give her a 12% increase, and it saves my budget. She will take it.” “Not so fast. Our minimum…
Read More She Is Already Getting a 12% Increase! Why Offer Her More?
I was seated at an innovation conference for lunch, when the Research and Development leader of a major U.S. active sportswear maker told me he had a confession. His organization was successful at creating new ideas, selecting the best ones…
Read More Performance Management Changes Are Often the Missing Link with Innovation
Do you want to have faster time-to-full productivity for your new hires? Improved retention? Higher employee engagement? Have your new hires be your best new hire referral source? Who doesn’t? So, what is your company doing to have an awesome…
Read More Ten Steps for Awesome Onboarding and Higher Productivity!
Are you looking for that new disruptive innovation and business model? Awesome! In your hot pursuit of disruptive innovation, it is important to remember that the demise of many once innovative, or even long-standing brands hasn’t been a bad financial…
Read More Employees and Consumers Prefer Ethical Behavior and Environmental Sustainability
Recent headlines proclaimed that many IBM departments have ditched the company’s long-standing and successful remote work program. Despite the attention those headlines garnered, empirical evidence shows that teleworking is on the upswing with many companies because it improves productivity, and…
In April, I had the privilege of sponsoring and speaking at DisruptHR in the San Francisco Bay Area. DisruptHR calls out to the rebellious spirit of the CEOs and transformative minds in human resources and technology who want to shake…
Read More Break the HR Boxes and Drive Innovation and Growth
