Within the labor force in the US, and to a lesser degree the world, there is a confluence of circumstances that cannot be ignored by C-Level leadership, and not relegated solely to the role of HR leaders: a shrinking workforce in key skill sets and demographics, and a decreasing average employee tenure. One set of circumstances is a cultural shift in employee engagement and loyalty (I shared some thoughts on this on LI and below). [...]
“The Recruiting Department is where data goes to die.” This sentiment was shared with me during a recent conversation related to one of the many sourcing technologies flooding the market. It was the opinion of this person, that the idea of data driven recruiting and the reality of data driven recruiting simply don’t match up. Ultimately, his point was that only a very small percentage of corporate recruiting departments have the resources to analyze the [...]
Pundits and experts alike have been vociferous in their acknowledgement that the economic growth leading up to the 2008 Recession was largely unsustainable, going so far as to condemn the governmental and financial leaders of that time for not seeing the writing on the wall. One organization who has been keeping their eyes on the writing has been The Conference Board, which released it’s July 2012 Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL)report today. So, what does the [...]
I have been blogging and presenting on the practice of Employment Branding since 2005, and facilitating a group on LinkedIn focused on this subject matter since 2009. This is an area of human resource management that I’m zealously passionate about, and the group has served as an excellent opportunity to connect with and learn from other like-minded professionals who truly believe in the importance and value of making great hires for every opening. While I [...]
In a guest post from April of 2010, 6 Reasons Why Talent Management is a Strategic Imperative, Sean Conrad of Halogen explains: Today’s business climate is forcing a shift in the role HR plays. Instead of providing administrative support, HR is becoming a strategic manager of the organization’s greatest asset – its people. Driven by this shift, the industry is seeing more companies implement integrated talent management processes. So why has talent management become a [...]