All posts by Steve Gifford

Your organization moves at a certain pace.  Your high potential employees, though, move at a faster pace -- that's probably why you identified them as high potential in

Sequestration, filibuster, campaign finance... Congressional dysfunction isn't just them, it's how *we* manage them! Consider the recruiting pool a member of Congress.  Technically, you only need to be a

Good news, Gen Yers -- that moment we've been waiting for is coming! At my last job, I replaced a retiring 42-year employee.  In the last two weeks, I've

Not HR, sweetie.  They don't come from HR. Today's posting is of the "food for thought" variety, rather than a checklist of ways to up your talent game.  I

Public sector recruiting isn't keeping up with the business, and it hurts us all. I've been actively looking for work the last few weeks, and so I've been looking

I'm a 401k salesman. Don't get me wrong, I'm an HR generalist in the truest, small-company sense.  I source dozens of jobs a month, touch a lot of compensation

My Kindergartener announced Monday evening that, in addition to gym class and centers, they had done "lockdown practice" at school that day.  It was simply another activity in

How many logins do your employees have? I sat down to think about it, and came up with the following list for a field supervisor: A Windows login A

Veterans are still looking for work, and your organization will benefit from hiring them. I’m keenly aware that lots of authors will be writing articles about hiring veterans this