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It's that time of year when college and universities around the world will release onto us the great minds of the 2013 graduate class.  This always makes me

From the Department of the Incredibly Obvious it seems like organizations in financial distress are often unable to attract the talent they need to try and turn things

I read and essentially disagreed with a post over at Recruiter.com about "7 Questions Great Candidates Ask", so figured I better pony up with some of my favorite

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

The next big thing in HR is also the #1 thing HR sucks in.  Whether you're feeling it or not in your organization, hiring is coming back.  That

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

Have you guys ever seen a top level athlete in high school get recruited to play college sports?  I'm not talking about your best friend Mary's son, Billy,

Before you go all Obama on me, let me explain.  A Stanford Business School economist recently studied the impact of political partisanship and attractiveness - believing that people

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