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An Employer Brand Problem that FREE BEER can’t solve

I think one of the fairly unscientific but still decent ways of maintaining a feel for an industry, location, or professional discipline is to keep and eye on posted job… Get the Rest

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FOT Quiz: How To Spot A Fake Recruiter

Sorry, HR and Talent Pros - this is an article for your Hiring Managers and your Executives.  Please pass it along to them - you can stop reading

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What If

From time to time I like to think larger than one client, industry event and/or the current problem in front of me. I take 2 hours off and

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Recruit Me Like You Mean It!

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,

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From the Sourcer’s Desk…those endorsements? They’re a good thing!

So you probably think I’m going to write about LinkedIn endorsements, it’s a topic that seems to be polarizing the social media and recruiting digerati.  And to be

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We Only Hire Republicans

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

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You’re a Sourcer…are you also the Bias Police?

This actually came up as a statement and not so much a question in one of my team calls over the last month.  Our sourcing team has somehow

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Are Your Job Ads Cursed Like Nike’s?

Nike is pulling yet another athlete's ad campaign as news surfaced about Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius.  It seems Oscar is under scrutiny after being charged for murdering his

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1st Time Job Regrets

how can i get back with my ex girlfriend One of the most read blog posts I've written in the last two years is: How To 'Really' Get

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You Work for Me — Do Better Recruiting!

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