Category: Professional

The problem with Talent Acquisition

HR is about people. And don’t you wish you could rename your department or your title to something that gave proper credit to the importance of those people, rather than referring to them as...

Talent Trends for SMB in 2016

Deloitte published their annual summary of talent trends for 2016 (http://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/human-capital/articles/introduction-human-capital-trends.html). However, insight and actions for the small business may not be obvious when cruising through it. Following is a quick write up of...

Collaboration – Embracing the New World

I was reading a book about the new model of business (http://www.amazon.com/Quit-Your-Job-Months-Should-ebook/dp/B00Y78Y17O) and I came across a phrase that was simple, but one of those forehead-slapping, of course it is, realizations. “… collaboration is the...

Why Consulting?

Part of this blog experiment is to provide an outlet for some of the thoughts I randomly have. I think the act of writing about them forces me to think through them, validate them...

Opportunity = Responsibility

Remember the ad where the kids were saying things like “I want to work my way up to middle management”? You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJB0CzlzSwY  The IT market is hot right now –...

Relationships, Not Transactions

I often tell the interviewers I’m training, “it’s a relationship, not a transaction.” Understanding and embracing this is critical to the recruiting process and the candidate experience. First, both parties have given up some...

Open Recruiting

Always on. That is what open recruiting is, a practice of interviewing people for your company, not a position. From what I see in the market, processes and people aren’t used to this. Think...