Hitchhiker in the Corner Office

I spoke with a hiring manager yesterday who was concerned about trying to make end-of-year hires because some of the best candidates may be holding out to get their bonuses or may have retention in place. Although this may be a factor, it should not disuade a hiring authority to give up. If a company [...]

Future Hall of Famer Wide Reciever Randy Moss was traded earlier this week from the Patriots back to his old team, the Minnesota Vikings. He came to New England with a lot of high expectations. Although he was productive in the first couple of years with the Pats, he showed a decline in his numbers [...]

I ran across an article from Jeremey Sisemore of SearchPath International, an SAP Talent Acquisition firm in Houston, on the top 10 reasons why recruiters are such scumbags. Unfortunately, we get a bad rap for being a lot like used car salesmen. My friend, Bonnie Cotier, puts it best in her poem to a recruiter [...]

I am finding a lot of client companies losing out on their first or even second choice of candidates by not moving quickly once they find a potential employee that they like. It was not too long ago that there was a large stable of motivated and available candidates willing to take just about anything [...]