A brush with mortality
NOTE: A year ago the Doctor was on the verge of heading to the hospital. Afterwards, he wrote this. Today, he's doing fine. But he thinks the post is worth a re-read! I almost died on Tuesday. Let me explain.…
Four stents
Note: This post - unlike 97%+ of my posts - does not deal with recruiting. So you may want to skip it. But if not, please read on: I almost died on Tuesday. Let me explain. I had just released…
Monster: not with a bang, but a whimper
So, finally, it happened. Randstad, the international staffing behemoth, bought Monster last week for $429 million. Yep, million. As in several hundred million less than Monster's 2015 gross revenues. Ow. There was a lot of analysis, some of it quite good.…
What recruiters want: reflections from San Diego
You know it's always sunny in San Diego - except when IAEWS is in town. The sun finally peeked out on Sunday (pun intended) but I suspect the locals were more than happy for some grey and drizzle. Besides, we…
Job boards are the email of the recruiting world
New is always better than old. Don't believe me? Take an inventory of articles published in the last 12 months that focus on something new that will 'revolutionize' recruiting and leave all existing technologies/methods/disciplines in shambles. (This of course also…