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Leading-edge thinking and up-to-the-instant news in the Recruitment Process Outsourcing industry and other interesting topics.
The fantasy of being able to consistently pick a top performer’s resume after a 10 second review
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:51 pm
posted by John Younger
I was recently communicating with a group of executives about resume screening and was struck by the old school approach…
Have our prayers been answered?
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:02 am
posted by YoCC
Have our prayers been answered? I hope so, because it’s awkward in the office when the executives are doing ritualistic dances to please the recruiting deities. We are starting to see clients hire. Not all of them, not all at…
Masters of the Obvious: Applicant Volume vs the Dow
Friday, April 10, 2009 4:41 pm
posted by YoCC
Because we serve as the internal recruiting function for hundreds of companies, we have some unique insights into job applicant data. I recently pulled the data for all jobs closed since the beginning of 2007 and plotted it against the…
Career Killers
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:07 am
posted by John Younger
The working landscape is changing rapidly, and Career Killers today may not be Career Killers tomorrow.
For example, many people in their early twenties are posting things online about beer bashes, dates gone wrong, and a variety of…
Redefining Failure
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:05 pm
posted by YoCC
On Monday I sold our family canoe rental business in southern Mississippi—Soggy Bottom Canoe and Kayak Rental—that has been struggling for its 7 years of existence. I bought the place as my midlife crisis (at the age of 26), and…
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