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Leading-edge thinking and up-to-the-instant news in the Recruitment Process Outsourcing industry and other interesting topics.
Why cheap can be scary
Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:48 am
posted by YoCC
While pitching our value proposition recently, a CFO I spoke with exclaimed “how and why are you so cheap?” I was taken aback, because frankly, I never thought of us as cheapos. But the fear and doubt in his voice…




Green Hiring and Incentivizing Companies to Go Green
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:21 pm
posted by YoCC
The term Green Hiring can take a lot of directions, at Accolo we like to think that our current and prospective employees like working for a company that values the environment and tries to make a better workplace for them.…




What does your recruiting cost you when you aren’t hiring?
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:02 pm
posted by YoCC
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”
- John F. Kennedy
With the markets headed south and uncertainty headed north, we are talking to a lot of companies that are putting…




So Little Historical Perspective in Recruiting
Monday, September 08, 2008 8:34 pm
posted by John Younger
I was approached last week by an executive for a new company to remain nameless that came up with an innovative new concept… let companies offer cash referral awards for jobs. Wow! This has been done many times since 1996…




Measuring requirements and design effectiveness in software projects
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:34 pm
posted by Seth Taylor
Good user experience is critical to a good software product, especially a software product delivered within the confines and quirks of modern web browsers. For this reason all design and requirements gathering activities at Accolo are performed by full time…





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