In The Know v 1.23: Stuff You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know Edition A quick look at five important links. Nimble This report from Razorfish describes the media ecosystem and the role of content in the system. It’s worth reading for several reasons. If you’re building web content as a publisher, employment website owner or [...]
Checkster radically reduces the cost of reference checking while dramatically improving its effectiveness. Rather than spending a perfunctory 90 minutes chasing down dead ends, the recruiter asks the prospective employee to invite a dozen or so people to give brief Checkster references. The results are collected, annotated and delivered in a substantive, easy to understand report.
We’re beginning to realize that recruiting is in deep need of expanded variability. Rather than simply being a gateway between the outside world and the company, Recruiting skills can be usefully applied to the internal processes that actually make a company great. Shouldn’t every recruiter be held accountable for the transition of a new hire to successful integration? Why aren’t recruiters held accountable for the performance of the entire network of people that they hire? Why isn’t recruiting accountable for its impact on productivity?
Background Pinstripe hosted a webinar this past Wednesday June 23rd where John discussed 7 HR Technology Trends. Related to this John recently shared his own personal story on tech and HR Technology was our feature in today’s Weekly HRExaminer. My own connection to technology is similarly intertwined in my both my life experience and my [...]
Read the The Weekly HRExaminer v1.22 Now Feature | HR Technology If technology is supposed to free us (and the good stuff does) then what are the HR Tech solutions that are actually delivering on that promise? We kick things off this week with John’s Tech Story to give you some background on how he came to [...]
Circus acts, self-effacing entertainment, public service and lots of chotchkes are a necessary part of the mix. But, they are not sufficient to make a coherent marketplace for HR Technology. In order for the market to improve, potential customers need a quieter more conversation friendly place to encounter suppliers.
With my degree firmly in hand, I entered the workforce in 1979. The jobs available to a middling liberal arts graduate were few and far between, I tended bar and took seasonal work as a Santa Claus. I found the early keys to my future running small camera stores in Washington, DC. To sell cameras [...]
Top 100 Influencers in HR v1.65 Jim Holincheck Gartner (IT) is the preeminent IT research firm. With 650 analysts covering over 1,000 subspecialties, the firm wields mighty influence over the IT industry. Their value proposition is nicely summarized by a customer (who i quoted on their website): “Without Gartner, we’d likely find ourselves perpetually overspending [...]
Read the The Weekly HRExaminer v1.21 Now Synergy First, Employment Branding Second Silos in HR get in the way of excellence. Recently, a series of positive experiences with Virgin America leave me thinking about what HR could be. A comprehensive integrated human capital strategy results in well trained employees in the right place at the [...]
When: June 23, 2010; 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CDT Register for the webinar now! You’ve heard the buzz and the buzzwords. The economic downturn has generated a host of new HR Technologies and approaches. But separating the good from the bad and the useful from the useless, is a daunting task. Join Pinstripe and independent [...]
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