Infrequency – meaning things you do rarely, rather than do normally or at high volume. At least that’s my definition. Its one of the key ways to get attention. Ads firms are always trying to get our attention using infrequency techniques. They shock us, make us notice weird visuals, or amplify sounds to be pay […]
Got asked recently (not the first time btw) on how a company can increase its output of referrals to candidates. My response was longer than 200 words, but consider this: 15 years ago, we really only had verbal referrals. Specifically, a person would talk to another and ask them “who do you know…”. Of course […]
In no particular order, and without vast detail on each, organizations should consider that there are really four different facets of Talent Acquisition. Notice that I did not say Talent Management, or Talent – those concepts are broader. And this is more like 500 words… Staffing. Using various tools, processes, resources and personnel to render […]
It’s rare that any job has only 2 or 3 people that can do it. I will admit that given the right conditions, maybe only 2 or 3 people want to do it, good or bad. But ultimately, we work to get a couple of people to choose from for a job. How long it […]
Jobs report is about to pop again, and I have to tell you, I am not optimistic. We have been adding net 50,000 to 80,000 jobs per month of the past several months, but we have a long way to go to recover the 7 million plus that were lost in the US, not to […]