These are cost savings that can go under the radar. The use of agencies can take center stage, but not all agencies fees for management exceed $40,000, but many relocations for those position do. Find out if you have savings. Look at the 2009 hires – both using internal and external. Include promotions and transfers. […]
Yes – there is a difference. IMHO, RECRUITING is defined as the activities performed to convert a non-employee or non-interested party into an qualified, motivated, affordable interested party in regards to employment. STAFFING is defined as the activities performed to convert an interested party into an actual hire. RECRUITING is about getting and confirming interest, […]
Take a look at the history of firms like Korn Ferry or Spencer Stuart. They have been around for a while. They have seen the staffing world through muscle cars, disco balls, atari, the Internet and social networking. Work has changed so much over the years, but you know what hasn’t? How most search firms […]
A few years back I ran across a study and set of resulting statistics that I now reference all the time in regards to project management. An analysis of 3000 projects done throughout the US government showed that if you are behind schedule early in a project or an initiative that there is an 88 […]
As an avid skier, I have been watching the Olympics regularly. As a person who lives baseball, golf, and skiing, I use sports analogies all the time – especially in business. So as I have been watching I have been trying to draw analogies between Alpine Skiing and talent organizations. The speed, agility, technique, and […]