Recruiting Animal

Reference: Paul Hebert on Fist Full of Talent. No one is honest when there is a punishment for honesty. Ask an employee if the incentive program drives her performance and she'll say no. Why? Because she doesn't want to admit (or believe) that she is influenced by a small reward. Then, ask she ever checks her score against her colleagues. Of course she does. They all do. The lesson? It hurts to tell the… Continue

The HR Capitalist claims that the internet has made recruiters into sissies. Between 2004 and 2006 everyone had an email account and checked it regularly. All that you, as a recruiter, had to do was email a job description to potential candidates and you would hear back from them toot sweet. Since 2007 everyone has more than one email address. And the email addresses on their old resumes are rarely checked so you have to tr… Continue