by Brad Herbert | May 8, 2013 | Development, Recruitment
I’m fascinated with the emergence of “big data” and its use in predicting job success with candidates. We experimented with this back at Electronic Arts during our many hiring booms, and have used it with salespeople at some of my other clients. The...
by Brad Herbert | May 31, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
I’ve written extensively about the benefits of an agile approach to product or service development, and savvy readers will have wondered about the implications for talent management (everything from recruiting to workforce planning, career development, and...
by Brad Herbert | Apr 30, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
In part II of his ERE post, Dr. John Sullivan offers some solutions for “Great to Good Slide” companies. I’ve shortened the article to just the highlights so please visit ERE for the l article. Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast...
by Brad Herbert | Apr 30, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
Author’s 2021 update: This post was written in 2012 when Facebook and Google (and really social media in general) could do no wrong. Suffice it to say I no longer feel that way, but the points below are still interesting. — Dr. John Sullivan is a Professor...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 29, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
Knowledge @ Wharton has an interesting article on why external hires tend to be paid more, quit 18-20% more, and get worse performance evaluations than internal promotions. Given the shift towards external hiring versus internal promotions across all sizes of...
by Brad Herbert | Jan 25, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
You need to read this article in ERE about the absolute insanity of recruiting people with a set of promises that you know full well your organization cannot deliver. It’s the equivalent of lying while dating and we know how well that turns out. It’s a...
