by Brad Herbert | Jan 18, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
I’m a big fan of agile development practices because it facilitates a culture of ongoing learning. Basing your development resources on explicit assumptions and experiments allows organizations to learn what things customers want and helps to remove the emotion...
by Brad Herbert | Dec 5, 2011 | Development, Recruitment
Dr. John Sullivan pens another prescient post at ERE.com on the top predictions for talent management and recruiting in 2012. Social media was the big thing in 2011 and he believes 2012 is the year of the mobile platform. I encourage you to read his full article but...
by Brad Herbert | Nov 28, 2011 | Recruitment
Dr. John Sullivan has another smart post about the top ten worst things recruiters can do, and I’ve seen all of them. I’ve reposted below for your convenience: “Top Mistake: Not managing the candidate experience — the candidate experience is the...
by Brad Herbert | Oct 11, 2011 | Development, Recruitment
Check out this video where Steve Jobs explains the value of a well crafted, authentic brand. This is true for both an organizational brand and its marketing and sales efforts, but also an employment brand. Notice how he focuses on values and one thing (not features,...
by Brad Herbert | Sep 9, 2011 | Development, Recruitment
I fully agree with this Forbes article, and see massive opportunities for organizations to radically improve the connection with stakeholders by rethinking the concept of internal versus external. Many of us grew up in an era of paper and (literally) confidential...
by Brad Herbert | Oct 26, 2010 | Recruitment
Great article by John Sullivan on how to properly present your employer brand in a way that builds credibility. I think this is spot on, especially given the number of communications channels now used by most tech employers and, probably more importantly, by...
