Eighty-five percent (85%) of employers concerned with hiring creative people say they can’t find the applicants they seek. This quote comes from The Conference Board: Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce? While spontaneity, poise, and enthusiasm may play well in interviews, there are better ways [...]

At The New Yorker Conference themed Stories from the Near Future, the ever-perceptive Malcolm Gladwell focused on hiring as the biggest challenge for organizations and called it a collective crisis. In this video of his presentation, Gladwell uses the sports analogy of scouting combine events to talk about the assessment process in hiring. His stories [...]

There may be wacky excuses for missing a day of work and getting caught sleeping in your cubicle. But theres no excuse for non-compliance in your hiring process. From OFCCP to I-9, youve got to stay current on recruiting compliance risks and rewards. The New Components of Compliance points out that compliance awareness is not [...]

Traditional economic supply and demand curves measure the price you pay for goods and services in a specific time and place. This works fine for static commodities. But when it comes to sourcing talent, there are additional dimensions to the equation. The Economist Intelligence Unit has published two briefing papers that provide fresh insights: Talent [...]

The title of Rusty Westons post at FastCompany.com”Gen Y’s Retention Deficit Syndrome“sums up the challenges with hiring and retaining Generation Y. Why focus on Y? Because they are your new fresh talent source. These Millennials will replace your retiring Baby Boomers. Who are they and what do they want? 60 Minutes says there are 80 [...]

BusinessWeek posted a Harvard Business article by Tammy Erickson on Today’s Top 10 Talent-Management Challenges. The #1 challenge was: Attracting and retaining enough employees at all levels to meet the needs of organic and inorganic growth. Recruiting and retaining top talent no longer has a pure leadership focus. Its acknowledged to be important at all [...]

Every few months, we revisit the latest thinking on software-as-a-service. Last time we wrote When the Solution is a Service Everyone Wins. This time weve got a potpourri of opinion and thinking on the greener SaaS side. Market and Revenue. The Wall Street Journal responded to Taleos acquisition of Vurv with an interesting analysis and [...]