The 46th Super Bowl was played on Sunday, and it was a great game – a real nail biter at the end. This annual event long ago surpassed being just a game and is now more of a spectacle, a phenomenon that everyone – not just fans of NFL football – can enjoy. The half-time [...]

It’s that time again – another month, another jobs number.  As with other recent reports, it’s a mixed bag.  On the plus side, we see a solid increase in the number of net new jobs and more positive gains in the manufacturing sector, notably more jobs related to durable goods, but a decent increase to [...]

Several recent surveys and research papers, including those from Deloitte and Taleo Research, indicate the top strategic talent issues for 2012: leadership development, talent mobility, and building critical talent pipelines. For most organizations these are overlapping challenges, involving simultaneous focus and investment in talent acquisition, development, retention – and importantly – talent intelligence. Leadership Development This month [...]

How did a guy whose career guidance assessment in high school recommended the occupation of a religious minister wind up in a career as a compensation professional?  In my case, the apparent erroneous survey tool result may not have been as far off the mark as it appears on the surface. Upon further investigation, the [...]

It is a busy time of year for fans of NFL football. An exciting regular season recently wrapped up, one which saw several records broken. Now the playoffs are underway, with some exciting games this past weekend, including yet another impressive result from Denver’s QB Tim Tebow in an upset win over Pittsburgh. But something [...]

The latest BLS numbers have just come out and, as expected, they show more hiring growth.  And as is typically the case, the major news outlets are doing a pretty poor job in explaining what the numbers really mean.  I’ll provide a bit more color in this post and also talk about the year overall [...]

In preparation for the Taleo Europe conference back in November 2011, we spent some time trying to predict the trends for Talent Management in 2012, some of which were discussed during the conference in Paris. Since I put my predictions to paper, Europe and talent management hasn’t stood still: SAP has bought Success Factors in [...]