HR and Recruiting leaders are routinely subjected to the requirement to maintain the status quo while imagining some sort of future. The very existence of the function depends on succeeding at both. Sadly, it’s a double bind.
John interviews Linda Brenner, co-founder of the Recruiter Chicks blog and Managing Director of Designs on Talent. An expert on Talent Management and Acquisition, Linda ran talent management efforts for global companies before consulting for clients sporting household names at Skillsify and Designs on Talent.
The NEW New: We’re in another one of those ‘everything you know is wrong’ vortices.
The smoke and mirrors about retention is beginning to lift. A new study provides examples of how new approaches to data and open minds discover hidden, important truths. People change jobs less often than they used to. It’s a trend that’s been maturing for 30 years.
Before, progress was just a matter of making the line move up and to the right. With big data, what matters is the ability to see patterns in the data.
This show features Chris Havrilla who started out in Software Engineering and IT Consulting before finding her passion in Recruiting.
“We have been talking about the War for Talent for almost two decades. But relying only on resumes and job descriptions is like shooting cannonballs into the ocean.” Chris Havrilla joins the HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board this week and we’re featuring her post Hire People, Not Just Skills.” And at 11AM PDT today (2PM EDT) Chris will join John Sumser live on the HR Examiner Radio Show (live show link).
Two examples wrangled from the herd: 1. The importance of story from the Harvard Business Review. 2. Jeff Dickey-Chasins unearthing the story in the latest 2013 Job Board Trends Survey.
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