HRExaminer 2.41

Relationships Simple truth: Your effectiveness depends on how you feel about yourself and others. All of the sourcing and record keeping programs in the world won’t begin to compensate for a recruiting process that treats potential candidates as objects. Read Now » Three Talent Lessons From General Surgery “One of the things I’ve learned about […]
 

Relationships

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Simple truth: Your effectiveness depends on how you feel about yourself and others. All of the sourcing and record keeping programs in the world won’t begin to compensate for a recruiting process that treats potential candidates as objects.
 

What Happens in Vegas

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, Reviews, by John Sumser
If Bill Kutik were Neil Young, HRTech would be his Bridge School Benefit. The annual conversation marathon, now headed for its fifteenth year, is ground zero for the universe of people who think that technology ought to be at the heart of HR.
 

HRExaminer v2.40

Revenue Per Employee: The Only Performance Goal You’ll Ever Need for HR Leaders by Kris Dunn Talking about the effectiveness and performance of HR is a black hole. That’s why there’s only one metric that really matters when measuring HR. Revenue Per Employee. Read Now » SaaS Revolt I SaaS Salespeople feel perfectly comfortable selling […]
 

SaaS Revolt III (The Universal Tux)

Topics: HR Scoop, HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Perhaps you’re the victim of the latest bad idea from Wall Street. Have you noticed that software companies, particularly SaaS companies, have made it a practice to outsource the installation and implementation of their tools?
 

SaaS Revolt II (Renter vs Owner)

SaaS: As long as you are willing to ride the horse of endless unpredictable upgrades, renting makes it possible (though not likely) to always have the latest tools and techniques at a marginal cost.
 

SaaS Revolt (Revisited)

Topics: HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Right now, SaaS Salespeople feel perfectly comfortable selling their ability to update software across the user base as a benefit. From one perspective, this offers the ability to innovate with amazing agility. From another perspective, features are produced without any friction.
 

HRExaminer v2.39

Employee Privacy 1 - What Can Employers Monitor? by Heather Bussing Heather Bussing covers a wide range of employee privacy issues in this week’s three-part series on employee privacy. Heather begins by discussing employer spying. Read Now » Employee Privacy 2 - When It’s Personal by Heather BussingPrivacy rights come from different kinds of laws. […]
 

HRExaminer v2.38

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser
Hiring Manager Problems Require Therapy by William Uranga Does your recruiter have a challenging hiring manager? I'm not talking about a difficult search - but client management problems. Most managers operate in a survival-mode; they are hiring to solve a problem, not necessarily to build a world-class team. Being stuck in a downward cycle of […]
 

Moneyball

Topics: HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Reviews, by John Sumser
Seven years ago, this review appeared in the pages of the Electronic Recruiting News. It’s reprinted in honor of the final arrival of the movie. In the intervening years, some elements of the HR and Recruiting world have paid attention and begun to use metrics to figure out hiring problems. It’s not another exercise in […]