Yes, You Can Eliminate the Annual Review, Improve Engagement and Still Get Workforce Metrics
By now, we have all noticed the overwhelming trend to ditch performance rating scales and instead, have performance appraisals and performance management be centered on quality conversations and continuous feedback
HR Roundtable: How HR Can Engage Executives
The December HR Roundtable (in Cincinnati) discussed a topic that is often overlooked in general, but gossiped about often. We don’t know how to communicate effectively with the executive leadership…
Job Boards Aren’t Dead, Just Changing
No doubt you have heard doomsayers predicting the death of job boards. You also likely realize that the boards are still an important part of a diversified recruitment strategy
You Can’t Ignore Customers – Friday Distraction
(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos, a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Every year, The Workforce Institute at…
Ideas are Worthless
If we, talent acquisition pros and leaders, are now to become ‘marketers’, or at least that is what we are led to believe by most experts in the TA field,…
The Biggest HR and TA Questions for 2017
I guess ‘biggest’ really depends on where your organization is with your HR and TA practices. My biggest might not be your biggest! I taking a run at this from…
Angela Bortolussi’s Bold Predictions for 2017
The recruiting landscape changed forever in 2016. As much of a bold statement that is, big moves were made, recruiting giants like Monster and LinkedIn were sold, and trends from…
A Simple Trick to Increase Engagement on LinkedIn
Note: this article does not in any way represent the thoughts, opinions, intentions, plans or strategies of my employer, or any other person or entity other than me
Can’t Knock The Hustle: Revealing the Unwritten Recruiter Rulebook.
When you’re a recruiter, you’re always only as good as your last placement. You’re constantly sourcing, screening and submitting enough viable candidates to ensure your pipeline can fill whatever reqs…
Don't Let Anybody Tell You What You're Capable Of
Alex got a lesson in self-empowerment when her networking coffee conversation took an unexpected -- and hurtful -- turn