Talent Function

by Mark McMillan
This week at Corpus Operis in Casekow, Germany, I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Harrison, the CEO of Abraham&Harrison (“A&H”). A&H is a global social media marketing and public relations company [see the framed video below for a pleasurable description of what they do]. The company has a workforce of approximately 35 people operating in 5 continents, 12 countries, in 11 languages, and on 1 Internet. Read more »

by Elaine Orler

I’ve focused my 15 year career on and around recruiting technology.  I was around when the first scanners were brought in house.The scanners took up an entire desk and you were excited to scan one resume at a time and hopeful the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) would work well enough to at least get the basic contact information correct.  In the dark ages we didn’t have email, and the internet was only for the true technology insane. Read more »

by Elaine Orler

Week before last I had the honor and pleasure of heading east to participate in the Workscape Analyst Summit. The day was filled with insight and knowledge sharing about the organizational and product direction. Workscape (www.workscape.com)  has built a strong foundation and continue to carve out their business direction to enable their customers success.  Read more »

What do you do if you own one of the world’s most successful corporate brands, enabling you to

• operate in a dynamic, exciting industry that attracts great talent
• tap any job market in the world
• enjoy fame for building lucrative employee resumes
• have the financial resources to meet or beat any competitor’s offer…

but you still can’t recruit enough people to meet your company’s growth targets?

That is the question Marvin Smith has been helping to answer at Microsoft. His assignment: find out if the emerging phenomenon known as social media could help solve the problem.

Read the article here

by Mark McMillan

This past weekend I met with a client that is going through a career transition. He updated me on his latest interview with a well-known sports apparel company. Read more »

By Mark McMillan  |  

My mind thinks and spells the word “clarity” this way. It makes more sense to think of it spelled this way. Read more »

By Elaine Orler |

I was running a few errands with my 15 yr old son this week, and while in the middle of a retail store, debating over purple or green post it notes, my son asks me. “Mom – when I’m old enough to work – how will I apply for a job? Will I walk in and ask for some kind of form? ” Read more »

This is a director’s cut transcript of Elaine’s interview with Headhunter Readio’s CeCe and Joe Gonzalez.

1. You’ve launched a company focused on recruitment technology in one of the worst economic markets in history – we’re curious to know why now?

With 16 years of experience and a passion to see the human resources discipline valued, it just made sense. Our company focus is on the value that HR can bring to the broader organization, and that strategic advantage is necessary in any economy. Read more »

Guest Blogger: RecruiterGuy

If the location wasn’t enough to get you interested in attending the Social Recruiting event in New York last week, then the familiar names within the recruiting/staffing industry should have been. With heavy hitters like Sumser, Crispin, and Burnett pitching the latest on stats and trends around Social Recruiting we could have walked away happy to have attended.  What Manaster, his ERE crew and the attendees (because the attendees were VITAL to the success) put together pushed upwards that bar that we’ll likely measure events from going forward. Read more »

By Elaine Orler |

Applicant Tracking Systems ( or “ATS”)  has been the most commonly used description of recruiting technology for 20 years. In the beginning the description fit, today it is antiquated – it  no longer defines the value technology brings to the recruiting process. It is time for a new title for recruiting technology. Read more »