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Moneyball Sourcing Lesson 4: Having the Courage to Believe the Data

Latest Posts on January 17th, 2012 No Comments

Featuring guest blogger Marvin Smith, senior Research recruiter at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Metrics can be powerful when coupled with the right imagination and vision. Billy Beane’s story, Moneyball, teaches us that when…

Moneyball Sourcing Lesson 3: Adapt or Die

Latest Posts on January 5th, 2012 No Comments

Featuring guest blogger Marvin Smith, senior Research recruiter at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation According to BtoB magazine, only 10 percent of website visitors or searchers are ready to engage, make a purchase…

Moneyball Sourcing Lesson 2: The Science of Winning

Latest Posts on December 20th, 2011 No Comments

Featuring guest blogger Marvin Smith, senior Research recruiter at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation We’ve learned our first Moneyball lesson: conventional wisdom isn’t always relevant wisdom. Now that you’ve deconstructed what you thought…

Moneyball Sourcing Lesson 1: Challenge Conventional Wisdom

Latest Posts on December 13th, 2011 No Comments

Featuring guest blogger Marvin Smith, senior Research recruiter at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation By now, most of us know that Moneyball offers much insight for employers on the value of analytics when…

Around the world in 14 days: Part 3

Latest Posts on December 13th, 2011 No Comments

A constant state of extremes We arrived in Delhi, India early Thursday morning. It has been almost 5 years to the day since my last trip to India with a client. Both trips similar…

Around the world in 14 days: Part 2

Latest Posts on December 8th, 2011 No Comments

Customer Expectations Define the Experience On our last day of meetings in Hong Kong we were able to take the afternoon to do some shopping before heading to the airport en route to Delhi,…

Around the World in 14 days: Part 1

Latest Posts on December 2nd, 2011 No Comments

Scaffolding – What type of Recruiting Technology do you have? While traveling with a client in Hong Kong this week, I found myself fascinated not only with the culture, the architecture, and the rich…

The HR Technology Conference & Expo: 5 Observations

Latest Posts on October 20th, 2011 No Comments

1. We’re in an era of refinement. At this year’s HR Technology Conference & Expo, we saw a clear focus on impressive mobile apps, (now mainstream) social media and video-based solutions, and solution integration;…

PepsiCo Talent Acquisition – Refresh

Latest Posts, slider on September 27th, 2011 No Comments

The most recent ERE was fantastic and inspiring as ever. We love it when our clients are successful. This video is worth that watch. It discusses PepsiCo’s talent acquisition transformation. PepsiCo is now in…

How to Win Candidates & Influence Decisions

Latest Posts, slider on September 26th, 2011 No Comments

We’ve all seen the reports and data: though unemployment is high, it’s now more challenging than ever for recruiters to find qualified talent. As competition for top talent grows fiercer, recruiters invest more and…