Posts Tagged ‘recruiting’

Death To Job Fairs: 5 Reasons To Kill This Overrated Recruiting Tactic

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 by Tim Giehll

Preparing for your latest job fair?  As you spend a full day frantically packing your signage, gathering your business cards and concepting your booth game, your savviest competitor has already reached out to six candidates – each more qualified than you will meet at your fair.

How did they do it?  By realizing long ago that job fairs are a dying recruiting tactic and evolving their strategy.

Below, find five reasons job fairs are overrated:

Future of HCSC Software

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 by Tim Giehll

After attending the HR Thought Leadership conference in Atlantic City in June, I came away with a bunch of insights from attendees and other speakers about the Future of Human Capital Supply Chain Software.  I heard from a number of corporate HR executives that there is a HUGE market globally for the “replacement” of first generation 1.0 Talent Management systems over the next few years. This is being driven by the explosion of Web 2.0 technologies and the dis-satisfaction that many corporate HR users have with their “over-sold” current 1.0 talent management solutions. 

In general, the Top 5 Future Capabilites Include:

Cloud Computing for Human Capital

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 by Tim Giehll

Today’s business buzz is all about Cloud Computing. With rapid progress in the technology sector, there are new ways to enhance productivity, while cutting costs substantially for the long term. Plugging into the Cloud promises to eliminate the need for costly on-site servers, complex installed software, backup worries and disruptive and expensive upgrades.

Cloud Computing is currently the most sought-after technology for many industries – the staffing and recruiting industry is no exception.

And for good reason.

Cloud Computing Explained

Human Capital Supply Chains Book Summary (And Blog Intro)

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 by Tim Giehll

Tim Giehll and Sara Moss are excited to bring you a revolutionary blog about a revolutionary concept:  human capital supply chains.  Below is an introduction to the concept, and an executive summary not just of the book, but of this blog itself.

Corporations have been building and optimizing manufacturing supply chains for over three decades. Companies like Dell and Wal-Mart are famous for leveraging supply chain management techniques to breakout from their competitors and dominate their markets.  In the past 30 years we’ve shifted from a manufacturing economy to a knowledge economy. For companies that want to grow their businesses in a post-recession economy, it’s time to refocus and apply the lessons learned from optimizing your product lines to optimizing your workforce.