Author: J. James O’Malley

The Andersen Alumni newsletter, in its most recent issue, published an article on “The Myths and Realities of Recruitment” authored by J. James O’Malley. In it, Jim covers – and busts – the prevailing myths about recruitment held by leaders at professional services firms. These myths, contends Jim, can have a lasting negative impact on […]

Dear Workforce, a popular feature of Workforce Magazine, solicits answers to questions posed by readers on a variety of HR topics. A recent inquiry focused on change management within an IT group at a consulting firm. At the heart of the issue was how an organization that’s been battered by RIFs and, as a result, […]

talentRISE sponsored the Recruiting Trend’s Spring 2014 Conference in Alexandria, VA which took place April 2-4.  The conference brought together recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other HR and recruitment professionals to share best practices and strategies for the hiring process. Carl Kutsmode and Jim O’Malley were featured presenters at the conference on the topic of “Finding Hidden Dollars […]

Note: This article appears in the February issue of Talent Acquisition Excellence Magazine and the content was also published in modified format in Consulting Magazine’s February issue. While watching the fall-out from the faux sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, I was reminded of the adage, “Learn from your mistakes”. And there’s certainly a […]

“How hard can it be?”,  I asked myself as I recently contemplated a bathroom remodeling project. Well, seven hours and three trips to the big box store, local hardware store and plumbing supply store respectively, I decided that “buying” the expertise I needed was, in the long term, going to be less expensive and produce […]