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Andersen Alumni recently published partner Jim O’Malley’s Article, “How Recruiting Can Take A Page from Accounting, Embrace Measurement and Metrics.” Read the full article below. Lord Kelvin, born 1824, was an Irish physicist and engineer. Ahead of his time, he was obsessed with measurement and wrote: “When you can measure what you are speaking about, […]

Increasingly, organizations are committing to hire veterans, whether because it is the right thing to do, or because veterans are an invaluable source of talent or because, as a government contractor, they must comply with a 6.9% hiring benchmark. Or the effort to hire veterans may stem from a combination of all three of these […]

Accounting Today recently published partner Jim O’Malley’s article, “The Myths and Realities of Hiring ‘A Talent.’” Read the full article below. Every accounting firm leader knows you are only as good as your talent. Your team is the backbone of your reputation and your reputation is what brings in the revenue. It follows that you […]

Hunt Scanlon Media recently published partner Jim O’Malley’s interview, “Partners in the Process: Improving the Search / HR Relationship.” Read the full article below. Many executive search consultants active in the industry today first maintained successful careers on the corporate side — holding rank in the very disciplines they now recruit for. In fact, a […]

Medical Officer Manager recently published partner Carl Kutsmode’s article “Spending too much time, effort and money on recruitment? Borrow from others’ ‘best practices.’ Read the full article below. Hiring top talent for your medical practice isn’t easy. And, the bad news is that it won’t get easier anytime soon. Just consider a few facts: The […]

accountingTODAY recently published partner J. James O’Malley’s article, “To Mitigate Risk in Recruiting for Your Firm, Take These 3 Steps Now.” Read the full article below. According to a recent study from the global consulting firm Protiviti and the Economic Crime and Justice Studies Department at Utica College, companies are ill-prepared to prevent corporate fraud […]

ERE recently published partner Carl Kutsmode’s article, “4 Tips to Help You Hire Top-Performing Sales Talent.” Read the full article below. Want to hire the next “Michael Jordan” of sales? First, get real about your ideal target candidate profile. I’ve noticed over the last 20-plus years in companies ranging from global brands to startups, that […]

Andersen Alumnni recently published partner Jim O’Malley’s article, “Want to Hire Better People, Quicker for Less $$?” Read the full article below. Consider this: A 2015 survey by CareerBuilder, found that 24% of hiring managers, HR professionals and other full-time workers admitted they spend at least an hour a day on personal email, texts and […]

ERE recently published partner Jim O’Malley’s article, “Redefining Recruitment.” Read the full article below. CEOs aren’t sleeping. Consider this, from PwC: 63 percent of CEOs in the U.S. worry that the availability of key skills will undermine their strategies and plans for growth 93 percent of CEOs say that they recognize the need to change […]

Accounting Today recently published partner Jim O’Malley’s article, “The 2016 Race for Accounting Talent.” Read the full article below. What’s good for the overall economy doesn’t bode well for winning the race to recruit great accounting talent. While the overall unemployment rate continues to hold steady at 5 percent, the unemployment rate within the Bureau […]