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ERE recently published partner Carl Kutsmode’s Article, “10 Success Factors For Military Recruitment.” Read the full article below. Despite best intentions, many organizations are failing to recruit and retain the nearly three million military personnel who have made the transition from military to civilian life and employment since 2001. Traditional resume and job matching strategies […]

Ten Success Factors Shared at Chicagoland Event The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce recently published partner, Carl Kutsmode’s article, “Ready, Aim, Hire – Recalibrate Your Military Recruiting Practices.” Read the full article below. Since 2001, nearly three million military personnel have made the transition from military to civilian life and employment. This can be quite challenging […]

Stop Giving Orders and Let Recruiters Act as Consultants The Andersen Alumni Association recently published partner, J. James O’Malley’s article, “How Consultants can Improve Talent Acquisition: Stop Giving Orders and Let Recruiters Act as Consultants.” Read the full article below. Over the past 25 years, in both corporate HR/talent acquisition as well as in consulting […]

Andersen Alumni Association recently published partner, Jim O’Malley’s article, “Getting Culture Right is the Key to a Successful Hire, Lessons Learned From Working Within A Great Culture.” Below is an excerpt from the article. Read the full article here. As a headhunter, job number one for me is getting the right person hired. My clients […]

Recently published in CHEF’s (Chicago Health Executives Forum) newsletter, this article answers the question, “How can an On-Demand approach remedy recruitment of nurses?” For more on this topic, read Gayle Norton’s article here.

In health care today, value equals quality over cost. At the start of the HIMSS15 Annual Conference and Exhibition held this spring in Chicago, the question on my mind was: what kinds of talent will organizations working in health care need to create this value? To find the answer to this question, I spent three […]

Insanity, as famously defined by Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. Analogously, employers who are frustrated by their inability to attract, hire, retain and develop veterans must revisit, and re-vamp their hiring strategy. What works for recruiting a civilian workforce definitely does not work for hiring […]

Andersen Alumni Association recently published partner, Jim O’Malley’s article, “The New Emerging Race for Talent…Consulting Firms, Get a Head Start – Now!” Below is an excerpt from the article. Read the full article here. The March 2015 jobs report concluded that the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 5.5% overall – the lowest since May 2008 – […]

Recruiting Trends just published my article titled, “Professional Services Hiring Is Accelerating: 3 Ways to Stay Ahead of the Trend.” Below is an excerpt from the article. Read the full article here. The recent unemployment data has analysts contending that we are at “full employment” (macroeconomic speak for when all available labor resources are being used […]

The most recent issue of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce e-newsletter includes an interview with Gayle Norton in which she makes a very strong case for why Talent Acquisition needs to encompass so much more than what organizations have typically labeled “recruitment”.  Her recommendations are especially pertinent for any organization that needs to get ahead of competitors […]