Current objectives are real, they are immediate.  Annual performance is measured and compensated against how well we deliver on our current objectives.  Yet, there are often consequences associated with only focusing on today as opposed to proactively investing in the future.  These consequences are often painful, but rarely immediate.  One of my first jobs was [...]

Over the past few weeks, Facebook has stayed in the news.  While most companies would love the resultant free publicity, many of the stories have not been positively skewed.  After introducing new platform changes designed to accelerate the adoption of the social web at their 3rd annual f8 developers’ conference, Facebook got some unwelcome attention from United States legislators regarding their [...]

Anytime there is a shift in the way of doing things, there will inevitably be resistance. This resistance is proportional to the length of time that the existing order has been established. Change in the recruiting industry will be no different especially given the amount of time that traditional recruiting methods have been dominant. As [...]

Prior to meeting face-to-face, company representatives and candidates have already interacted with each other several times via the Internet. These interactions have helped both company and candidate efficiently and effectively determine fit. No longer are candidates hesitant about asking relevant, personal questions that are essential to their decision making process because the intimacy of peer-to-peer, [...]

When recruiting new talent for your organization, it is advantageous to draw from the diverse experiences of current and former employees.  In other words, CrowdRecruiting™ is when a company leverages the collective employment wisdom to help prospective employees make a recruiting decision. Prior to the internet, the ability to achieve this type of high quality [...]