Social Recruiting – 3 Questions Answered
One of the pressing questions surrounding social media these days is it’s applicability to recruiting and other people management processes within an organization. Specifically, there is an ethics debate around how much of the Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter data are employers allowed to discover, request and use in the hiring process. Today I see organizations [...]
It’s 1999 Again: The Bubble 2.0 And Talent Wars Of The Silicon Valley
I have been living in the Silicon Valley for a while, and sure enough I haven’t forgotten the dot com days. A few days back, on my way to the San Francisco airport, I saw a billboard by aol advertising that they are cool (again!). I also observed that …
Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door
This is part of my Startup Advice series. Before I started my first company in 1999 I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). One of the things I noticed was that when really talented people – The “A players” – wanted to quit, the firm would quickly scramble to try and keep that person from [...]
