
Overcoming the ‘Win at all Costs’ Mentality: Take a stand against cheating
Winning means everything. Our culture praises winning and ignores the means by which it occurs. The end justifies the means. A level playing field is no longer the starting basis for ...

More than Rhythm: A Recruiter’s Notes on Resumes
Most of us as staffing professionals today will provide an offering of detailed advice on how to craft your resume — solicited or otherwise. At least part of the myriad recommendations ...

Post-Grad International Students Deserve a Chance
There’s a whole subset of available talent that goes largely untapped. International students come in droves to the US to seek quality education, opportunity, and a better life. They ...

Recruiting Success: Visualize a Birdie
The field of recruiting is steeped in rejection; hiring managers, candidates, even the agency itself will scuttle many opportunities — some within our control, others outside it. ...

Before You Dismiss That ‘Job Hopping’ Résumé
Today’s résumés are characterized by less time at organizations, and as a direct consequence, more employers. It’s a function borne both of technology and a workforce that is ...

Seeing What We Expect To See
Shortly after I began working for General Motors as an engineer in 2014, I started to notice more Corvettes on the roads of Metro Detroit. Was there really a sudden influx of Corvettes? ...

Playing Hardball With Your Competition
In baseball, as in staffing, the best players are already under contract with teams. How does a team thwart the efforts of competitors cherry-picking their talent? They create contracts ...

Interview Sabotage
Why do so many recruiters allow highly-qualified candidates to sabotage their interviews before they ever begin?
I shook the hand of a candidate after preparing him for an interview ...

What Drives You?
I’ve had the good fortune of a pretty good run in engineering in the greater Detroit automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) environment and tier supply base. Throughout ...