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Checkster Blog – What can you expect?
After more than a year of silence, I am back in the blogosphere! This blog will cover the latest innovations in the world of Talent in a casual tone It will look at the specific tools organizations use...
View ArticleOnrec Panel – Future of the online recruiting industry
Last week I moderated a panel for the Onrec Global Summit 2007.The slides from that presentation can be found here. The topic was future trends in the recruiting industry, with companies such as...
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Our normal reaction to feedback & why Checkster is confidential
The latest book from Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, (Details from Amazon here) has a great chapter on the subject of feedback that to some extent relates to Checkster’s 360...
View ArticleAre we delusional about our abilities?
We all know the saying, we are our own worst critic, but is it true? If so, what can we do about it? It is actually truer than you may think because we often live in a fantasy world, believing we are...
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Why does ongoing feedback matter for learning?
Imagine you want to learn something new or are in charge of learning and development at your organization where there is a need to learn something new. What do you do? You look at a training course...
View ArticleBest City for US Workers
Once you’ve settled into a city and neighborhood, it is often difficult to move, and rightfully so since community and friends are often seen as important factors to one’s happiness. But what about...
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Top 3 signs of a miserable job: Immeasurement
If you like novels but need to look serious on the plane, try reading the entertaining book, “The Three Signs of a Miserable Job,” and learn a new word: Immeasurement. Among the three signs of a...
View ArticleAre You Using Collective Intelligence for Talent Management?
We wrote an article on ERE (full article here) explaining the concept of collective intelligence for talent management. Collective intelligence is at the core of what Checkster is doing and can be a...
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Among the best articles in the McKinsey Quarterly for 2007
We were pleased to discover that “How Businesses Are Using Web 2.0: A McKinsey Global Survey,” is one of the most read articles of 2007 for the McKinsey Quarterly. We referenced this article and the...
View ArticleThe end of “The War for Talent” as we know it
I highly recommend the latest article from McKinsey called “Making Talent a strategic priority“. You’ll understand why companies need to allow all employees to use tool to self-manage their career like...
View ArticleHow Winning Leaders Make Great Judgment Calls
The latest book, Judgment, by Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis, claims that great leaders are defined by their judgment calls.The authors categorize judgment calls into three domains: people,...
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What Color is Your Parachute?
I spent last week with Dick Bolles, the author of the famous book, “What Color is Your Parachute?” As a true professional with close to 40 years in the career industry, there is little he hasn’t seen....
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Interviewing Women, Men Can Be Stupid
Can the attractiveness of an individual impact your judgment? What if Mr. or Ms. Universe came for an interview in your office? Would it lead to the same outcome as that of an average looking person?...
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Talent on Demand
Peter Cappelli is releasing his new book in a couple of weeks on the state of the talent management industry. He will be presenting a new model for talent that impacts organizations, employees, job...
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Employment reference check questions: What can we learn?
Today, about 95 percent of companies perform reference checks. Reference checking is a current practice in the world of employment, but is often poorly performed. Not only is the process rushed and...
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The Experience Trap
Often we see individuals trapped by their past experience. They want to change jobs but don’t have the “relevant” experience. Recruiters and managers don’t like taking risks and often prefer to hire...
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Neurological foundation of good performance feedback
Reinforcement Learning is a well accepted model in the computational community. It was originally created by the artificial intelligence community as a model to understand and improve learning. The...
View ArticleReference Check Legal Solution
A good article titled, “The Rash Of Problems Over Job References,” published in the March 10 edition of the National Law Journal, discusses problems found in traditional reference checks. In short, it...
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How to successfully look for a job – where are people looking?
If you are a job seeker, you’re probably wondering what works best for finding a job? Here is a list of the top 3 things that lead to a successful job search: 1. Referrals (from current employees,...
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WANTED: “Out-of-the-box talent management practices”
The latest report from the Economist Intelligence Unit clearly states: Tomorrow will be a struggle for a good workforce; It is a talent War! The reasons for this are an ageing population; changing...
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