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Personal Cyber Security Has Now Become More Personalized
Cyber-attacks are amplifying across the globe. Personal cyber security is important as not only have they becoming more frequent, but they are also impacting a wider band of digital terrain. A single worm, like WannaCry is capable of infecting countless systems in numerous ways, from email accounts to personal data to service disruptions and other […]
Facing New Cyber Warfare Tactics – Implement CCI Methods
Cyberspace is an official battlefield for almost a decade in many states. According to a series of data breach investigations report (2013-2016) of Verizon facing new cyber warfare tactics, despite cyber criminals remain a major actor category in causing data breaches, the significant participation of nation-states and state-affiliated groups in cyber-operations is not to be […]
Candidate Video Interviews the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Candidate video interviews in recruiting creates manageable content, and with cloud services the benefit of being able to edit, store, and convert to the appropriate information format for evaluating candidates or future consideration of a new opening. The three types of candidate video interviews are: One-Way Video Interview: whereby the recruiter posts questions in the form […]
Increasing New Hire Productivity Self Development & Mentoring
Increasing new hire productivity requires making sure the new employee can hit the ground and produce. Behavioral assessment (sometimes referred to as “Psychometric Testing”) has become increasingly recognized as a valuable source of information when making hiring decision. There is a wealth of data to demonstrate that using behavioral assessment in conjunction with sound, responsible […]
Screening Candidates for Team Fit is BETTER than Corporate Culture Match
Screening candidates for team fit is more fruitful and accurate than corporate culture match. Work is a lot like life in general in that screening candidates cultural fit is what many strive for. While it is a lofty goal, it is also a bit of star Trek wishful thinking that all will be well in […]
Cost of Failed Executive Hires – Eliminate Poor Recruiting Techniques
The cost of failed executive hires is tremendous. This is NOT limited to just CXOs and SVPs – same goes with VP and Director levels. It is surprising how many mid-cap and large conglomerates retained big-named search firms without realizing that with the exception of a few principals that manage the business and no longer […]
Education Bubble Shortage of US born Engineers for High Tech
It’s a very tough market in electrical and computer engineers for companies that provide security applications, Ai, IoT, and aerospace products. Under rules from FAA and ITAR to FCC to ITAR to DoD, the education bubble shortage of US born engineers is evident. Requiring US citizenship or green card (permanent residence status), real unemployment nationwide […]
Choosing the Best Type of Search Firm, Retained, Contingency, or RPO?
Choosing the best type of search firm makes all the difference in getting the best possible hire for your team. According to Leadership IQ, 46% of new hires will fail within 18 months. The...
IoT Medical Devices Cyber Security – Diagnosis and Dispensing
Now that we are fully engrossed in the cyber age, there are rapid advances across the board for all things connected to the Internet and IoT medical devices cyber security is no exception. These devices, often called “The Internet of Things,” or IoT, has certainly made much of life much easier. For the medical profession, it […]
Performance Objectives Focused Recruiting
Let’s look at defining the Key Performance Indicators or even better defining how performance objectives focused recruiting can be used in the recruitment screening process. Many hiring managers and recruiters for that matter have a misconception that these are used only after the hire or limited to executive leadership roles. To understand why performance objectives […]
Job Boards Impending Death Recruiting Insights
From an executive recruiting standpoint, job boards impeding death is apparent. Job boards have always been a non-issue. The voluminous lists of pedestrian “McJobs” offered on job boards are targeted towards “active” job seekers. Largely all “C players” that make up 55% of the workforce. Who could easily be replaced by automation, software, Ai, or […]
Military Stealth Tech What’s Coming – Looking Ahead
When the United States’ military stealth tech bomber was rumored and then when it made a public debut, it was the first-time advanced stealth technology was a reality instead of something out of a science fiction novel. Even as the US was working on the tech to hide the profile of the bomber, work was […]
