"Thoughts Are a Prerequisite for Thought Leadership"
ERE Expo Fall returns to Hollywood Florida this week. We're bringing back to our home page some of the still-relevant podcasts from ERE Expo this Spring in San Diego
Neal Bruce
Welcome to an Inside Recruiting channel podcast on Total Picture Radio. This is Peter Clayton reporting.
Joining us here in San Diego at ERE Expo is Neal Bruce, SVP of Product Management at First Advantage a leading risk mitigation and business solutions provider, with tens of thousands of clients globally. First Advantage offers a dynamic array of innovative, information-driven solutions, infused with insight and enhanced by leading-edge technologies.
On his Linkedin page, Neal describes himself as "Visionary type guy that likes to take on impossible projects. I especially like large scale change management/cultural adaptation projects." Neals favorite phrase, "Thoughts are a prerequisite for Thought Leadership."
Neal Bruce joined the First Advantages Employer Services division as the Senior Vice President of Product in April of 2008. In this role, Neal is focusing on Product Strategy and Innovation.
First Advantage Employer Services provides a comprehensive suite of employer solutions specifically designed to reduce the time and cost associated with recruiting, hiring management, screening and ongoing retention processes.
An Interview with Scott Pitasky, Corporate Vice President, Talent & Organizational Capability at Microsoft.
"There's no question if you look out the next 12 to 18 months, we will hire thousands of people to Microsoft around the world."
Scott Pitasky
Welcome to a Inside Recruiting Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting.
As corporate vice president for Microsoft's Human Resources Talent & Organization Capability group, Scott Pitasky is responsible for global staffing, talent management, development, organization capability and aspects of the companys learning agenda. This broad role includes all efforts to establish Microsoft's employment brand, acquire talent anywhere in the world, and once acquired manage and develop people to achieve their fullest potential. This work spans the employee and manager population up to and including work with the senior leadership team and Board of Directors.
Pitasky came to Microsoft in August 2001, and has served as director, senior director and general manager of MSN, the Server & Tools group and Global Staffing, respectively. In our exclusive Total Picture Radio interview, Scott discusses Microsoft's plan to turn on a global career site this summer.
"No matter where you are in the world, you will be able to find jobs at Microsoft." Scott Pitasky
The Recession's Dark Shadow Covers Higher Education
John Ikenberry
Welcome to an Inside Recruiting Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio. This is Peter Clayton Reporting. HigherEdJobs.com was founded in 1996 to list open positions at colleges and universities. Today, HigherEdJobs.com has one of the largest job databases focused exclusively on college and university positions. Joining us is the president and co-founder of HigherEdJobs.com, John Ikenberry.
"For higher education in the USA, adversity is going to be the stimulus to careful review of mission. I have always thought that a university budget is one of the most philosophical of documents -- for it tends to cut through polemics and oratory to give a glimpse, albeit blurred, of a college's or university's genuine priorities. Today it means colleges and universities are going to have to step away from the temptation of the past five or six years in which they have enjoyed an abundance of student applications, deceptively and transient high returns in endowments, and reasonable funding from state governments and/or foundations. More and more thoughtful private fund raising will be one obvious response -- as will careful review of what is essential and what is marginal in its various offerings and activities. Allow me to preface my comments by declaring my perspective. Some professors see campus administration as expendable and unimportant. I don't share that view." - Dr. John Thelin, Professor of Education, University of Kentucky, from an interview with Andrew Hibel, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of HigherEdJobs.com.
A Candid Conversation with Recruiting Industry Veteran, Sheila Greco
Sheila Greco
It's no secret that the recruiting industry is getting hammered in the current recession. In December, Heidrick & Struggles announced plans to cut its workforce by 15 percent. The job boards are getting hit, too. ERE reported CareerBuilder had terminated about 15 percent of its 2,100 person workforce in December. Other job boards (including JobFox), have recently reported staff reductions.
Welcome to a Inside Recruiting podcast on Total Picture Radio, with Peter Clayton reporting. Founded in 1989, this is the third recession that Sheila Greco and Associates has navigated in its 20-year history. With about 30 employees, we wanted to hear what company founder, president and CEO, Sheila Greco was doing to weather the storm of client layoffs and budget cuts. She's been busy. Very busy.
Recruiting and Job Projections for 2009 with Industry Expert Gerry Crispin
What's happening inside the staffing industry? Is applicant data a ticking time-bomb? Is anyone hiring?What do job seekers need to know?
Gerry Crispin
Welcome to a Inside Recruiting edition of Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Joining us today is our good friend, Gerry Crispin, principal of CareerXroads. Gerry and his partner, Mark Mehler are human resource professionals who have spent over two decades working in just about every facet of the employment industry.