Thoughts on people, teams, organizations, communities, effectiveness and success
Glenn Murphy resigned his CEO role with Gap, Inc. effective February 1, 2015.
While I don’t know Murphy, I do know one thing about his 8-year stint at the Gap: Murphy left “fingerprints.”
Murphy was brought at a time when Gap was generally described as “adrift” and “without focus.” While financial results were mixed during his tenure – retail is a tough place for anyone to perform well – the stock price doubled during his time holding the stick.… Read the rest
There is trouble in recruiter-land.
Talk to any in-house recruiter and they know it. Talk to any job candidate and they suspect it.
Heck, as someone who has run small, medium, and large size talent acquisition operations I even know it.
You probably do too.
So what’s going on?
Back in the pre-online application days, circa 1996, internal recruiters working for employers customarily carried (preface: at least the good employers who knew to balance workload with quality) 10-15 job requisitions – openings they were trying to fill – at any one time.… Read the rest