Josh

In addition to writing this blog Josh works for Accenture in their RPO business. His role is to advise clients on the best ways to find and attract talent in efficient, effective and distinctive ways. He also has the greatest family in the world, and might be occasionally found on a golf course. Click the 'Connect' tab above to find other places to connect with him.
Disintermediation

Disintermediation

What is it? Spend what might be the best minute and 48 seconds you’ve spent in a long time and watch this video.

Ok, now that you’ve got the gist of it. Think about disintermediation when it comes to the recruiting industry. I’ve had a goal for a long time to reduce reliance on [...]

Best Buy, Twitter, Crowdsourcing, and the Associated Press

Best Buy, Twitter, Crowdsourcing, and the Associated Press

Who needs job boards when you have the associated press?
At some point in the near future there will be a much longer blog post/case study on this thing, but wanted to note a quick mention on this developing story. We’ve been doing some crowd-sourcing at Best Buy and its getting some crazy [...]

Should you post jobs to Twitter?

Should you post jobs to Twitter?

A few words I use very sparingly are ‘Should’, ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’; especially when talking about anything related to social media. I think one of the most maddening aspects of social media for people trying to decide how to use it or if they should use it is that the answer is often, [...]