Dr John Sullivan

Dr John Sullivan is an internationally known HR thought-leader from the Silicon Valley who specializes in providing bold and high business impact; strategic Talent Management solutions to large corporations.

Succession Plans – A Checklist For Measuring Their Effectiveness

Part A Measures Group 1 – Basic plan usage factors: The target audiences for a succession plan are those managers that are responsible for making promotion and lateral transfer decisions for leadership jobs that are covered by the plan. A succession plan can’t be successful if it’s not distributed, read …

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“Best of Breed” vs. Single Vendor

Having visited numerous organizations as an advisor I have seen the phenomenal advantage talent managed well can be.  From that perspective, it is clear to me that organizations looking to grow and dynamically adapt to rapidly evolving markets need to pursue solutions that are extremely flexible and in no way …

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Recruit Teachers to Become Employees Using “Group Targeting”

The Ideal Target Group of Recruiting ProspectsSo take a minute and think about the fabulous opportunity that exists here. First off, forget the word "teacher" for a few minutes if you can. Instead, look at this group from an objective non-emotional perspective.The fa ct is that any group of individuals …

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A quick guide to the best ways to demonstrate HR’s ROI

HR Program /FunctionOver-all HR The best way to prove it’s value – Workforce productivity comparison from last year to this year (Revenue per employee ratio or total dollar spent on employee cost compared to total dollars of company revenue).   2.      Any HR program The best way to prove it’s …

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Assess Your Employment Brand Using an Audit Checklist

One of the hottest topics in talent management today is employment branding, in part because applicants rank brand as the second most influential factor when deciding whether to accept an offer. Just five years ago, less than 1:10 Fortune 200 companies had a dedicated role to manage the employment brand, …

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Understanding the Changing Economics of the Talent Marketplace

CHANGES IN THE BUSINESS WORLD THAT IMPACT TALENT NEEDS There have been several changes in the business environment in the last few years that fundamentally altered the way in which firms compete. In fact, what has happened is that "change" itself has changed. Today the business environment is changing faster …

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How Individual Recruiters Can Avoid Being Laid Off

During hard economic times, it’s survival of the fittest. Yet many corporate recruiters fail to understand or acknowledge the cyclical nature of our business; every five to seven years, recruiters are let go en masse. If you work for an auto company in Detroit or an airline or a mortgage …

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The 20 Principles of Strategic Recruiting

Corporate recruiting is an interesting field. There are no books entitled The Theory of Recruiting or Principles of Strategic Recruiting. As a result, most individuals in recruiting tend to make it up as they go rather than follow a more defined set of rules or principles. There is no formal body in recruiting that …

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Building Your ‘I Care’ Brand During the Gas Price Surge

Corporations around the world are missing an opportunity both to help their employees during their economic struggles and to build their employment brand image as an employer that cares. The foundation of this opportunity is the current surge in gas prices and other economic factors that are heavily impacting almost …

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