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		<title>Is It Hard to Find and Hire Qualified People for Positions You Need to Fill? &#8211; Stop Recruiting and Start Building a Talent Pipeline</title>
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This article is written by Francis Goldwyn, Managing Director, Quorum Associates LLC
In a survey of Human Resource Professionals conducted by Quorum Associates and Research in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Hire Great Talent – Three Critical Components and Traps to Avoid</title>
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This article is written by Francis Goldwyn, Managing Director, Quorum Associates LLC
Signs of economic recovery seem to be sprouting. Companies wishing to reinforce or grow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://quorumassociates.com/thoughtleadership/how-to-hire-great-talent-2</link>
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		<title>Back of the Envelope – Social Security and Illegal Immigration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back of the Envelope thoughts on what can be done about the cost and solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. These three programs represent approximately 65% of all federal expenditures; and approximately 16% of GDP. The Congressional Budget office estimates that the trust funds for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, are underfunded by approximately 0 .6% of GDP, or $87 billion. Clearly, without meaningful action, these programs are at risk. ]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts about the Gulf and Executive Recruiting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The anger and frustration about the BP oil spill is a relentless torrent of finger pointing and recrimination. Oil executives, electioneering politicians, local business people, and environmentalists all have a view about why and how it happened. Rather than join the chorus, perhaps taking a step back and a looking at some broader principals might be of value. Here are a few thoughts I have about the disaster in the Gulf. ]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Recruitment?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recruitment is the process of identifying individuals who can bring value to your company and attracting them to join the company as an employee.  Sounds simple, but the devil is in the details.]]></description>
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		<title>A Method to the Madness &#8211; An Interview with Richard Edwards of HED Capital &#8211; Part 2</title>
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In Part 1 of our interview with  Richard Edwards of HED Capital, Richard gave a summary of the theoretical basis  for the work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://quorumassociates.com/thoughtleadership/understanding-market-dynamics</link>
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		<title>Restoring the Trust between Clients, Candidates and Executive Recruiters &#8211; What to Expect from a Quality Executive Search Firm</title>
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This article is written by Francis Goldwyn, Managing Director, Quorum Associates LLC
Recently,  a client asked me; &#8220;What is the single biggest competitive challenge Quorum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://quorumassociates.com/thoughtleadership/quality-executive-search</link>
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		<title>Which Key Human Resource Function has the Greatest  Influence on Management&#8217;s opinion of HR?</title>
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This article is written by Francis Goldwyn, Managing Director, Quorum Associates LLC
If one could list the five major functions of a  quality HR department, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://quorumassociates.com/thoughtleadership/five-functions-of-a-quality-human-resource-department</link>
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		<title>The Human Resources Professionals Research Project: Survey #1 Result Summary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quorum Associates LLC and Action Research Institute have  completed the first in a series of surveys for the Human Resources Professionals  Research Project. This project examines issues facing human resource  professionals in order to develop a better understanding of the challenges  these professionals face in today's environment.]]></description>
		<link>http://quorumassociates.com/thoughtleadership/human-resource</link>
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		<title>Driving  Performance through Clear Measures of Success: How to Get Rid of Annual Employee Evaluations</title>
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This article is written by Francis Goldwyn, Managing Director, Quorum Associates LLC
Headlines proclaim the loss of jobs in the financial  services industry, particularly on [...]]]></description>
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