Bruce Malcolm
Bruce's background includes 30+ years of human resource management experience covering all aspects of HR administration with a clear specialty in team building and recruiting. He created and developed the concept of “Ethical Head-Hunting™”. Bruce began his recruiting career in 1971 with Prudential Assurance.
Bruce Malcolm's Latest Posts
Humour a Great Prescription
Can laughter really help us heal? Anecdotal evidence and some studies seem to point in that direction. Scientists aren’t sure. But why wait for them to figure it out? Just yuck it up. It certainly can’t hurt. Scientists know that laughing increases the rate at which the heart beats and the muscles contract. Laughter stimulates […]
The Dog Days of Summer
The mercury is rising and about to burst the thermometer, the kids are out of school for the summer, and the neighborhood pool is singing a siren song – to those who should be hard at work. None of this does much for productivity around the municipal office. So, what is a good municipal boss […]
The Granddaddy Question of them all …
The great majority of municipal administrators, mayors and counselors I’ve met in over 30 years of recruiting consider themselves pretty good at interviewing. While some do have a knack for interviewing, for most of them “pretty good” is definitely stretching the truth a little! I’ve been through literally hundreds of interviews – some good and […]
A BATTLE…in the War for Talent
It seems as if the war for talent is never-ending. Ever since the dawn of modern municipalities, towns and cities have been looking to attract and retain the best possible people. I first used the phrase the war for talent in 2015 when I wrote an article by the same name. Later that year, Ravenhill […]
Potholes and the PW Manager and the rest of the story
One rainy day in late March, Bryan, the PW Manager for a small town, had just left his office for the drive home when he spotted yet another large pothole in the road – one of the hundreds that had already appeared throughout the town. “It’s almost like clockwork … every spring …,” he said […]
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