During times of change, it can be tempting to overlook proper background checks, especially when hiring temporary or part-time workers. But it’s your … Read more
The Most Taboo Topic in the Hiring Process
Editor’s Note: This is part of a duo of simultaneously published articles about our collective discomfort addressing salary issues more openly. Check … Read more
How to Re-Recruit Your Workforce Amid COVID-19
With layoffs and hiring freezes due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s a strange time for recruiting. But the best employer brand professionals understand … Read more
Recruiter Realness: The Thing About Recruiters…
Editor’s note: You are reading the first article by ERE’s new columnist, Keirsten Greggs, who’ll be giving it to you straight on a regular basis when … Read more
What Happens When Recruiters Stop Being Polite…and Start Getting Real?
Everybody lies. That includes talent acquisition professionals. The thing about lies, though, is that when they are repeated often enough, they start to … Read more
Meet Katrina Collier, a Searchologist With a Heart
Meet Katrina Collier, aka “The Searchologist.” Katrina is a recruitment facilitator, keynote speaker, author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter, … Read more
A BP Recruiter Talks Hiring Veterans in the Energy Sector
From 2000 to 2005, I served in the U.S. Marine Corps, which included a combat tour in Iraq. Since then, I have worked in various capacities in HR and … Read more
Technology Is Killing Job Descriptions
There is an increasing reliance on technology to find talent. Don’t get me wrong. I think the right technology is very useful in recruiting, but there must … Read more
Surprise! Latin America Is Not One “Country”
Throughout our professional career, we’ve worked with global companies that have demonstrated that they weren’t truly global by how they did — or attempted … Read more
Best New Hire: Making Great Data/Analytics Hires With Matt Cowell of QuantHub
Editor’s Note: ERE is the new place where you will find the first run of the Best Hire Ever podcast, which explores a simple truth: There’s nothing … Read more
“This Is How I’m Staying Relevant As a Talent Acquisition Professional”
How do you stay positive and encouraging with your network when you are struggling being in lockdown yourself? With difficulty, is the simple answer. I’m … Read more
How 3 Companies Adapted Internships Due to COVID-19
According to a recent survey, 35% of students who had accepted summer internships this year learned that they were canceled due to COVID-19. That’s bad … Read more
Warning: Do Not Use AI in Virtual Hiring
Lately there’s been a mass adoption of video interviewing and virtual recruitment tools, many of which tout various AI features. But beware: AI is a … Read more
Is Recruiting Valued at Your Company? Are You?
There is no debate that we are living in uncharted and unsettling times. The speed at which our world and our expectations for it have changed certainly … Read more
Do Black Lives Matter at Your Company?
Black Lives Matter. But what does — or should — that mean at your organization? You’re probably saddened, angered, and disturbed by recent racist … Read more
What Four Years of Research (and COVID-19) Reveals About Candidate Expectations
In an age driven by profitability and quarterly reports, there’s only one true competitive advantage left in business: your people. As organizations emerge … Read more
Candidate Experience When the Candidate Is a Recruiting Professional
Like so many displaced talent acquisition professionals today, I’ve been navigating the job market for a new position. The experience has caused me to … Read more
Let’s Stop Pretending That All Jobs Are Equally Valuable
Does your organization have a one-size-fits-all orientation toward recruiting? Or does it recruit based on an intentionally built recruiting strategy that … Read more
Labor Market: Women and Minorities Hit Hardest By COVID-19 Unemployment
Editor’s note: You are reading the first article by Raghav Singh as ERE’s new labor market columnist (though this is not his first contribution … Read more
ERE’s New Labor Market Columnist, Raghav Singh, Talks Economy, Jobs, and Recruiting
On a scale of 1 to 10, how screwed is our economy? I asked this question of Raghav Singh. His answer was depressing, but a bit hopeful too. There’s … Read more