I recently saw a meme on LinkedIn encouraging us to: “Live, Be Curious, Be Thankful, Be Grateful. Enjoy the memories you’re going to make!” … Read more
What Women Candidates Want From Recruiters
What we already know about recruiting women: it’s ineffective, insufficient, and often a dismal failure. We acknowledge there’s a problem. What we … Read more
How to Onboard Remote Employees
Using a remote workforce allows you to tap into a larger talent pool and lower overhead costs. However, a remote team is only effective if everyone is … Read more
Want To Dominate Recruiting In Your Industry? – Adopt Silicon Valley’s Critical Success Factors (Part 2 of 2)
This article spells out a road map for dominating recruiting in your industry. Last week’s part one covered the top 20 strategic shifts and elements for … Read more
Personal Branding: The Game-Changing Approach to Winning Trust
Building trust is crucial in recruiting. A personal brand allows you to win trust in scale. Last month, I spoke at the ERE Recruiting Conference in … Read more
There’s Enough Talent Out There If You Can Spot It
I’d like to share an interesting case study from the Netherlands with all of you as well as what we can learn from it. The municipality of … Read more
Wake Up America: Despite Slow-Moving U.S. Consumer Privacy Regulation, Organizations Must Approach Privacy and Security Critically
According to several cybersecurity reports, a significant amount of data breaches and security incidents are caused by employee negligence or error. … Read more
Experience for Hire: Why to Go With the Career-Changer
Picture a stereotypical 20-year-old talking with her cousin from Washington, D.C. about her lack of future plans. I was a sophomore in college and the … Read more
Want To Dominate Recruiting In Your Industry? – Adopt Silicon Valley’s Critical Success Factors (Part 1 of 2)
If you are a recruiting leader whose executives have extremely high expectations for dominating their industry, this is the article for you. After 20 years … Read more
How to Promote LGBTQ Equality in Your Recruitment Process
There’s an uncomfortable reality haunting us: we continue to live in a society where people are frequently discriminated against based on their sexual … Read more
Talent Assessment — Trends for 2020 (and Beyond)
Instead of a guest this podcast, I’ll be expounding on what I see coming for the next year, including: 1. The biggest shift we are seeing in … Read more
Employer Branding May Be Destroying Your Recruiter Experience
I know what you are thinking. I am thinking it too. Not another employer branding article. Hear me out. My new “thing” is recruiter experience. My theory … Read more
Knowing Your Business Helps You Recruit Better
I just spent a day in training. It didn’t have anything to do with recruiting. It actually was product and process training for a new sales guy I … Read more
Hit Your Competitors Where It Hurts — Adopt the Hire-to-Hurt Strategy
Access to this article is limited to fierce competitors Most CEOs are fierce competitors. They love my strategy of “targeting your competitor’s top … Read more
Consider Hiring the Hearing Impaired
Every year we hear about how a diverse workforce is critical to the success of an organization. Sadly, so many organizations miss a huge segment of diverse … Read more
Some Ideas for Finding Veterans
Companies continue to express interest in hiring veterans, but in many cases aren’t sure how to find them, or what to make of their skills. Ferguson … Read more
Do You Consider Yourself to Be Lucky?
We still make hiring decisions based on likability. That’s why we make bad hires. I talk about effective interviewing with Robert Davis, the CEO of … Read more
Economic Uncertainty is Impacting Gen Z Career Goals
Going into 2019, there was a lot of talk about what the year would bring, particularly for Gen Z, today’s youngest working population. With more than 70 … Read more
All You Need to Know About the Highest-paying Tech Jobs
Tech jobs are constantly on the rise, and the tech recruitment train is showing no signs of slowing down. As a consequence, the technical hiring industry … Read more
It Takes a Village to Give Job Candidates a Good Experience
A recruiter’s role in the candidate experience is just the top of the iceberg, says Marie Norman, director of talent acquisition Adobe. Norman leads … Read more