The acute talent gaps that businesses are presently facing have been well-documented in recent months. For instance, the Business Conditions Survey by the … Read more
The Problem With Making (Fake) Business Cases to Advance Diversity Hiring
Matt Charney’s ERE article “The Biggest Lie About Diversity Hiring” is a sobering bucket of water to the face. In short, the piece argues that all the … Read more
The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week
Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from … Read more
The World of HR at Its Most Interesting
If you’re a regular reader of ERE, then you may already be familiar with our weekly feature on Fridays, “The Most Interesting Recruiting … Read more
How to Hire People Who Can Survive the Worst Parts of Your Company
What’s the worst part about working at your company? Is it a lack of growth and development opportunities? Or perhaps impossible deadlines? Or ambiguous … Read more
Recruiting Tech Should Stop Imitating Amazon and Yelp
I heard it early on in my career: Recruiting is sales. In some ways, that’s right. Part of your job might be contacting a lot of people. You could be told … Read more
We Could Fix Recruiting If Only We Would…
Meet Courtney Connor and Julia “Wonder Woman” Alder. Courtney is a talent business partner at Sequoia Consulting Group, and Julia is lead … Read more
The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week
Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from … Read more
Recruiting’s Naughty List
It’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? I don’t need to recap the rollercoaster ride of 2021 for anyone reading this. You’ve been living it. A major theme from … Read more
A Tailored Approach to Hiring Boomerang Candidates
A study of 31,000 employees who returned to their former employers found that boomerangs often underperform their non-alum peers. At the same time, more … Read more
Predictive Analytics — Overhyped or Underused?
Predictive analytics means one of two things. The common meaning among analytics professionals is that it involves some kind of statistical model. This … Read more
Spotting the Brown M&Ms in Your Recruiting Operations
It’s the stuff of rock-n-roll legend: In their peak touring days, Van Halen’s contract required every concert venue to place bowls of M&Ms in their … Read more
The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week
Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from … Read more
Honoring the Willy Loman of Recruiting
“There is something to be said about the Willy Lomans of the world,” Derek Zeller wrote in an ERE article four years ago. Willy Loman, of … Read more
The Right — and Wrong — Way to Use Work-Sample Tests
Imagine that you’re in a band and you need to find a new guitarist. A friend of yours recommends someone they know who has been playing the guitar for over … Read more
Why (and How) to Hire Candidates Who Are Forgiving
Let’s be honest. Your company and its leaders are going to make mistakes. Your executives will initiate an ill-considered change effort, managers … Read more
The State of Interview Scheduling Technology
Interview scheduling is a micro-niche activity that penetrates our attention because we all must do it and it can be a surprisingly headachy time waster. … Read more
The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week
Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from … Read more
Feelings Cannot Be Automated in Recruiting
Back in 2010, just about every headline had something to do with replacing the recruiter with a machine. Everyone wanted recruiting to be automated, with … Read more
Avoiding Pitfalls When Engaging Candidates With Disabilities
People with disabilities are the largest minority group in our country, Yet they are also one of the most underemployed. Although 61 million adults in the … Read more