Culture change happens when you hire people to create the culture you want, right? Wrong. It’s not that talent acquisition can’t influence … Read more
Recruiters Are Lazy
That’s right. I am putting it out there. Recruiters are lazy. My 18 years of experience as both a corporate recruiter and recruiting leader gives me the … Read more
Why Job Fairs Stink — and the Superior Recruiting Alternatives
Job fairs stink as a hiring source. They don’t even make it on Jobvite’s top 13 list of most effective recruiting sources, and typically they produce less … Read more
Legal Column: 9th Circuit Says Salary History Is No Basis for Unequal Pay for Equal Work
Andrea is a recruiter. She hired both Jamal and Vanessa as marketing managers. Jamal and Vanessa started at about the same time and have basically the same … Read more
3 Misconceptions About Salary Transparency
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Recruiting Conference. Click here to view other articles in the … Read more
Going Ghostbusters With Video
Are you dealing with candidate ghosting? Do people accept your offer and fail to show up on their first day of work? Don’t answer. The questions are … Read more
Meet Tengai and Sigmund. They May Steal Your Job.
Who are Tengai and Sigmund? They’re your replacements, sort of. Last year, the Swedish recruiting firm TNG launched Tengai, “the world’s first unbiased … Read more
“Is Interviewing the Redheaded Stepchild of HR?”
Editor’s Note: A reader recently wrote in about this article: “Please get with the times and avoid biased and insensitive language. Especially … Read more
Recruiting Isn’t Rocket Science — Except When It Is
Every organization has a different goal that it wants to achieve, and a different reason for wanting to achieve it. But one thing we all have in common is … Read more
The Best Employer Brands Repel Talent
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Recruiting Conference. Click here to view other articles in the … Read more
A Candidate Bill of Rights
Hey, corporate America! Your job candidates deserve better. The United States is experiencing a 50-year low in unemployment — meaning we’re in a … Read more
Are You Defining Your Employer Value Proposition in All the Wrong Ways?
If you’re serious about investing in your employer brand — which, of course, you should be — defining your value prop is an important first step. Yet it’s … Read more
Possible Recruiting Impacts From the Coronavirus Scare
The growing fear of the coronavirus requires recruiting leaders to prepare for an increase in discrimination against Asian candidates and to become aware … Read more
Recruiting Today’s Hourly Workers — It’s Different. And It’s Not.
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Recruiting Conference. Click here to view other articles in the … Read more
Legal Column: How Not to Hire a Harasser
Editor’s note: You are reading the first article by ERE’s new legal columnist, Kate Bischoff. In case you missed the post and video introducing … Read more
ERE’s New Legal Columnist, Kate Bischoff, Is Pretty Cool
Employment attorneys can be really cool sometimes. But, you know, only sometimes. Today, I’d like to introduce you to one of them — Kate Bischoff. … Read more
A Judge Delivers Really, Really Bad News for Gig Economy Employers
On Monday, a U.S. District judge ruled that Uber, Postmates, and other companies operating in the gig economy could suffer “irreparable harm” … Read more
Rejecting Resumes With Spelling Errors: A Silly and Costly Hiring Mistake
Editor’s Note: The “Errors on a Resume” debate — more like saga! — continues. You may recently have read an article titled “Would You Hire … Read more
Leading and Structuring a High-Performance Talent Acquisition Team
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Recruiting Conference. Click here to view other articles in the … Read more
Talent in a Taboo Industry: Recruiting Cannabis Candidates
Read your favorite news source, and you’ll likely find at least one if not several reports on how the U.S. labor market is tightening due to a looming … Read more