Performance metrics are important for all company departments and positions. The right goals keep employees motivated and the organization successful: … Read more
What the U.S. Government’s Thinking About AI and Assessments
AI, machine learning, bots finding and ranking the best candidates, selecting employees with games. It’s all new and cool. But, what does the … Read more
Bias in Recruiting AI, and How to Beat It
There is a lot of talk about the way AI will influence hiring. There is a lot of discussion if it should, since there is great risk. And we’ve seen … Read more
Sniffing Out Excellence When Hiring Salespeople
The average annual turnover in sales is 25 to 30 percent. That is the equivalent of hiring and training the entire sales organization every four years! How … Read more
Don’t Do This in Your Video Job Descriptions
“Video and voice communication to anyone, anywhere, at any time, is the future of the job description.” Yes, but video can be uncomfortable at … Read more
Making AI for Recruiting Unbiased: Laws Target AI Products
We’ve all seen the stories about Amazon shutting down an AI-powered recruitment system because it discriminated against women.The story made a lot of news … Read more
Our Talent Acquisition Path at Intel, From Transactions to Relationships
Intel has been on a journey to rethink talent acquisition for the last two years. We started from a fundamental premise that the way talent acquisition in … Read more
What No One’s Saying About the Thank-you Controversy: It’s About Transparency
Recently an article written by Jessica Liebman,of Business Insider went viral and attracted a lot of attention. Liebman said there was one thing that … Read more
Ghosting — Prevent Candidates Who Accept Your Offer From Disappearing
Ghosting in business is getting worse. The Washington Post reports that there was a 10- 20 percent increase in ghosting over the past year. The Federal … Read more
Banner Ads for Recruiting – It’s Not All About the Clicks
A recruitment industry friend of mine recently asked me: “Do people click on banner ads?” My answer was twofold — A) Yes, B) Is that the best … Read more
Indeed: Recent College Grads Prefer Arts, Entertainment Over Business, Finance
Today’s new grads are increasingly following their passions over a lucrative paycheck, according to a new survey by Indeed.com. Using Indeed data, jobs … Read more
How to Keep Your Hiring Game Competitive
The last thing a potential employer wants to do is irritate a candidate, but that’s exactly what often happens. In fact, at Indeed, we frequently run into … Read more
Recruiting’s Role in Futurizing Your Firm’s Skill Sets Must Begin Today
Note: This “think piece” is designed to stimulate your thinking about the strategic role of recruiting Your firm’s future skill sets needs are increasing … Read more
No Office, No Problem
Amira Learning is like a growing number of companies (including ERE Media) nowadays: all remote. Using Slack, Google Documents, and Skype, the company … Read more
How Marijuana Legalization Impacts Employers
Marijuana legalization is here. There’s just no other way to look at it. In 1999, only five states had legalized medical marijuana. Today that number … Read more
What We’re Seeing So Far From ‘Google for Jobs’
How can you drastically improve the quality of job applicants, while improving their experience, and slashing recruiting costs? Sound like a phantom … Read more
Find Out What Matters to Your Hiring Managers
It’s not just about the candidate. How’s your hiring manager experience? What do your hiring managers really want to know about a candidate before making a … Read more
TextRecruit Launches Virtual Career Fairs
The business of connecting with candidates via text messaging has been a clear winner in the recruitment space the last few years. Readers will remember … Read more
Need to Recruit More Applicants? Offer Them a Product Discount
Many search for jobs because they seek more buying power, so why not offer qualified applicants a product discount to meet that interest? Yes, when you’re … Read more
We Want to Tell Recruiting Stories as Well as Hollywood
Hands down, I have an excellent recruiting team, a team that is on the verge of crossing from excellent to the best in the business. We understand crossing … Read more