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Coming to America: The Immigration Challenge

Raghav SinghJanuary 31, 2017January 31, 2017

The President’s immigration order has created a lot of controversy, but the emotional outrage has prevented the focus from shifting to issues about a … Read more

The Recruiting Times They Are A-Changin’ (How to Stop Worrying and Love AI)

Raghav SinghDecember 19, 2016December 13, 2016

Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the … Read more

Alexa, Get Me Some Candidates! Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Recruiting

Raghav SinghOctober 25, 2016October 10, 2016

AI is the new new thing in recruiting. Products like Mya claim to use AI and promise to revolutionize recruiting. As usual, the hype far exceeds the … Read more

Talent Analytics are Business Analytics

Raghav SinghSeptember 23, 2016September 16, 2016

People analytics are all the rage, partly fueled by a goal to achieve a Moneyball-type assessment of talent. We’re a long ways from achieving the level of … Read more

The Rise and Fall of Monster

Raghav SinghAugust 9, 2016August 11, 2016

Monster Worldwide was acquired by Randstad for $429 million. Monster’s market cap is $310 million, on revenues of about $667 million. Compare that to … Read more

Future Shock: 3 Trends That Will Make Recruiting More Difficult

Raghav SinghJuly 27, 2016July 14, 2016

The World Economic Forum predicts that recruitment is going to become a lot more challenging in the next five years for just about every job in every … Read more

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: The Next Frontier

Raghav SinghJuly 15, 2016July 14, 2016

It’s early, but virtual reality is showing some promise as a recruiting tool. Employers ranging from the British Army to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia … Read more

The Brexit Effect and Talent

Raghav SinghJune 26, 2016June 26, 2016

It’s over — the Brits have voted to exit the EU. For some this is a disaster and and spells the beginning of the end, and for others it’s a new … Read more

The Force Awakens: Freelance Workers Will Soon Outnumber Employees

Raghav SinghMay 12, 2016May 4, 2016

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away … All right, not that long ago in a country right here in the U.S. … Freelancing and temporary work was … Read more

Linkbook: The Linkedin Evolution

Raghav SinghApril 19, 2016October 4, 2018

By now most LinkedIn users have likely noticed that the network is becoming more like Facebook. When LinkedIn started, it was an invitation-only social … Read more

The Final Generation — Recruiting Gen ‘Z’

Raghav SinghJanuary 22, 2016January 27, 2016

The millennials are so yesterday. Now it’s time to start thinking about recruiting Generation Z — defined as those born between the mid 1990s and … Read more

The Silver Tsunami – Recruiting an Aging Labor Force

Raghav SinghJanuary 13, 2016January 27, 2016

Demographic changes will affect recruitment in coming years The American labor force is getting older and will get smaller. Already, one in three American … Read more

The Talent Gap: College Grads Are Not Getting the Skills Employers Want

Raghav SinghSeptember 1, 2015August 20, 2015

About a third of all jobs in America require a college degree. Large numbers of people are going to college — over 23 million will be enrolled … Read more

In the Age of Ultron, Your Recruiting Job May Be at Risk of Automation

Raghav SinghMay 28, 2015July 21, 2015

I recently watched the new Avengers movie Age of Ultron. The plot has more holes in it than a North Dakota oilfield and the story is little more than one … Read more

Lonely Planet: Talent Shortages Loom as More People Remain Single

Raghav SinghDecember 31, 2014July 23, 2015

The U.S. reached a milestone of sorts in recent months when for the first time since records have been kept, more than half of all people over 16 are … Read more

Getting the Big Picture: Visual Content Is Critical to Building Engagement

Raghav SinghNovember 20, 2014July 23, 2015

Lately the fastest-growing social networks are those that emphasize visual content. Instagram is the fastest-growing social network, followed by Tumblr and … Read more

No Country for Young Men (and Women)

Raghav SinghJuly 29, 2014July 23, 2015

The youth of America are finding it difficult to get jobs. Unemployment for those ages 18-29 reached 13.2 percent in May — about double the general … Read more

Closing the Engagement Gap

Raghav SinghJuly 9, 2014July 23, 2015

Employees can be a very big recruiting resource A recent report by PR firm Weber Shandwick — Employees Rising: Seizing the Opportunity in Employee … Read more

The Obsession with College Degrees: Are Too Many People Seeking a Degree for the Wrong Reasons?

Raghav SinghJuly 2, 2014July 23, 2015

I saw an interview with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz where he announced that the company would pay for most employees to get a degree online from Arizona … Read more

Waiting for Godot: What to Do When Social Media Fails to Deliver on Its Promise

Raghav SinghJune 27, 2014July 22, 2015

Expectations for what social media can deliver for recruiters have been a lot like the story of the play mentioned as the title for this post. The … Read more