Vadim Liberman

Vadim Liberman is editor of ERE.net (the devil wears TJ Maxx) and a workplace renegade advancing how we think, work, and live. He has previously worked as a strategy consultant to HR and recruiting tech companies at The Starr Conspiracy, as a talent management professional at Prudential, and as senior editor of The Conference Board Review, a magazine for business leaders. Vadim loves to talk about all things talent acquisition and Bravo TV shows. Bring it!

A CEO Gets Real About Recruiting

Vadim LibermanMarch 31, 2020March 31, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Digital event. Click here to view other articles in the series. … Read more

Know Your Purpose. Don’t Weaponize It.

Vadim LibermanMarch 25, 2020March 24, 2020

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Digital event. Click here to view other articles in the series. … Read more

Coronavirus-Related Jobs Are Percolating

Vadim LibermanMarch 19, 2020March 20, 2020

The unemployment rate peaked at 25% during the Great Depression. Decades later, the United States may soon be facing 20% unemployment due to the COVID-19 … Read more

The Best Way to Fight a Pandemic? Community.

Vadim LibermanMarch 17, 2020March 20, 2020

Things will get better. But first they will get worse. We are living though a crisis of still unknown proportions, one that is impacting how all of us live … Read more

You Can’t Hire a New Culture, Says ERE’s New Columnist, Mary Faulkner

Vadim LibermanMarch 4, 2020March 4, 2020

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

“Is Interviewing the Redheaded Stepchild of HR?”

Vadim LibermanFebruary 24, 2020February 28, 2020

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

ERE’s New Legal Columnist, Kate Bischoff, Is Pretty Cool

Vadim LibermanFebruary 12, 2020February 12, 2020

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

Vadim LibermanFebruary 11, 2020February 11, 2020

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

Thinking Backward to Move Recruitment Forward

Vadim LibermanJanuary 27, 2020February 5, 2020

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 … Read more

What Do the Best Recruiters Have in Common?

Vadim LibermanJanuary 17, 2020February 14, 2020

Aaron Hurst is an expert on the science of purpose at work. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Imperative, a social-learning platform that enables … Read more

Tom Hacquoil Says Many Recruiters Are Insane

Vadim LibermanJanuary 16, 2020January 15, 2020

Who’s Tom Hacquoil? Why does he think you’re probably crazy? Hacquoil is CEO of recruitment software provider Pinpoint. He recently gave a … Read more

Report: Stores Lacked Workers During Holidays

Vadim LibermanJanuary 15, 2020January 14, 2020

Where were the workers? That’s question a lot of retailers are now asking themselves. According to just-released findings by Kronos, 1 in 3 retail … Read more

Best of ERE: Predictions Are Overrated (So Here Are Some Diversity Articles Instead)

Vadim LibermanJanuary 3, 2020January 2, 2020

Today is January 3, and perhaps you’re wondering why we haven’t published at least 9,765 articles — or even one — touting predictions for 2020. … Read more

It’s 2020 — Are You Still Unhappy With Your ATS?

Vadim LibermanJanuary 2, 2020January 1, 2020

The title of this article is a loaded question, for sure — because if there’s one thing that often unites talent acquisition professionals regardless of … Read more

Best of ERE: Elevating Your Employer Brand

Vadim LibermanDecember 31, 2019December 29, 2019

Your reputation is everything. It’s a cliché because it’s true. To attract the candidates you want, you first must build the brand you want. … Read more

Best of ERE: Just Because You Replied to Candidates Doesn’t Mean You Gave Them Great Experiences

Vadim LibermanDecember 30, 2019December 29, 2019

Creating a great candidate experience means creating an actual…well…experience. Translation: No ghosting! Still, even companies that do not … Read more

Best of ERE: Great Recruiting Is Great Interviewing

Vadim LibermanDecember 27, 2019December 26, 2019

You can’t be a great recruiter unless you’re a great interviewer, right? Right. To help you ask the right questions, in the right ways, at the … Read more

It’s OK to Hire Average Employees

Vadim LibermanDecember 20, 2019December 19, 2019

Is your company average? Chances are, your business isn’t leading your field, and that’s OK. Not every organization can be Google or Facebook. Yet still, … Read more

Survey Shows TA Is Sitting at the Kids’ Table

Vadim LibermanDecember 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Does Talent Acquisition have a “seat at the table”? The answer is — Wait. Did you just groan at that phrase? If you’re like many of your colleagues, … Read more

Hi, I’m Vadim. And I Don’t Hate You.

Vadim LibermanNovember 22, 2019November 29, 2019

I hate recruiters. Who among us hasn’t heard somebody at some point say that? No surprise that recruiting ranks among the most untrustworthy professions. … Read more