There is certainly a split camp whenever you speak to people about the four-day workweek. I’ve seen that employers, especially small businesses, are more … Read more
Internal Recruitment: No Longer Talent Acquisition’s Overlooked Stepchild
Years ago, I was a senior editor at a newspaper in a market that had two professional basketball teams. One of the teams was famous and successful. The … Read more
Managing Today’s Talent Shortage
Remember when you thought that once the pandemic began to ease, hiring would pick up and you’d be able to fill roles at your organization more … Read more
Best Hire Ever: California Has No Love for Gig Workers (featuring Phil North & John Hollon)
In Episode 12 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with with Phil North (VP of People at Handled) and John Hollon (managing editor at Fuel 50, senior writer … Read more
New Decade. Different Recruiting Skills and Tools Required
Over the last five years, we have seen that the top concern of all executives is finding, hiring, and retaining talent. As we approach 2020, company … Read more
4 Bold Predictions for the Workforce of 2030
The world of work is shifting more rapidly than ever before. But while some trends are written about ad nauseum, other key trends may not receive the … Read more
How AI Will Change the Future Workforce
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. –T. S. … Read more
Pay Transparency and What Else Is on Employees’ and Candidates’ Minds
The traditional employer-employee power dynamic is in a state of transition. With access to real-time information, stories, and anecdotes, employees today … Read more
Moore’s Law, Alternate Degree Programs, and a More Diverse Workforce
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noticed that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their … Read more
Redesigning Recruiting: Here’s the Way Forward
Recruiting, like so many other services, is undergoing massive disruption. Everything is changing. The expectations of hiring managers, job seekers, … Read more
What Recruiting Will Look Like in 2029
We all know that recruiting will not look like it does now in 10 years. But what will it be like? Which skills will be useful, and which ones will be … Read more
6 Recruitment Trends for 2019
Now almost 20 years into the new century, we are seeing the results of an era built on technology from mobile phones to machine learning. We have many … Read more
What You’ll Recruit for in 2022
The World Economic Forum has just released its annual Future of Jobs Report. Among the findings: New, emerging jobs will increase their share of all jobs … Read more
‘Corporate Skill Pivots’ May Signal the End of the Permanent Employees
Forget the job threats created by the march of the robots, because the new skill sets required by radical new technologies are much more likely to cause … Read more
My Shocking Portrait of the 2118 Workforce
The Age of Automation has opened in corporate America. That’s hardly news, but what’s less understood is the extent of the disruption it is set to impose … Read more
A Wild and Crazy New Model of Employment
Companies today adhere to a decades-old recruitment process originally designed for in-person paper applications — a pre-Internet, … Read more
The Future of Work Isn’t Tech and AI. It’s Artists and Cogs
Most articles talking about the future of work seem centered on the question of how much of an impact will bots, AI, and machine-driven automation drive … Read more
4 Takeaways From The HR Tech Conference
The HR Technology Conference has become one of the must-attend HR conferences for many industry veterans, including yours truly. The trade show floor is a … Read more
Recruiting and HR in 2023
This summer we asked hundreds of HR leaders for their thoughts on what HR will look like five years from now, in the year 2023. Most people believe that … Read more
How Commuting Is Affecting Your Recruitment Strategy, and What You Can Do About It
Commuting is changing rapidly. New U.S. Census data tells us that the number of “super commuters”– those who travel 90 minutes or more to their … Read more