Meet Melissa Mounce. Melissa believes that talent acquisition is “not just nice motherhood and apple pie initiatives.” It’s a critical business … Read more
What Does The S-Word Really Mean in Talent Acquisition?
How can talent acquisition serve its purpose more successfully right now? By being more strategic. But what does that really mean? We throw around the … Read more
Best Hire Ever: John Whitaker on Imposter Syndrome & Onboarding Executives
In Episode 10 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with EVP and CHRO John Whitaker about executive onboarding — where it works, where it goes wrong, and what … Read more
Leveraging Talent Intelligence to Address Broad Business Challenges
If you’re focused on using talent intelligence to improve recruitment, stop. You’re far better off using it instead to address broader business issues. … Read more
Willis Towers Watson’s New Head of Recruitment Talks Leadership, Mistakes, and More
Meet Robert Navarrete, director and head of North American recruitment at Willis Towers Watson. Having joined WTW in January, Rob brings to his new role … Read more
Strategy Safari: Talent Without Borders Raises Some Tricky Questions
The anecdotal evidence is in (even if the data is mixed). Companies have been pleasantly surprised by a lack of productivity drop-off as a result of their … Read more
A Leader’s Journey From Agency to In-House TA
Meet Nicole Cox, head of talent acquisition at healthcare company Ontrak, Inc. Nicole built her career in the staffing agency and recruitment process … Read more
The Leadership Lie: Why and How to Recruit Followers
“Leadership is alluring because the mere mention of it implies prestige and power. We have forgotten how to be led, how to listen, and how to be … Read more
When Flawed Onboarding Crushes New Leaders
In an ideal world, leadership transitions would look something like this: Months before the change is planned to take place, all the stakeholders involved … Read more
Should Race and Gender Be Requirements for Leadership Roles?
“My administration will look like the country, and I commit that I will in fact pick a woman to be Vice President.” Joe Biden said that at a … Read more
Strategy Safari: Do Not Hire D&I Leaders Only to Give Them Bullsh*t Authority
Recent events appear to have lit a fire under the collective asses of corporate America, resulting in a remarkable number of job postings in diversity and … Read more
Is Recruiting Valued at Your Company? Are You?
There is no debate that we are living in uncharted and unsettling times. The speed at which our world and our expectations for it have changed certainly … Read more
Head of Recruitment at Literati Fuels Growth During a Pandemic
Meet Nate Ollestad. Nate is head of recruitment at Literati. No stranger to fast-growing companies, Nate is a tech recruiting veteran, having worked in the … Read more
The Top 3 Traits of Next-Gen Talent Acquisition Leaders
What are businesses demanding of next-generation talent acquisition leaders? Over the past 12 months, my team and I have completed numerous TA leadership … Read more
Strategy Safari: What Recruiters Should Focus on During the Pandemic
Your life as a recruiter can be chaotic. Juggling multiple job searches, understanding the unique needs of each hiring manager, weighing the criteria … Read more
Servant Leadership in a Time of Crisis
Meet Rob Dromgoole. Rob is the senior director of recruiting for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. I recently spoke with Rob how the Choctaw Nation’s diverse … Read more
The Great Global Reset
I’ve had the misfortune (or fortune, if you’re perverse) of living through a few major global crises. I founded Jobing.com in 2000, a year before the … Read more
You Can’t Hire a New Culture, Says ERE’s New Columnist, Mary Faulkner
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
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