“In September 2012, I first said the words out loud. I was sitting on a wooden bench, drinking with a friend at one of Albuquerque’s newer breweries, … Read more
How to Hire People Who Can Survive the Worst Parts of Your Company
What’s the worst part about working at your company? Is it a lack of growth and development opportunities? Or perhaps impossible deadlines? Or ambiguous … Read more
We Could Fix Recruiting If Only We Would…
Meet Courtney Connor and Julia “Wonder Woman” Alder. Courtney is a talent business partner at Sequoia Consulting Group, and Julia is lead … Read more
The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week
Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from … Read more
“I’ve Got 99 Problems”: Prioritizing Recruiting Efforts to Hire Efficiently in a Competitive Labor Market
There are many things you can do right now to manage today’s tough hiring challenges. And that’s the problem — with so much that you can do, it’s often … Read more
Is TikTok the Future of Hiring?
I can almost hear the sniggering now, dismissing the preposterous idea that a platform like TikTok could ever be considered the future of hiring. Well, … Read more
Hire for Culture or Hire for Skills? How About You Just…Hire?
Hiring is tough. Have you heard? Just kidding. Of course you have heard. When you tell the people you’re seeing at the first networking meeting you’ve … Read more
The Value of Company Values
I know I’m not supposed to say this, but I’ll say it anyway: Company values are lame B.S. Usually. They are often generic. We respect each … Read more
From Cultural Fit to Cultural Fitness
The search for “cultural fit” plays a very important role in recruitment and selection — all kinds of tests are used to ensure cultural fit, while … Read more
The Problem With Encouraging People to Quit
Over the past month or so, my social media timelines (well the HR and recruiting ones, at least) have been dominated by discourse surrounding the return to … Read more
A CEO Discusses Mission-Based Recruiting
In Episode 39 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn talks with Cameron Corder, CEO of the Cleveland County YMCA (NC) on the art of recruiting great talent for a … Read more
Chipotle TA Director Mike Miller Talks About Recruiting With Purpose
In Episode 37 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn talks with Mike Miller, director of talent acquisition at Chipotle, about all things recruiting at one of the … Read more
Recruiting for Controversial Companies
There’s nothing like a little scandal to suddenly turn candidates into investigative journalists. When the news broke about Basecamp this week, I … Read more
Dissecting Fortune’s Newest 100 Best Companies to Work For List
It’s out! The 2021 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list has been released, giving the curious (like me) some fresh insights into what it might mean … Read more
New Criteria for “Best Places to Work” Lists
2020 had to be a tough year for organizations that administer “best place to work” lists. After years of fine-tuning their application processes to uncover … Read more
Sports Legends Share Advice on Building Super Teams
What does it take to build Super Teams? That is, teams of high-performing individuals that consistently strive for and achieve success. The answer can be … Read more
Why Are Most Employee Value Propositions So Boring?
There’s an open secret at your company that few people, if anyone, will voice. Your employee value proposition is boring. Here’s what’s going on: … Read more
Aligning Employer Branding With Your Employee Handbook
When hundreds of Trump supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, shockwaves were felt around the world. A shining symbol of American … Read more
A Traumatic Job Search: “I Was Rejected for Embodying Company Values”
Chad Sanders, author of Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned From Trauma and Triumph, was asked during an interview with Brené Brown what he learned … Read more
Recruiter Realness: Running on E
Much of the way that I approached and shaped my corporate career was based on how my female elders — in particular my mother, aunts, and family friends … Read more