In the war for talent, the companies with the hottest buzz, the coolest brand, and the most meaningful and innovative work tend to win out. Indeed, the giant job board with over 200 million unique monthly visitors, has great insight…
Talent Acquisition
4 Counterproductive Habits of Talent Acquisition Leaders and How to Change Them
Most talent acquisition leaders I meet are conscientious, wanting to do right by their team. In an attempt to do so, they sometimes end up getting the wrong results. Their behavior as leaders contributes to common staff problems including lack…
Wells Fargo’s EVP of Talent on Diversity, Millennials, and College Recruiting
When your company is doing well, employment branding is a breeze. But what happens when your organization is at the center of a negative press storm? Below, you’ll hear from the embodiment of grace under pressure: Carly Sanchez, of Wells Fargo, a…
Stop Losing Top Candidates to Slow Hiring by Fixing These 8 Speedbumps
The Top Causes of Unnecessarily Slow Hiring Whenever you are focusing on hiring high-demand top performers and innovators in a highly competitive market, there may literally be no factor that damages your recruiting results more than slow hiring. Intuitively, most…
What We Should Take Away From Amazon’s Embedding Bias in Its Algorithm and Stopping the Project
A while ago I wrote an article warning recruiters about embedding their bias in their selection algorithms. The problem, as I described, is we all have a bias, usually unconscious. Just look around you right now at your department. Is…
We’re Helping U.S. Military Veterans Transition to Civilian Life
As a human resources professional, I often witness recruiters struggle to find job candidates with the technical skills and experience their company needs. I also know that scores of military veterans have these skills but struggle to find work in…
LinkedIn Builds ATS and Launches New Diversity Insights
LinkedIn knows how to put on a show, and this year it didn’t disappoint at its annual Talent Connect Conference in Anaheim, California. The headliner this morning was CEO Jeff Weiner and the announcement from Sarah Beth Anders that LinkedIn is…
Instead of Complaining About a Talent Shortage, Let’s Expand the Definition of Talent
Recruiting today misses talented people who may not directly fit the job description, or model of the “ideal hire.” Traditional hiring practices assess on experience (what you have done) rather than potential (what you are capable of), with a disproportionate…
LinkedIn Acquires Employee Engagement Platform Glint
LinkedIn has signed an agreement to acquire Glint, an employee-engagement platform that aims to deliver insights to improve employee satisfaction, happiness, and performance. Terms were undisclosed, but CNBC is reporting that the deal was in the $400 million ballpark. Assuming…
Win the Battle for the Most Endorsed
I remember when I accepted my first job. I asked my dad what he thought of the company and if he endorsed my plan to accept the offer. And that was it. There was no Internet, big data, or social…
End Your Seasonal Recruiting Problems — The Top 10 Proven Solutions
Why You Are Losing “The War For Seasonal Talent” Explained Managers who must recruit seasonal staff need to wake up and realize that the recruiting landscape has changed. Today’s managers must learn that recruiting is now much more difficult. In…
ZipRecruiter Raises $156 Million, Now Valued at $1.5 Billion
Santa Monica, California-based ZipRecruiter has raised $156 million in Series B funding this week, giving it a valuation of $1.5 billion. Wellington Management Company and IVP led the round, with participation by other existing investors. If you’re keeping score at home,…
What the European Job Board Market Looks Like in 2018
There is no single European job board market leader. There are 24! Below, I examine the use of leading job boards in Europe, including Monster, StepStone, Indeed, LinkedIn, and more. It’s based on the Global Talent Acquisition Monitor, a European…
Glassdoor’s Talent Hack
Glassdoor’s HR team is using a very interesting tactic to attract talent. Specifically, it is using their Robots.txt file to communicate with potential employees. If you don’t know, a robots.txt file helps “robots” like Google’s web crawler to understand the…
Just In Time to Be Commoditized, Automated Scheduling Solution GoodTime Raises $5 Million
Automated scheduling is hot. Google is in. Lever is in. TextRecruit is in. And San Francisco-based GoodTime, launched in 2016 and raising $2 million last year and $5 million more this year, is really, really in. The new round of funding was led…
Is That Open Job Fillable? Answer These 4 Questions to Find Out
You have a job to fill. What do you do first? Search your talent database? Post it online? Run an ad? The answer — none of these. The first step, one that is often overlooked, is to determine if the…
TextRecruit Adds Automated Scheduling to Candidate Messaging Solution
Since being acquired by iCIMS earlier this year, TextRecruit, the company that helps employers engage with candidates via text messaging, is showing no signs of slowing down. Readers may remember TextRecruit launching a sourcing tool alongside Nexxt back in August,…
How to Have a Very Global Talent-acquisition Career
I’m very lucky that at this point in my career I get to give back to the next generation, and have the opportunity to mentor some wonderful people who will one day be the next generation of TA leadership. One…
The Two SEO Queries That Recruiters Should Care About
Over 30 percent of Google searches are related to job searches. But, the majority of these search results are completely dominated by Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster, and the many other job boards out there. That said, there are two queries that the majority…
The Magic Question: How to Use 3 Powerful Words to Get Anyone Involved in Hiring to Change Their Mind
There are no silver bullets for filling a job, but there is a silver lining when someone tells you “no.” Everyone in the hiring process hires is told “no” at one point or another. Hiring managers hear candidates reject rock-solid…