The car crash that is 2020 has yet to slow down as the world battles a global pandemic and a continuous stream of horrible news. Perhaps one of the most … Read more
3 Ways to Attract and Engage Neurodiverse Candidates
While many employers have robust diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs to hire and retain diverse talent, one often-overlooked area of opportunity … Read more
Strategy: 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
Don’t Blame AI for Bad Outcomes — Blame Incompetence
Any powerful tool can be used for good and bad. For instance, hammers can be incredibly helpful, but they can also be used to wreak havoc. The same goes … Read more
College Recruiting: “Why Diversity Hiring Programs Are Failing Us”
Diversity hiring initiatives to recruit minority candidates from universities — including first-generation college students, women, immigrants, students … Read more
Best Hire Ever: Marriott’s Jessica Lee on How Immigrant Parents Influenced Her Career
In Episode 8 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with Jessica Lee, VP of global brand talent at Marriott International, about growing up in a household with … Read more
4 Reasons to Stop Hiring for Culture Fit (and One Reason to Start)
Scientific research shows that one of the best ways to increase employee motivation and job performance, and reduce burnout and stress, is to align … Read more
Remote Hiring Is Failing Small Businesses
After five years of leading product development at GitLab, a tech company that has always been 100% remote, and since having founded my own startup, I have … Read more
Certifications Are the New Degrees for Tech Jobs
An important trend started in early 2018 that has been changing the foundation of higher education. More than 15 of the biggest names in business went … Read more
Recruiter Realness: Hire the “Bad Ass C”
[Cue Sophia Petrillo voice.] Picture it. High School. 1993. My cousin exuberantly celebrated the C she earned on her report card like it was the highest … 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: 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
What Happens When Recruiters Stop Being Polite…and Start Getting Real?
Everybody lies. That includes talent acquisition professionals. The thing about lies, though, is that when they are repeated often enough, they start to … Read more
A BP Recruiter Talks Hiring Veterans in the Energy Sector
From 2000 to 2005, I served in the U.S. Marine Corps, which included a combat tour in Iraq. Since then, I have worked in various capacities in HR and … Read more
Surprise! Latin America Is Not One “Country”
Throughout our professional career, we’ve worked with global companies that have demonstrated that they weren’t truly global by how they did — or attempted … Read more
How 3 Companies Adapted Internships Due to COVID-19
According to a recent survey, 35% of students who had accepted summer internships this year learned that they were canceled due to COVID-19. That’s bad … Read more
Do Black Lives Matter at Your Company?
Black Lives Matter. But what does — or should — that mean at your organization? You’re probably saddened, angered, and disturbed by recent racist … Read more
Labor Market: Women and Minorities Hit Hardest By COVID-19 Unemployment
Editor’s note: You are reading the first article by Raghav Singh as ERE’s new labor market columnist (though this is not his first contribution … Read more
Stop Staffing Your Organization With Stepford Hires
COVID-19 has pushed U.S. unemployment to its highest levels since the Great Depression. In April, 20.5 million people lost their jobs, putting the latest … Read more
Legal Column: A Recruiter’s Responsibility to End Hiring Discrimination
Termination discrimination claims are devastatingly hard to prove. Even if you have the facts on your side, your entire personal life is likely to be on … Read more