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
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
Recruiting in the Age of Political Activism
You have just made a six-figure offer to a star recruit for a key VP position. Later in the day, you see him in the background at a white-nationalist … Read more
Was Diversity Hiring All BS? We’re About to Find Out.
Diversity hiring initiatives have boomed in recent years. Companies of all sizes, especially in the tech sector, have invested in programs to attract … Read more
Ignoring Disabled Candidates Is Your Impairment, Not Theirs
Nate Elliott has sailed 15,000 miles across three oceans. But what’s even more noteworthy is that his trips all included people of mixed abilities. … Read more
Want to Achieve Gender Balance? Stop Focusing Solely on Gender.
Unilever recently reported that it reached gender balance in its management ranks. Half of the company’s 14,000 managers worldwide are female (up from 38% … Read more
Possible Recruiting Impacts From the Coronavirus Scare
The growing fear of the coronavirus requires recruiting leaders to prepare for an increase in discrimination against Asian candidates and to become aware … Read more
An Autistic Hiring Manager Explains Neurodivergent Hiring
Are you actively recruiting neurodivergent talent? If not, your programs may quickly become obsolete. Neurodivergent employees are eagerly entering the … Read more
Thinking Backward to Move Recruitment Forward
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 … Read more
Best of ERE: Predictions Are Overrated (So Here Are Some Diversity Articles Instead)
Today is January 3, and perhaps you’re wondering why we haven’t published at least 9,765 articles — or even one — touting predictions for 2020. … Read more
Greater Inclusion Starts by Stopping These Two Things
The issues surrounding diversity in the workforce have been covered in depth. You know about them, and you know the benefits that your organization can … Read more
What Women Candidates Want From Recruiters
What we already know about recruiting women: it’s ineffective, insufficient, and often a dismal failure. We acknowledge there’s a problem. What we … Read more
How to Promote LGBTQ Equality in Your Recruitment Process
There’s an uncomfortable reality haunting us: we continue to live in a society where people are frequently discriminated against based on their sexual … Read more
Hiring for Culture Is Stupid
Culture is one of those “trends” in HR/recruiting that we just need to let die. It’s stupid. The whole idea behind it, although well intentioned, … Read more