People who enjoy meeting others thrive in recruiting because networking is natural to them. Nonetheless, connecting with candidates can be overwhelming if … Read more
Basics, Not Bells, Create Great Candidate Experiences
Having been a recruiter for more than a decade, one may expect that I have mastered the role. Yet I keep learning. Since the nature of the work involves … Read more
Strategy Safari: Who’s Behind the Curtain of Your Recruiting Process?
Whenever organizations look to improve the candidate experience, they tend to focus on process. After all, inefficiencies in the recruiting process can … Read more
The Day After: What Happens Now That Global Talent Acquisition Day Is Over?
Yesterday was Global Talent Acquisition Day. That means there were events, webinars, tweets, shout-outs, virtual high-fives, and all sorts of … Read more
Personal Branding: The Game-Changing Approach to Winning Trust
Building trust is crucial in recruiting. A personal brand allows you to win trust in scale. Last month, I spoke at the ERE Recruiting Conference in … Read more
Knowing Your Business Helps You Recruit Better
I just spent a day in training. It didn’t have anything to do with recruiting. It actually was product and process training for a new sales guy I … Read more
New Decade. Different Recruiting Skills and Tools Required
Over the last five years, we have seen that the top concern of all executives is finding, hiring, and retaining talent. As we approach 2020, company … Read more
Happy Global Talent-acquisition Day, Recruiters!
Happy Global TA Day, recruiters! (Celebrated each year, the first Wednesday in September.) Recruitment marketers like me celebrate your skills today! Let … Read more
Recruit Always and Everywhere
Lorraine Ladd, associate director of talent acquisition for alliantgroup, is recruiting in an area with 2.4 percent unemployment. That’s a lot of … Read more
Recruiting Is a Science Not an Art — How Intuition Hurts Recruiting Results
The future of recruiting is scientific, data-driven, and businesslike. The roadblock to that transition is our current “art not science” approach where … Read more
Recruiting’s Role in Futurizing Your Firm’s Skill Sets Must Begin Today
Note: This “think piece” is designed to stimulate your thinking about the strategic role of recruiting Your firm’s future skill sets needs are increasing … Read more
Who Makes a Great Recruiter
As the skills shortage persists, so does the demand for recruiters. The increased demand has put a further strain on an already over-tapped pool of … Read more
Use Emotional Intelligence in Your Recruiting
Emotional intelligence became popular in 1995 by Daniel Goleman, but has always been the core of psychology and sociology in helping understand human … Read more
Leading Corporate Talent Acquisition? How to Set Up a Company #1 Model
The company is your main customer. The company comes first. This is what I have been preaching to my team ever since I became a corporate … Read more
Rethinking Who We Hire and How AI Can Help
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural-language processing have changed work and, along with it, the focus of recruiting. Over the past 20 … Read more
What You’ll Recruit for in 2022
The World Economic Forum has just released its annual Future of Jobs Report. Among the findings: New, emerging jobs will increase their share of all jobs … Read more
Are You a Strategic Recruiter? A Quick Assessment Checklist
Can you think of a more universal goal among corporate recruiters than to be recognized as a strategic recruiter? Where being classified as strategic means … Read more
Where Have All the Great Recruiters Gone?
Today’s tough labor market is putting recruiters to the test. While some of them are certainly rising to the occasion, a far greater number aren’t faring … Read more
Recruitment Technology Is Less Important Than These Six Skills
All I see lately are recruitment conferences focused almost entirely on technology. It seems as if other things — the really important skills that … Read more
Stepping Out of Your Recruiting Comfort Zone Can Lead to Great Things!
Are you best at day-to-day operations or do you excel more at long-term strategy? Do you appreciate a steady hand beside you or would you prefer to be … Read more