They’re among the best performers at Google. And they may be among your best performers. But they’re an often-overlooked source of hire. Your … Read more
The 100 Percent Touch Rule for Job Candidates
Candidate experience. Typically that revolves around keeping in touch with job candidates and not doing the disappearing act so many companies have done … Read more
A Buddy Hiring Program Attracts, Retains, and Increases Productivity
Gallup research found that working with your best friend was a powerful motivating factor, so McDonald’s and the Army now have buddy hiring programs. … Read more
4 Reasons Indeed Might Be ‘Crazy Like a Fox’ to Block Google for Jobs
I give Indeed a lot of grief for not participating in Google for Jobs and not letting the search giant index its job postings. For years, Indeed has gotten … Read more
Bias in Recruiting AI, and How to Beat It
There is a lot of talk about the way AI will influence hiring. There is a lot of discussion if it should, since there is great risk. And we’ve seen … Read more
Our Talent Acquisition Path at Intel, From Transactions to Relationships
Intel has been on a journey to rethink talent acquisition for the last two years. We started from a fundamental premise that the way talent acquisition in … Read more
What No One’s Saying About the Thank-you Controversy: It’s About Transparency
Recently an article written by Jessica Liebman,of Business Insider went viral and attracted a lot of attention. Liebman said there was one thing that … Read more
Indeed: Recent College Grads Prefer Arts, Entertainment Over Business, Finance
Today’s new grads are increasingly following their passions over a lucrative paycheck, according to a new survey by Indeed.com. Using Indeed data, jobs … Read more
How to Keep Your Hiring Game Competitive
The last thing a potential employer wants to do is irritate a candidate, but that’s exactly what often happens. In fact, at Indeed, we frequently run into … Read more
What We’re Seeing So Far From ‘Google for Jobs’
How can you drastically improve the quality of job applicants, while improving their experience, and slashing recruiting costs? Sound like a phantom … Read more
Need to Recruit More Applicants? Offer Them a Product Discount
Many search for jobs because they seek more buying power, so why not offer qualified applicants a product discount to meet that interest? Yes, when you’re … Read more
We Want to Tell Recruiting Stories as Well as Hollywood
Hands down, I have an excellent recruiting team, a team that is on the verge of crossing from excellent to the best in the business. We understand crossing … Read more
Decrease Your Candidate Drop off
We’re all trying to get more amazing people into our hiring funnels. We spend time sourcing, money on job ads, and hours thinking of creative ways to … Read more
Get Jobseekers to Help You Speed Up Hiring
Quickening the pace of hiring remains a hot topic. Rightly so. The time it takes to fill a job grows year after year. Many ideas about faster hiring are … Read more
Google Enhances Job Search API to Provide Commute Info, Multiple Language Support
Of the three solutions Google launched targeted at helping job seekers and employers come together, the job search API, dubbed Cloud Talent Solution, gets … Read more
It’s About the Work, Not the Job Description
It was a mid-sized technology services company in the middle of the U.S. The company had always been challenged finding and retaining good technology … Read more
Change the Way You Think About Job Descriptions
Before you hire, you need a clear understanding of what you need, and why. What is required needs to be focused on the work that needs to be accomplished. … Read more
Moore’s Law, Alternate Degree Programs, and a More Diverse Workforce
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noticed that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their … Read more
Why Is It That You Can You Continuously Track an Amazon Package But Not Your Job Application?
This is wrong: you can easily track the progress of a $29 Amazon package of socks, but not your job application that you put numerous hours into. It … Read more
What to Do About Job Seekers Who Aren’t Reading Job Descriptions
Reading this article word for word will take about three to four minutes out of your day. That’s not a ton of time in the grand scheme of things … Read more