“I hired someone with three typos on their résumé. She was the most detailed-oriented person I’ve ever worked with. I hired someone without a college … Read more
Experience Doesn’t Predict New-Hire Success: Avoid This Most Expensive Hiring Error
If you’re involved in hiring, it’s critical that you act on this startling revelation: “Experience doesn’t predict a new hire’s success.” Hiring with a … Read more
Cover Letters — Understanding Why Recruiters Must Discourage Them
The cover letter is antiquated, and it needs to be discouraged.It reduces applications and its content can result in mis-hires. Yes, overall the … Read more
Top 5 Reasons Why LinkedIn Profiles Are Superior to Resumes
A fast and simple way to improve both your speed and quality of hire is to use LinkedIn profiles for your initial candidate screening. They are superior at … Read more
Why the Future of Recruiting Won’t Happen Any Time Soon
It’s *gasp* nearly 2020. The year in which we were all destined to be working freelance. The year we were all to be put out of work by robots. It’s also … 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
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
New Survey Declares Winner in One-page vs. Two-page Resume Debate
To debate whether one-page resumes are more effective than two-page resumes feels a lot like mysteriously waking up in 1995. Thanks to the Internet, most … Read more
Monster Eyeing Video Resumes, Resume Reinvention in 2019
I recently interviewed Monster CEO Scott Gutz and chief product officer Chris Cho for my podcast. We discussed a variety of topics, but here the five … Read more
4 Things We Should Change in the Hiring Process: Cover Letters, Interview Follow-up, and Salary Transparency
Recently, a Reddit user asked fellow users on the platform, “What social custom needs to be retired?” Many of the top answers pertained to work and jobs. … Read more
Envisioning a Blockchain Future for Recruiting
The road ahead will be paved by blockchains. Great things will happen. Like what? Patience, wait for the revolution. When is it coming? Soon. We’ve seen … Read more
Monster Teases Mysterious iPhone App
Meet Monster Studios, whatever the hell that is. The app is currently live in the AppStore to download, but the sign-up button doesn’t work yet. … Read more
How to Tell if a Job Candidate’s Ability Matches Their Resume
It’s always exciting when you receive a resume from a job candidate who seems like a great fit. It’s even more exciting when the candidate nails the … Read more
Why Did Indeed Acquire Resume.com?
Historically, Indeed’s acquisitions make a lot of sense. Adding Simply Hired, Interview, and Workopolis are pretty easy to justify. Same thing for … Read more
What Blockchains Can Do for Recruiting
Blockchain is a young technology, first conceptualised in 2008, and still mainly used to support cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. It has dubious … Read more
LinkedIn Embraces Its Inner Snapchat With New Video Features
Launching less than a year ago, LinkedIn was really late to the native video upload game. At the time, I wrote, “Employers will now be able to post … Read more
The Last Recruiter: AI and Recruiting
A long time ago, in a conference room far, far away, I was asked by an HR executive if the ATS I was implementing would eliminate the need for recruiters. … Read more
As Google for Jobs Drinks Its Milkshake, Indeed Eyes LinkedIn’s InMail Model to Tap New Profits
Life is pretty good at Indeed right now. Case in point, its parent company recently announced that segment’s EBITDA for the company, in the last … Read more
Microsoft and LinkedIn May Have Just Leapfrogged Google for Job Search Supremacy
Sometimes brilliance is right at the tip of your nose; the kind that makes everyone wonder why it took so long to happen. Combined with the kind of … Read more
Study Says Less Is More and Cheaper is Better When It Comes to Recruitment Videos
I’m not a big fan of video when it comes to resumes, but for employers, I think it’s a must-have. What companies struggle with, however, is … Read more