2020 has been a year of incredible change and upheaval. For organizations and business leaders, managing the ripple effects of a global crisis requires an … Read more
A New Way to Customize Pitches to Passive Candidates
Recruiting desirable talent is fundamentally bi-directional: candidates sell themselves to companies, and companies sell themselves to … Read more
Stable Recruiting Practices in an Unstable World
As an increasing number of employers ramp up hiring in the coming months, it’s worth revisiting numerous hiring practices to ensure that companies are … Read more
What Does The S-Word Really Mean in Talent Acquisition?
How can talent acquisition serve its purpose more successfully right now? By being more strategic. But what does that really mean? We throw around the … Read more
Is It OK to Hire Someone With a Racist Background?
In light of the current social-justice movement, companies large and small are scrupulously examining their policies, positions, and practices for evidence … Read more
A Silver Lining in the Pandemic: The Potential for More Tech Diversity
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
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
“This Is How I’m Staying Relevant As a Talent Acquisition Professional”
How do you stay positive and encouraging with your network when you are struggling being in lockdown yourself? With difficulty, is the simple answer. I’m … Read more
“I Googled a Candidate. Here’s Why.”
Google. A website, turned verb. The way we learn just about everything now (just Google it). A giant time-waster. Yet also, a treasure trove of … 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
Has COVID-19 Made Recruiting Less Important?
A few short months ago, we touted record-low unemployment rates, soaring jobs numbers, and a booming U.S. economy. Open positions far outnumbered qualified … Read more
Meet Tengai and Sigmund. They May Steal Your Job.
Who are Tengai and Sigmund? They’re your replacements, sort of. Last year, the Swedish recruiting firm TNG launched Tengai, “the world’s first unbiased … Read more
The Three Minds of Successful Employer Branding
By now, you either understand the power of employer branding or you do not. If you are in the latter camp, I can’t imagine why you’re reading this, so I … 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
Why Your No. 1 Recruiting Source Is Underperforming (Fully Explained)
Consistently, the top source for producing high-performing hires is an organization’s employee-referral program. Unfortunately, because most current … Read more
Software Engineers Do Not Leave Their Jobs for the Reason You Think They Do
Why do software engineers leave their jobs? I asked this question in a large Slack group for programmers, and, well, it got a huge response — I think there … Read more
December: ’Tis the Season to Recruit When the Competition Is Low
Need an edge in your competition for talent? Think December, when there may be 35% fewer job postings trying to attract the normal volume of jobseekers. If … Read more
Hit Your Competitors Where It Hurts — Adopt the Hire-to-Hurt Strategy
Access to this article is limited to fierce competitors Most CEOs are fierce competitors. They love my strategy of “targeting your competitor’s top … Read more
How Can I Transform My Talent Acquisition Capability When I Don’t Have X?
This question in the headline has been posed to me several times. For context, we are driving a transformation of the way we do talent acquisition. In a … Read more
Hey Google, Your Job Board Needs a Lot of Work
Google for Jobs was launched to much fanfare. I lost track of the number of commentators saying … ”This is the moment Indeed has dreaded blah blah … Read more