Are game-based assessments the future of employment testing? In the podcast below, I talk about that question with Ben Hawkes. He’s an I/O … Read more

Are game-based assessments the future of employment testing? In the podcast below, I talk about that question with Ben Hawkes. He’s an I/O … Read more
Games are fun, assessments are not. This is all you need to know to understand the strong interest in injecting games into the hiring process. But are … Read more
We talked about how 2016 needed to be a big year for SAP’s employment brand. The key for us was, as a b2b, standing out from the crowd. We revealed how our … Read more
We revealed how we launched our new EVP in 2016. The message: Bring Everything You Are. Become Everything You Want. To help us know “everything you are” … Read more
In 2016 SAP needed to stand out from the crowd and have its biggest year for employment branding, with actual employees telling their own life stories. … Read more
If you’re battling to recruit and retain top talent, you must have talent practices that go beyond the mundane in order to get their attention. And if you … Read more
Google’s seven-month old “rabbit hole” recruiting program simply has to be classified as innovative. The program has two major components. The first (a … Read more
How do you disrupt traditional sourcing? How do you drive higher performance while making work more fun? Can you bring the philosophical principles of … Read more
If you want to recruit people who have knowledge, test their knowledge. If you want to recruit people who have experience, ask for job histories. And if … Read more
Recently, ERE asked me to conduct a webinar on The Impact of Gamification on Generational Talent. It’s an exciting topicworthy of exploration by … Read more
Recruiting is finally moving away from transactional thinking and beginning to understand how to better connect and engage with relevant candidates. We are … Read more
“Turn off that Atari and get to bed!” My mom would yell up at me as I sat in my room, staring blankly at the TV screen. Like most kids do, I’d stomp my … Read more
Amazon is making significant changes to its careers website, changes that are about a year in the making. It’s also launching a short online game, … Read more
“The ATS has to die,” says the man who built a business and made a name on that earliest technological breakthrough for recruiters, the … Read more
Hollywood’s summer season is in full swing, and a Monday morning review at our company of the weekend’s box office led to an impromptu employee survey … Read more
As a child, I never got into it. As a teenager, I tried to forgo the boys who let it consume their whole day. As a spouse, I try to ban it from my living … Read more
The end of the resume? I know, I know — you’ve heard that one before. The latest company to proclaim such a thing is Talentral, launching … Read more
The shipping-oil-gas company Maersk is out with a a new game meant to drum up interest in its careers. While the U.S. Army and others — some … Read more
While speaking at a recent HR conference in Las Vegas, I had occasion to meet Jane McGonigal, game designer, speaker, author, and probably the world’s … Read more
Here’s a quick look at some of the newer recruiting-technology companies you may not have heard of, from gamification to screening to a significant … Read more