In Episode 13 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with Kinetix HR Consultant, Jennifer Hoffer, about the nuances and positives of facilitating leadership … Read more
Internal Recruiting Is Making a Comeback
With the new world of work changing hiring practices, internal mobility is becoming more and more relevant as companies look within their organization and … Read more
Stop Hiring Individuals. Start Hiring Team Members.
When you think about “team building,” what comes to mind? Escape rooms, bowling, happy hours, cheesy icebreakers? But, what do those activities actually … Read more
Best Hire Ever: Holland Dombeck McCue on Millennials With Drive and Ambition
In Episode 10 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with Holland Dombeck McCue, who manages employer branding and recruitment marketing at Delta Airlines, … Read more
Certifications Are the New Degrees for Tech Jobs
An important trend started in early 2018 that has been changing the foundation of higher education. More than 15 of the biggest names in business went … Read more
Hard Times Call for Soft Skills
As a talent acquisition professional, you’re at the frontline of business. You must readily respond to current demands and external influences to … Read more
Does Sociology Hold the Secret To Diversity Hiring?
How can sociology — the study of social interactions, relationships, and patterns –be the key to helping you create a more diverse … Read more
What’s Wrong With Hiring a Gig Workforce? Pretty Much Everything (Part 2 of 2)
You can’t read a business publication these days without hearing about the gig economy and how it can help companies. However, despite the hype, the … Read more
‘Corporate Skill Pivots’ May Signal the End of the Permanent Employees
Forget the job threats created by the march of the robots, because the new skill sets required by radical new technologies are much more likely to cause … Read more
Employers Operating in England (and the U.S. Too) Should Get to Know the Apprenticeship Levy
A crucial part of reforming the Apprenticeship Program, the Apprenticeship Levy was created to help grow the quantity and quality of apprenticeships across … Read more
Blue Collar Blues: Recruiting Manufacturing Workers
Manufacturing in America is huge. Over the last 20 years manufacturing output has increased by almost 40 percent, and the annual value of production by … Read more
Kick-Start Your Firm’s Growth By Hiring Candidates With Game-changer Competencies
This article covers how you can directly accelerate your firm’s growth rate through recruiting. If you’re skeptical about whether that is possible, be … Read more
What 1 Company Is Doing About Manufacturing’s Skills Shortage
Manufacturing is not the object of the media’s affection like the technology field is, but it has a skills shortage of its own. In the eight-minute … Read more
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: The Next Frontier
It’s early, but virtual reality is showing some promise as a recruiting tool. Employers ranging from the British Army to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia … Read more
TA Survey: Hiring Managers Say They Can Recruit Better
LAS VEGAS — There’s an amazing difference in how talent acquisition leaders and hiring managers see recruiting at their company. TA leaders … Read more
Tests Are Better at Hiring Than You
When hiring managers and recruiters use their discretion to overrule the results of assessment tests, their hires do less well than workers selected … Read more
What’s the State of Talent Acquisition In 2016?
When it comes to hiring managers, agency recruiters have a lot in common with their counterparts in the corporate world. Both are discouraged by the … Read more
Take 10 to Take Our Talent Acquisition Survey
Did you know the average cost of hire is $4,200? That 45 percent of a recruiter’s time is spent filling jobs due to attrition? That last year it was … Read more
Recruiting’s Not the Hot Skill It Was (But Here’s What Is)
First the bad news: Recruiting failed to make LinkedIn’s list of the year’s 25 most in-demand skills. After making the list of the most … Read more
How Do I Get More Production From My Team?
Dear Barbara: How do I get my employees to set and achieve higher goals? They are earning more than they’ve ever earned, get comfortable and seem to lose … Read more