A unicorn is a magical being that my daughter is obsessed with — and also a company that’s valuation has reached $1B. HR tech has had a number of them, … Read more
TA Tech: Driven by Hiring Challenges, Recruiting Tech Tries to Take Advantage
During economic downturns, HR technology isn’t nearly as susceptible to the highs and lows of the broader market. One exception to that is recruiting … Read more
TA Tech: It’s Time to Look Beyond the Standard
Conventional wisdom says that recruiting software might be one of the worst types of technology to be selling to businesses during an economic downturn. … Read more
This Is Not About a Chatbot: New Research on Conversational AI
These days, the question is not whether employers are using AI as part of their tech stack. It’s how they are using it. More and more, conversations about … Read more
The “World’s Fastest Assessment” Aims to Grow Its Influence
What can you learn about a candidate in 90 seconds? That’s the $12 million question. That’s because yesterday, Traitify, which bills itself as “the world’s … Read more
Wake Up America: Despite Slow-Moving U.S. Consumer Privacy Regulation, Organizations Must Approach Privacy and Security Critically
According to several cybersecurity reports, a significant amount of data breaches and security incidents are caused by employee negligence or error. … Read more
7 Change-management Practices Talent Acquisition Can Use for Better HR Tech Outcomes
More than 80 years before Dr. Spencer Johnson’s allegory, Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, became an … Read more
Blockchains and Recruiting. Transformative Technology or Just a Buzzword?
Every so often some new technology comes along that gets the recruiting world buzzing — AI, VR, AR, to name a few. Blockchains are the most recent … Read more
Here’s Why RealMatch Just Rebranded Itself PandoLogic
Maybe there’s just something in the recruitment waters. In light of Beyond changing its name to Nexxt last year, RealMatch is now PandoLogic. … Read more
Robots Will Disrupt Recruiting More Than AI
If you’d like to see the future, visit the Henn-na restaurant near Nagasaki in Japan. Inside, a robot chef makes pancakes, while another makes cocktails or … Read more
Short of Technicians, We’re Trying Virtual Reality
Over the next four years there will be a shortage of about 15,000 technical professionals in the Netherlands. At our Dutch, 7,000-employee energy company … Read more
Take Your Hiring Managers on Your Talent-acquisition Technology journey
Imagine the scene. Interview scenario; “Tell me about a time when you truly took one of your hiring community on a learning journey and explained what a … Read more
Building an Advanced Talent Acquisition Function Today: HRTech (Part 3 of 3)
In part one we covered people and different talent acquisition structures. In part two, we went into some depth around optimal process and operational … Read more
Large-Scale Breach of America’s JobLink Alliance Potentially Compromised Millions of Job Seekers
“Appalling” was how Vermont’s governor described the incident. In the U.S., millions of job seekers from at least 10 states might have … Read more
A Template for Optimal ATS Step/Status Configuration
The template is downloadable below, but hold on a second you easy-button-answer seekers. I am going to share an ongoing problem related to ATS data and … Read more
The Bots and Apps Are Taking Over!
Academia is getting into HR tech development. Two professors and an administrator at Temple University business school have come up with DevelapMe, a … Read more
Keep Your Recruiting Job Despite Technological Advances And Economic Downturns
Warning: if you want job security as a recruiter, start preparing now Listen up. If you are a corporate recruiter, you need to be worried about your job … Read more
Latest ADP Buy Is Bet That Analytics Trend Will Accelerate
The big vendor news this week was the acquisition of The Marcus Buckingham Company by ADP. It’s not so much the size of the deal — TMBC is a … Read more
The Crazy, Topsy-Turvy Emerging 2017 — 4 Emerging Trends
This promises to be one of those years we will all remember. From politics to economics, from hard-to-find talent to algorithms and predictive analytics, … Read more
The Top 5 Talent Surprises That Could Spoil Your 2017
It’s hard to think of an exception to the rule that “it’s always better to be prepared than surprised.” As a result, most professionals do read … Read more