I’m too anxious or unsure to apply, or I take too many days to think over the prospects of what that job would be and entail and how comfortable I … Read more
What’s On the Minds of Talent-acquisition Leaders
It’s 7:25 a.m. on a crisp NYC spring morning and I’m sitting at the back table at Ai Fiori at the Langham Hotel in Manhattan waiting for the last of six … Read more
What the U.S. Government’s Thinking About AI and Assessments
AI, machine learning, bots finding and ranking the best candidates, selecting employees with games. It’s all new and cool. But, what does the … Read more
Our Talent Acquisition Path at Intel, From Transactions to Relationships
Intel has been on a journey to rethink talent acquisition for the last two years. We started from a fundamental premise that the way talent acquisition in … Read more
What No One’s Saying About the Thank-you Controversy: It’s About Transparency
Recently an article written by Jessica Liebman,of Business Insider went viral and attracted a lot of attention. Liebman said there was one thing that … Read more
Our Consumer Marketing Mirrored Our Recruitment Marketing (Not the Other Way Around)
Almost three years ago, I came on board to lead the talent-acquisition team for Main Event Entertainment, a Dallas-based family entertainment center with … Read more
It’s About the Work, Not the Job Description
It was a mid-sized technology services company in the middle of the U.S. The company had always been challenged finding and retaining good technology … Read more
Where Have All the Great Recruiters Gone?
Today’s tough labor market is putting recruiters to the test. While some of them are certainly rising to the occasion, a far greater number aren’t faring … Read more
A Wild and Crazy New Model of Employment
Companies today adhere to a decades-old recruitment process originally designed for in-person paper applications — a pre-Internet, … Read more
Suffering a Shortage of Applicants? A Checklist Covering the Top 10 Reasons Why
When a corporate recruiting function conducts an audit, I find that the resulting data usually reveals that the recruiting problems that dramatically … Read more
Recruitment Technology Is Less Important Than These Six Skills
All I see lately are recruitment conferences focused almost entirely on technology. It seems as if other things — the really important skills that … Read more
Want to Keep Candidates Fully Engaged During the Hiring Process? Do What Teachers Do
Teachers have a secret weapon for keeping students engaged — homework. As students do their homework, the subject matter stays top of mind even … Read more
The Days and Times With the Highest Conversion Rates for Job Applicants
In talent acquisition, we always want to better understand our end customer — the job seeker. With that in mind, I wanted to share some data that … Read more
The Hottest Company of 2018? Indeed Says It’s Tesla – and It Isn’t Even Close
In the war for talent, the companies with the hottest buzz, the coolest brand, and the most meaningful and innovative work tend to win out. Indeed, the … Read more
Stop Losing Top Candidates to Slow Hiring by Fixing These 8 Speedbumps
The Top Causes of Unnecessarily Slow Hiring Whenever you are focusing on hiring high-demand top performers and innovators in a highly competitive market, … Read more
Is That Open Job Fillable? Answer These 4 Questions to Find Out
You have a job to fill. What do you do first? Search your talent database? Post it online? Run an ad? The answer — none of these. The first step, one … Read more
The Magic Question: How to Use 3 Powerful Words to Get Anyone Involved in Hiring to Change Their Mind
There are no silver bullets for filling a job, but there is a silver lining when someone tells you “no.” Everyone in the hiring process hires is told “no” … Read more
Want Hiring Managers to Pay Attention to Your Candidates? Do These 4 Things
We live in a world of swiping, scanning, and occasionally scrolling. Reviewing a daily news feed. Looking for new listings on a real estate app. Sifting … Read more
The Top 5 Factors That Make Job Seekers More Likely to Apply
What are the big things that job seekers are looking for in their next job? You probably have a good idea — a better salary and job title, more … Read more
The Darkside of a Candidate-driven Market: Ghosting, Catfishing, and No-shows
The terms “ghosting,” “catfishing,” and “no show” are mostly used in the dating world. However, these types of behaviors have become typical in … Read more