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
A Story Inventory Will Allow You to WOW Top Candidates
How Stories Will Dramatically Improve Your Recruiting Results If you want to improve your recruiting results dramatically, one of the smartest things that … Read more
Sifting Through the Winners and Losers After Microsoft’s GitHub Acquisition
Microsoft dropped a bomb earlier this week by paying a reported $7.5 billion for GitHub, the world’s biggest collection of tech talent on the web. … Read more
Early Recruiting Steps Determine If Candidates Want to Work at Your Firm
Revelation! Did you know that two thirds (67 percent) of candidates decide on whether they would accept a job at a firm prior to their first interview? … Read more
Poor Recruiting Is Killing Retail — the Top 12 Tips for Stopping the Pain
The biggest threat to retail isn’t Amazon. It’s poor recruiting! Skeptical? Well, look no further than the recent announcement that the famous and … Read more
Job Descriptions Are A Branding Opportunity
Do your job descriptions enable candidates to feel your culture? If they don’t, you are missing out on a distinctive branding opportunity and likely … Read more