There are many different new tools that allow an employer to try to measure someone’s personality using a job candidate’s social media … Read more
These May Be Your Best Hires
They’re among the best performers at Google. And they may be among your best performers. But they’re an often-overlooked source of hire. Your … Read more
Hire Them and Stop Trying to Find Something Better
No hire is better than an imperfect hire, right? I mean, the cost of hiring no one can’t be as much as the cost of hiring the wrong person, right? … Read more
One Company’s Experience Using Hiring Assessments
Do personality assessment tests really work? We are going to discuss the why, when, and how to give assessment tests. The podcast is with David Ferguson, … 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
Sniffing Out Excellence When Hiring Salespeople
The average annual turnover in sales is 25 to 30 percent. That is the equivalent of hiring and training the entire sales organization every four years! How … Read more
No Office, No Problem
Amira Learning is like a growing number of companies (including ERE Media) nowadays: all remote. Using Slack, Google Documents, and Skype, the company … Read more
Read People Better and Uncover the Truth in an Interview
We keep hearing about finding people who “don’t just have the skills, but also fit the culture.” I found someone who’s actually … Read more
Dissecting a Hire Gone Wrong
There are good hires, there are bad hires, and there are hires you just didn’t sit down and talk to enough. Below, Erik Huberman, founder and CEO … Read more
Evaluating Your Team to Get the Right People in the Right Seats
In the podcast below, I talk to Katie Weber, CEO of KMW Recruitment, about the importance of workforce planning and the impact that planning alone has on … Read more
Change the Way You Think About Job Descriptions
Before you hire, you need a clear understanding of what you need, and why. What is required needs to be focused on the work that needs to be accomplished. … Read more
Game-based Assessments for Hiring — What You Need to Know
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
The Funding Comes, and It’s Off to the (Recruiting) Races
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” —James Cash Penney Brendan Rogers is co-founder of the … Read more
How to Keep Pre-hire Assessments From Wrecking the Candidate Experience
“Can assessments and a positive candidate experience peacefully coexist?” Gerry Crispin, co-founder of CareerXroads and the TalentBoard, has an answer: … Read more
Podcast for Talent Leaders: Sue Ceglinski, Director of Talent Acquisition for U.S. Pharmacopeia
Imagine this: you are at a local restaurant having lunch. You strike up a conversation with your very capable server and are so impressed with her attitude … Read more
Seeking to Improve Diversity and Inclusion? Consider These Recommendations
Talent-acquisition professionals in any specialty ranging from university relations to sourcers to Candidate-experience directors are working hard to find … Read more
‘Elbows on the Table’ and Other Sure Signs of Talent Acquisition Maturity
Robin Erickson of Bersin by Deloitte has spent a good portion of her career and her research analyzing what the rest of us in talent acquisition do every … Read more
This Talent Acquisition Team Is Paving the Way for Gig Workers
Larry Nash, head of the U.S. recruiting team at EY, is my guest in the next episode of the “Big Fish in the Talent Pool” series (link below). … Read more
The Impact of the Tax Changes on Relocation
A lot has been said, and debated, about the changes to the tax code for 2018, both as they affect individuals and corporations. What we’ve heard less … Read more
Doing More With Data: The Challenge in Front of Talent Acquisition Analytics
At the 2018 CareerXroads Talent Acquisition Operations and Analytics Colloquium, 50 leaders in the field convened to discuss what’s happening and what’s … Read more