Companies continue to express interest in hiring veterans, but in many cases aren’t sure how to find them, or what to make of their skills. Ferguson … Read more
Do You Consider Yourself to Be Lucky?
We still make hiring decisions based on likability. That’s why we make bad hires. I talk about effective interviewing with Robert Davis, the CEO of … Read more
Sifting Through the Cost per Applicant Data
Cost per applicant benchmarks are a great way to understand how your paid media is performing when you are putting dollars behind job postings. The folks … Read more
Hiring Formerly Incarcerated: Shelley Winner Continues the Fight
Shelley Winner pleaded for a job at a big technology company, despite having a criminal record that got her red-flagged. It worked. Since then, she has … Read more
Look Who’s Writing Job Descriptions at This Company
Job-description writing can involve managers, recruiters — even, in some cases, a departing employee, describing what they did on the job for the … Read more
Amazon Is Taking D.C’s Talent Fight to a New Level
As if the multi-year boom and low unemployment in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (where ERE’ll be this fall) weren’t enough, … Read more
Philips Is Trying to Implement a True ‘Gig Economy’ Talent-acquisition Model
Philips North America is trying to go where few organizations have gone. Its talent-acquisition and talent-management leaders are working with business … Read more
This Huge Organization Is Using an Intriguing New Tool to Forecast Its Difficulty in Recruiting
An organization that brings on more than 70,000 hires annually has contracted with a small group of number-crunchers to build it a fascinating … Read more
The 100 Percent Touch Rule for Job Candidates
Candidate experience. Typically that revolves around keeping in touch with job candidates and not doing the disappearing act so many companies have done … Read more
Don’t Do This in Your Video Job Descriptions
“Video and voice communication to anyone, anywhere, at any time, is the future of the job description.” Yes, but video can be uncomfortable at … Read more
Decrease Your Candidate Drop off
We’re all trying to get more amazing people into our hiring funnels. We spend time sourcing, money on job ads, and hours thinking of creative ways to … Read more
You Might Pay People Less If You’ve Got a Great Employment Brand
Many of the most sought-after employers are able to pay a discount to their competitors in terms of salary, because they are compensating their employees … Read more
My Dog-DNA-kit Order Makes Me Think More Companies Should Advertise Jobs to Customers
Whether or not you believe passive candidates are the best candidates, I think we can all agree that getting your job postings in front of more people is a … Read more
Total Wine & More Wants Job Candidates to Know It’s Not Your Typical Liquor Store
Total Wine’s reach now spans 193 stores in 23 states, as well as online sales in 14 states. The chain’s stores can be as large as 50,000 square … Read more
5 Key Metrics for Your Talent Pipeline
Many talent-acquisition teams are starting to proactively nurture pools of candidates into pipelines or talent communities. When a new req comes in, a … Read more
What Employer Branding May Be Missing
Companies are pulling in candidates with their alluring employment brands … only to find those excited employees turning over at high rates once they … Read more
Like With Dating and Shopping, Job Seekers Are Being Deluged With Choices
Consumers can get overwhelmed with choices, whether it’s on a dating app or a toothpaste aisle. And, so can job seekers, especially with more of … Read more
Embed Code Basics for Your Careers Site
The candidate experience can be greatly enhanced through embed codes that pull in unique content and tools like chatbots, Spotify playlists, Instagram … Read more
A Smart and Simple Way to Share Culture
We’re all looking for free, simple ways to share our culture with prospective talent. Toast has found a unique way to build its employer brand: … Read more
Montage Acquires Video Interview Competitor
GreenJobInterview, an early entrant in the video interview arena, is being acquired by Montage, one of its two leading competitors. No financial details … Read more