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  “80% and 95% of all prospective candidates who land on your careers page don’t actually fill out an application” The days of post and pray are coming to an… Read more

  “When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.”~ Steve Pavlina A caveat to the title; “with a few adjustments.”  I didn’t… Read more

  Everybody loves high-quality candidate lists. Who wants low-quality candidates streaming in by the boatload? That’s not a recipe for growth or success. But it feels like the white whale… Read more

  AmazingHire’s Free Chrome Extension While AmazingHire is a paid tool, the AmazingHire Chrome Extension is free and well worth checking out. When open, the tool works from the side… Read more

  “60 percent of employers surveyed believe there’s a direct financial impact on the business when an organization is competitive in diversity.” You know the photo. A group of hands,… Read more

  Writing job descriptions is an exercise in measuring humanity. As a recruiter, you’re tasked with creating nuanced language to accurately describe a list of roles and responsibilities in a… Read more

  “now evolved into a total system and approach (mostly) embedded in a company’s Talent Acquisition culture” It is now time to start thinking and implementing your Employer Branding Program… Read more

How do we measure Representative Population Recruiting? We know by now that even with the best intentions, diversity doesn’t just spontaneously happen. It requires a concerted effort on the part… Read more

  A good friend from my home country of Scotland always struggled to keep up with his peers in school. But he also succeeded where most people would have failed…. Read more

  “resume bias is real. What’s more, blind recruitment isn’t solving the problem” At one point in time, resumes functioned as an overview of the person it represented. Name, address,… Read more

  LinkedIn Report Shows How Valuable Soft Skills Really Are Spoiler alert: The workplace, and most importantly, the way people work, has changed drastically over the past decade. As recruiters,… Read more

  Want to recruit better in college and university environments? Of course. We all do. That’s the next wave of talent for organizations, right? But most of the approaches that… Read more

  The hiring of successful people is still one of the most important factors for any company, no matter how small or large your company is. Most companies look at… Read more

Taking off the blinders As kids, we often heard, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” And sure, this might be considered a decent… Read more

Amy Leschke-Kahle, the VP of Performance Acceleration at The Marcus Buckingham Company (which was acquired by ADP in 2017), gave us some of her precious Milwaukee-area time (Go Bucks! Giannis!)… Read more