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I recently reading a dense David McCullough book (an oldie but a goodie), The Path Between The Seas, which won a Pulitzer back in the 70s and is a compelling… Read more

The most memorable email I’ve ever received from Jonathan Duarte was delivered in 2009. It essentially said he was leaving the U.S., pushing pause on his relatively successful job site,… Read more

In one of the Facebook recruiting groups, someone asked a simple question. “If all of the tools and extensions you use break, what are you going to do?” The answer… Read more

I may not be Ellen or Oprah, but every year, I see the good, the bad, and the ugly of HR and Recruiting Technology. Every day, we are inundated with… Read more

Video interviewing and corporate messaging got a few goodies in their stocking this year. Microsoft launched a recent update for Skype Translator that allows it to work with landlines and… Read more

They say the only thing that you can consistently count on at work – and in life – is change. Of course, if your life’s work happens to be recruiting,… Read more

Anonymity was all the rage a few years ago. In case you forgot, apps like Secret, Whisper and Yik Yak allow(ed) users to tune into a plethora of faceless content. At… Read more

As I wrote in an earlier post, I’m kind of new to this whole recruiting thing. In my six months or so in this business, I’ve learned a LOT. Mostly?… Read more

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There are a few ways companies try to attract people, including happy hour and ping-pong, but the tech firm Outreach has come up with something new. The Seattle-based sales analytics… Read more

The CEO of Zenefits, David Sacks, has announced his plans to step down from the top job at the HR tech startup after less than a year. What’s next? Among other… Read more

The US division of Ikea will begin offering employees longer parental leave. The move comes after tech companies such as Netflix offering similar benefits to retain their great workers as… Read more

There are few companies able to generate more mainstream media coverage than Glassdoor, who has a long track record of using the massive amounts of proprietary data across their site… Read more

In case you hadn’t heard, it turns out that recruiting is dead (or dying, or going extinct, or some similarly dire prediction) – or at least that’s many of the… Read more

My best friend has worked in recruiting for most of her career- I wouldn’t have been able to say that 5 months ago.  “What does she do?” A question I… Read more