
Matt Charney
Matt serves as Chief Content Officer and Global Thought Leadership Head for Allegis Global Solutions and is a partner for RecruitingDaily the industry leading online publication for Recruiting and HR Tech. With a unique background that includes HR, blogging and social media, Matt Charney is a key influencer in recruiting and a self-described “kick-butt marketing and communications professional.”
Content authored by Matt Charney
Dashboard Confessional: How To Lie With Social Recruiting Analytics
As someone who’s more or less grown up with the commoditization and corporate adoption of social media, and as someone who gets paid to do this stuff, I’ve seen a… Read more
No Further Questions: Interview Hacks for Hiring Success
At its core, recruiting is more or less an exercise in making a good first impression; from the 6-8 seconds the average recruiter (if such a thing exists) spends reviewing… Read more
Inbound Marketing for Recruiting: Making Candidates Care Enough To Click
It’s estimated there are approximately 28,000 companies competing in the HR Technology space, and some mornings, opening my inbox feels a little like I’m being bombarded by every single one… Read more
Turning Recruiting Inside Out: How To Build A Winning Culture of Referrals
Here’s the thing; as sexy as we make social out to be, and as much emphasis as we put on concepts like talent communities and targeted content, the fact of… Read more
How To Calculate Your Recruiting ROI
There have been a ton of articles written about applying sabermetrics to workforce analytics – hell, Billy Beane keynoted the one and only TLNT conference in history to talk about… Read more
Network News: Putting Talent Networks To Work
It’s no secret that applying for jobs sucks. The fact is, most candidates have pretty much consigned themselves to these processes that too often entail more work than the actual… Read more
From ATS to Hiring Success: Why Applicant Tracking Systems Don’t Have to Suck.
“In ’99, the homeys goin’ drop to the number 1, wid ya gun, so run, run, run run.” – Bone Thugs & Harmony, East 1999 It’s hard to believe, but… Read more
Big Data: Does Size Really Matter for Recruiting?
Recruiting, as a rule, kind of sucks when scale is involved. It’s no secret that most corporate recruiters feel overwhelmed with too many resumes to review, or too many requisitions… Read more
Black Hole Sun: Experiencing The Candidate Experience
I write a lot about candidate experience, because employers can’t get enough of this stuff. On the other hand, I really wish we could stop just saying shit that’s common… Read more
Recruiting Videos Don’t Have To Suck.
There’s a ton of talk out there about how important it is for recruiters and employers to incorporate video into their talent attraction strategies, but the truth is, there’s no… Read more
How To Fix a Crappy Company Culture
Every company these days seems pretty preoccupied with the concept of corporate culture; you can’t simply get away with providing a steady job or living wage for workers, it seems…. Read more
The Great Job Search Scam: Career Coaches and Con Artists
As the old saying goes, those who can’t do, teach; this, as we all know, is complete BS, because those who can’t do, in fact, become consultants. But in recruiting… Read more
Event Horizon: How To Choose the Right Recruiting Conference
I’m pretty sure I could convincingly claim I attend more HR and recruiting related conferences than anyone on the planet, with the possible exception of Bill Boorman, who has covered… Read more
Semantic Search: Faking Your Way To Sourcing Success
If you really want to tell how good at sourcing someone really is, the first task to assign them should be to find a recent, relevant and comprehensive guide to… Read more
Capital Improvements: Why VC Firms Are Betting Big on Glassdoor
While it might not be the sexiest of sectors, the market for recruiting and HR technology remains red hot, with well funded and pedigreed startups proliferating in an increasingly competitive… Read more