Mike Wolford
As the Talent Intelligence Titan with over 15 years of progressive experience, I've dedicated my career to revolutionizing the talent acquisition landscape. My journey, marked by leadership roles at esteemed organizations like Claro Analytics and Twitter, has equipped me with a deep understanding of recruiting, sourcing, and analytics. I've seamlessly integrated advanced AI technologies into talent acquisition, positioning myself at the vanguard of recruitment innovation.
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Content authored by Mike Wolford
The Short Term View of AI and Recruiting? Don’t Worry, Be Happy
If you’re like me, you may have been wondering about all the commotion surrounding AI and how it will impact your job. Opinions range from “move along, nothing to see… Read more
Say It Ain’t So! What You Just Can’t Ask During an Interview
I realize we live in a post PC world, filled with spectacle and alternative facts, and all over social media it looks as though civility has left the building. And… Read more
May the Source Be With You, Social Sourcing That Is
By Mike Wolford We have all seen the numbers. Facebook has nearly two billion unique monthly visitors. There were over 200 billion tweets in 2016. Six-hundred million people use Instagram… Read more
All That Junk: The Diminishing Returns of Recruiting Spam.
If you’ve ever been a recruiter, you’ve probably received that “we need to talk about this req” e-mail. You know the one – the one that puts you on notice… Read more
Put Up or Shut Up: Recruiting Data
I’ve tried very hard to educate my recruiters and sourcers to speak to management with recruiting data. This is the data that drives the best results.
Talent Wars: The Return of the Recruiter
Regardless of our education and training, we as recruiters by in large do three things: We find people, we interview and we extend offers. All opportunities for training, development and starting to tell our story in a way that changes perceptions.
Talent Wars: Candidates Strike Back
A long time ago in a job market far, far away, there was a booming economy when any of our candidates that had a pulse had a job. It was… Read more
Talent Wars: A New Hope
Let’s talk Star Wars, specifically Star Wars IV – A New Hope. For those of you who have seen the movies which, based on previous reactions to Star Wars themed… Read more
Smoke on the Water: How To Really Fight Recruiter Spam.
I don’t think it’s unfair to call spam “the fossil fuel of recruiting” – it’s cheap, it’s easy and it gets the job done. On the other hand, though, it’s… Read more
Sending Out An SMS: Recruiting Texts From Last Night.
In recruiting we spend a whole lot of time talking about striking the balance between automation and personalization, and how best to blend high tech with high touch. But for… Read more
Death to Purple Squirrels.
“Ah! well a-day! what evil looks; Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross, About my neck was hung.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1834 Recruiters… Read more
Creative Sourcing: The Legend Continues.
It started, as so many of these sad stories do, in one of those meetings – you know the type. The one with the client, or the hiring manager, or… Read more
Sourcing Alchemy: How To Transform Your Search Into A Hire
Alchemy is the study of focused transformation. I have always been fascinated by Alchemy because the aim was to take some low value resource, like led and turn it into… Read more
