
Ted Bauer
Originally from New York City, Ted Bauer currently lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He's a writer and editor for RecruitingDaily who focuses on leadership, management, HR, recruiting, marketing, and the future of work. His popular blog, The Context of Things, has a simple premise -- how to improve work. Ted has a Bachelors in Psychology from Georgetown and a Masters in Organizational Development from the University of Minnesota. In addition to various blogging and ghost-writing gigs, he's also worked for brands such as McKesson, PBS, ESPN, and more. You can follow Ted on Twitter @tedbauer2003, connect with him on LinkedIn, or reach him on email at [email protected]
Content authored by Ted Bauer
What’s holding chatbots back?
We recently came across a company in the cloud security space that had developed their own chatbot internally. They wanted it to save time both in customer success and talent… Read more
Unleash 2018 and the dead-end, unoriginal job problem
Let’s commence with some typical Charney snark: https://twitter.com/mattcharney/status/996426798907834368 Ignore the second part; focus on the first. That’s a real issue. Read More
Indeed Interactive: “Be well, work well” with PWC
Admittedly “Be Well, Work Well” wasn’t my first choice at that time slot — I wanted to go to something on building employer brand, buzzword though that might be –… Read more
Unleash 2018, Day 1: The tweet roundup
Some quick-hitters: The fact that HR is still talking about “The Cloud” is pretty solid proof that we’re not even close to AI being relevant in this industry. #UNLEASH18 —… Read more
Indeed Interactive: How BASF reorganized their talent acquisition team
Whenever you hit a talent acquisition/recruiting trade show, it seems wise to look for the sessions that promise actionable plans around a topic — as opposed to stuff like (not… Read more
The great promise: fast access to quality candidates. Can Indeed deliver?
Down here at Indeed Interactive for a few days, and the first new product launch from America’s largest job board is Indeed Assessments. The promise of the product is the… Read more
Salt Lake City might be the best place to start a career
That’s from a recent WalletHub study, with the top 10 looking like this: Salt Lake City Orlando Atlanta Charleston Tempe Austin Columbia Denver Raleigh Grand Rapids Read More
How beneficial is LinkedIn, truly?
Are there LinkedIn benefits? Sure. Do people make connections on there, convert them, close deals? Of course. This is the much-balleyhooed “social selling.” Does this happen as much as thought… Read more
Make execs understand sourcing with one small vocabulary shift
Man, it’s kinda depressing how everything in business that could have meaning somehow became a buzzword. Today’s example: “talent sourcing.” Let me set up a few things for you. Regardless of how you… Read more
HRTX Atlanta: Examples of employee referral programs
We had a good time down in “that 404 that ATL” on Thursday, May 3rd. The discussions were flowing pretty nicely, so I’d estimate 3-4 posts on RD will emerge… Read more
Shouldn’t the team hire a candidate, as opposed to the manager?
I’m sure some organizations already do this, but in terms of me, my friends, my family and people that email me about work stuff, it’s not normative. Look, the hiring… Read more
Exit interviews feel meaningless. What about ENTRY interviews?
This isn’t going to be rocket science, but maybe it will resonate. Most companies do exit interviews, right? When someone has already decided to take another opportunity or outright quit… Read more
Across 72 million Indeed ratings and reviews, what company has the best work-life balance?
Actually, let’s just lead with the top 15: 1. Keller Williams Realty 2. Coldwell Banker 3. Cisco 4. Kaiser Permanente 5. Google 6. Capital One 7. Century 21 8. NIKE… Read more
A post-divorce dream can save your onboarding program (really)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that most onboarding programs — the process of bringing a new employee into a company — absolutely suck lead paint. Here are some stats… Read more
Does recruiting AI need “human in the loop” to work?
The rise of AI in various industries is an interesting, far-reaching discussion. We’ve written about its applications in the recruiting space, and so have dozens of others. It’s definitely a… Read more