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A COVID-19 Layoff in Austin We started out the series last week asking if we can contextualize firing as a good thing. If you didn’t tune in, here’s the link!… Read more

Recruiting Under Pressure? Yes. Devastated? No. With more than 22 million Americans out of work and businesses closing in every sector of the economy, it’s not surprising that recruiting technology… Read more

Train Your Recruiters with Real-life Sourcing Skills, Or Lose The Talent Competition A company’s most treasured product is a combination of talent, thoughts, and ideas. And those who replenish and… Read more

Holistic Sourcing for Sales Professionals Do you ever look at a job description and scan for the keywords to run a keyword search? While keyword sourcing can be effective for… Read more

Introducing TalentPipe   TalentPipe is a not-for-profit talent acquisition initiative. The goal: to match furloughed or redundant TA / EB people with employers looking for their skills.  The world’s kind of… Read more

Stop Guessing: The Case for the Data-Driven EVP Managing and investing in one’s employer brand is no longer something only big companies do. Every company has become acutely very aware… Read more

How Your Team Can Improve Your Remote Interview Process     Video interviews increase 101% in March Lockdowns from COVID-19 are pushing more companies to interview remotely. Over the past… Read more

The Effectiveness of D&I Programs   Diversity and Inclusion programs and their associated policies do not have a defined end date. The process must be a continuous improvement to attract… Read more

  3 Ways to Improve Your Recruiting Strategy with AI and HR Software   The HR software market is growing, as well as the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in… Read more

Pandemics, Recruiting and Rise of the Machines As the jobless numbers swell, COVID-19 has certainly made life more daunting for recruiters. Especially those who operate by building relationships the old-fashioned… Read more

  The Cardboard Chronicles: Can we contextualize firing as a good thing?   An introduction The Cardboard Chronicles is a show about layoffs and firing, hosted by yours truly, Ted… Read more

A Successful Hiring Strategy During CoronaVirus Includes a Focus on Hiring Star Performers   COVID-19 has upended many companies’ talent strategies. Some are looking at deep cuts to project revenue. Others… Read more

Peer Regression Search Recruiting for high impact roles at both senior and individual contributor levels, in markets where there is already distress about the shrinking talent supply is only going… Read more

Optimizing Recruiting: Keeping the Pipeline Full Recruiting efforts over time have made a huge leap, from storing applicant leads on diskettes to filling out Excel sheet columns by hand. Building… Read more

Why Direct Sourcing and Talent pools will be the New Normal after COVID-19   “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that, it’s an… Read more