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The Proxy Problem As recruiters, we use proxies. A lot of proxies, not real data. We use a lot of proxies and usually, we’re not even aware of it.  For… Read more

Fireside chat with William Tincup & Daniel Fellows of Get-Optimal I’ve known Daniel for years now. We’ve orbited each at different jobs and have talked on the phone, ahem, Skype,… Read more

HCM Talent Technology Roundup:  Brave New Digital World The shift to digital recruiting presents employers with opportunities that haven’t received nearly as much attention as its challenges.  Since the Covid-19… Read more

How to Retain Young High Potential Employees The term “War for Talent” was coined in 1998 in a popular report by McKinsey Consulting, referring to the growing competition between companies for… Read more

Getting the Most Out of Email With today’s busy information society, email is an accepted and efficient method for initial contact. Not all recruiters are comfortable with initiating a conversation… Read more

Monster hiring report: August 2020 snapshot Slow and steady, the economy is looking up, at least for now. We saw this in the latest release of the U.S. Bureau of Labor… Read more

HCM Talent Technology Roundup: What Recruiters Want During a Recession Recruiters tend to be optimists. So even after they’ve scrambled to adapt to the economic havoc triggered by the COVID-19… Read more

Passive Candidate Emails – Not the Usual Advice I really wish the internet would purge all guidance for building potential passive candidate email templates published before 2020.  Any intelligence preceding… Read more

Fireside chat with William Tincup & Laura Mazzullo of East Side Staffing Laura is the type of person that you need to talk with every two weeks or so. She’s… Read more

HCM Talent Technology Roundup July 31, 2020 Preaching Preparation, Post-Pandemic HR and recruiting technology vendors have focused on the idea of returning to work for the last month or so…. Read more

HR Strategies for Adapting to a Post-Pandemic World of Work COVID-19 has permanently impacted the global workforce. While every business, industry, and region is at a different stage of “re-opening,”… Read more

HCM Talent Technology Roundup – July 24, 2020 COVID-19 Forces LinkedIn Layoffs Disruptions to recruiting and hiring have forced LinkedIn to lay off about 6% of its workforce, or some… Read more

Once upon a time, remote onboarding was for employees who lived in distant locations. Not anymore. As more employers come to realize they can manage partially or fully remote teams… Read more

HCM Talent Technology Roundup July 17, 2020 Pandemic or Not, Investors Put Money into HR Tech A lot of people assumed that investors would back away from HR and recruiting… Read more

Fireside chat with William Tincup & Aman Brar of Jobvite So I’ve known Aman for more years than I care to admit as it would make me seem older than… Read more