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I’ve often described job-seekers as the most underserved customer group out there, and I still think it is. Consumers have certain expectations when it comes to their experience as they… Read more

A friend recently shared an ad with me on a freelance job board where a guy posted to have someone write a love letter. He was willing to pay $40… Read more

As any recruiter or talent acquisition professional can tell you, at a foundational and fundamental level, that even today, job descriptions still play among the most important and influential roles… Read more

Diversity is a big deal. And it’s just not our industry, either. Google has around 365 million results for the term, and it’s one of the more prevalent trending topics… Read more

We’ve all been given bad advice at some point in our life. It’s a bit of an inevitability of growing up. That friend who tells you “yeah, go date him… Read more

When I was a kid I wanted to be on Broadway.  I wanted to sing and dance and be on stage with a big ass spotlight on my face.  My… Read more

Congratulations! You’re going to an industry conference, event, trade show or continuing education seminar — which means that your company is investing in your professional development and growth. But how… Read more

There’s never been a more exciting time for HR Tech, with approximately $3 billion in VC investments pouring into the sector over the past year alone. This has led to a staggering… Read more

If there’s one career topic that remains particularly contentious, particularly when it comes to recruiting and HR practitioners, it’s about the relative importance we place on job titles – and… Read more

Given how hard it is to hire qualified developers and engineers in the first place, much less in Silicon Valley, where the laws of supply and demand for tech talent… Read more

Somehow, in recruiting, not only do we somehow think we’re marketers, salesmen and strategists simultaneously, it seems that of late, we also fancy ourselves as “hackers.” There is absolutely nothing… Read more

Throughout the course of my career, I’ve found myself involved in a seemingly infinite amount of existential (and extraneous) coversations about just how stupid candidates thought recruiters really were, a… Read more

Over the years, one of the many things I’ve given quite a bit of thought to is the relationship between recruiting and sourcing, and how these functions fit in with… Read more

Recruiters and HR professionals don’t have many good role models, but Laurie Ruettimann is one of them. Hey, it’s hard to be positive when the job can suck.

It seems counterintuitive to take a step back and challenge the basics of innovation, but all things considered, it seems apropos to pause and wonder exactly when innovation became so,… Read more