Recruiting

When I’m scrolling through the web on my phone, I often land on websites where customers are encouraged to leave reviews. There’s a big reason behind that request: A 2017… Read more

    You know who I don’t envy? Tech recruiters. At least not now, anyway. Their job may change in the coming years as more of Gen Z slides on… Read more

    The memories of this experience stay with me after all these years.  It made me realize what he was working for and why, and I have a first-rate… Read more

I’ve been deep diving into all new forms of assessment tooling, primarily for recruiting purposes. I’ve been asked many times to share my experiences and knowledge about them, so I’ve… Read more

Headlines in Talent Acquisition Last Friday’s Jobs report has swarmed newswires with a plethora of predictions about where the US employment market and US economic conditions are headed. Here, we… Read more

  Using metrics to identify which type of worker to hire Which pool is your next new hire swimming in? The chances that it’s in the “regular, full-time” pond are… Read more

  If we’re being honest: every industry has its issues. Those unique, deep-seated challenges that seem nearly impossible to uproot, no matter which way the disruptors and agitators approach the… Read more

I’ve spent a lot of time in the last six months reading studies. On recruiting. And interviewing. And diversity. And Quality of Hire. And I’ve mixed it with a healthy… Read more

  There is a fantastic piece of research about venture capital funding and the different questions that are posed to female-led companies versus male-led companies. They asked men about the… Read more

  Despite the hype, effectively matching candidates to jobs directly is still years away, but an alternative approach—using historical recruiter performance data—provides an accurate predictor of success for landing better… Read more

ADP March 2019 job numbers report reveals US job growth at its lowest in 18 months, since 2017. Private payrolls increased by 129,000, missing economist estimates, following an upwardly revised… Read more

You’re fresh, right?  So, what’s up with the stale tech recruiting?   As the saying goes, times are changing.  What used to work just doesn’t work anymore.   Something about… Read more

  For years, there’s been this debate raging inside HR. Well, to be fair, there are more than a few going on, but in this instance, I’m talking about HR… Read more

  Unless by choice, no Talent Acquisition (TA) recruiter or job candidate wants to navigate through what we see above: Middle of Nowhere, towing some narrow line, on a slick… Read more

  When it comes to hiring, today’s employers have a lot on their minds. There are skills shortages to contend with, low unemployment rates putting limits on the number of… Read more