Recruiting

If you’ve ever spent any time as a recruiter, you know that there’s nothing more painful than having to sit through a terrible job interview. That is, unless you’re the… Read more

I read a ton of blogs, participate in a lot of Twitter chats (or as I call them, “pithy parties”) and listen in on a lot of presentations about top… Read more

It happens to all of us. That moment in our lives where we stop looking for inspiration for a moment, take a step back and realize that inspiration, in fact, comes to… Read more

If you’re like most employers today, there’s a good chance that you’re spending a lot of money establishing your company’s recruitment marketing initiatives. Whether that’s establishing an employer brand, replacing or… Read more

While it’s only just now March,  for Uber, 2017 is already shaping up to be a horrible, no good, very bad year – something of an annus horribilis for a company… Read more

One question that I get asked way more often than I’d like is, “how do I become a recruiting thought leader?” Well, here’s a tip: if you need advice on… Read more

For an industry which prides itself on “none of us knew we were going to be recruiters,” those of us in talent acquisition seem to make it awful hard for… Read more

While specialized, in demand positions in fields such as tech and healthcare seemingly dominate the recruiting conversation, the fact of the matter is, these niche searches are much more the… Read more

Over the past several months, I’ve had the privilege of chatting with several young up and comers – “enterpreneurs,” if you will – who are just now starting out in… Read more

This post is dedicated to all those recruiters out there who give a shit about what they do. I know that you’re out there, which is why it saddens me… Read more

If you’re in recruiting, I’m sure that by now you’re probably aware of the fact that as of last week, Facebook officially announced that they would be rolling out the… Read more

I have a confession to make. There was a time in my career when I just didn’t understand what, exactly, went on behind the scenes before every hire. Recruiting is… Read more

So many recruiters talk about gut instinct. How they “just know” that a candidate is right or not, that a client will flake, etc. It’s a bit of a cop-out… Read more

There are more than one billion Facebook members that spend up to 50 minutes a day  liking, sharing and commenting their way down a black hole of updates. Everything from… Read more

A recent survey I put together asked “If LinkedIn went away tomorrow, what percentage of recruiters would be gone in six months?” Almost 3 out of 5 recruiters who responded thought… Read more