Recruiting

“In ’99, the homeys goin’ drop to the number 1, wid ya gun, so run, run, run run.” – Bone Thugs & Harmony, East 1999 It’s hard to believe, but… Read more

Talent Hacks from The Second City Second City has been attracting & developing top talent in our field for over 55 years.  Most noteworthy Tina Fey, Bill Murray and Steven Colbert,… Read more

Recruiting, as a rule, kind of sucks when scale is involved. It’s no secret that most corporate recruiters feel overwhelmed with too many resumes to review, or too many requisitions… Read more

I don’t know much about love. Really, who does? It’s a bit of trial and error and a lot of compromise, from what I do know. I’m thinking of those… Read more

My last post, You’re Not Really A Recruiter, seems to have hit something of a nerve – apparently, a lot of people out there feel the same way I do about… Read more

I write a lot about candidate experience, because employers can’t get enough of this stuff. On the other hand, I really wish we could stop just saying shit that’s common… Read more

We’ve fundamentally changed the way we do pretty much everything in recruiting, but somehow, interviews are just as shitty and ineffective as ever.

There’s a ton of talk out there about how important it is for recruiters and employers to incorporate video into their talent attraction strategies, but the truth is, there’s no… Read more

Recording Coming Soon! You already know all about the intersection of recruiting and marketing. But leveraging marketing for maximum return on your recruiting results means going beyond just building an… Read more

While most of you still digging your way out from Winter Storm Juno (where do they get these names?) this week are probably going to hate me for saying this,… Read more

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: oh, good. Another post bashing recruiters. Because you just can’t get enough of people who don’t do your job talking about how damn bad… Read more

The Super Bowl is this Sunday, and while I’m not legally allowed to call it the Super Bowl, having to refer to it as “The Big Game” just sounds pretentious,… Read more

Recruiters might run point on sourcing, screening and slating candidates, but it’s no secret who really wears the proverbial pants in the process. Hiring managers have almost always had the final say in… Read more

If you think that Klout, Kred or any of the other measurements of “influence” are going to be the determining factor in your 2015 recruiting success, you’re full of crap. Or… Read more

Every company these days seems pretty preoccupied with the concept of corporate culture; you can’t simply get away with providing a steady job or living wage for workers, it seems…. Read more