Sourcing

  Thanks to a complex hiring environment, increasingly strategic responsibilities, new technologies, and a greater focus on metrics, HR is changing quickly. To stay competitive, HR teams must be forward-thinking… Read more

We recently came across a company in the cloud security space that had developed their own chatbot internally. They wanted it to save time both in customer success and talent… Read more

With a growing list of responsibilities and a dynamic hiring environment, the role of the recruiter is perhaps one of the fastest-changing roles in the business world. What are some… Read more

The rise of AI in various industries is an interesting, far-reaching discussion. We’ve written about its applications in the recruiting space, and so have dozens of others. It’s definitely a… Read more

“We’re sourcers, not sourcerers.” – Jackye Clayton Sourcing sounds a little bit like sorcery, and in some ways they can be a little bit similar. Good sourcing is a mix… Read more

Workers of all ages bring value to an organization. Regardless of your own current age, you too were once a job-searching 20-something, and may very well be a 60-something hoping to remain employed and/or looking for a new role.

Here’s something I always try to keep in mind as an HR professional: Hiring is a shared company responsibility — aka, a delicate dance —  and it works best when… Read more

There’s a lot of stuff out there about how to recruit better, but sometimes you just want a few actions you can sit down at your laptop and just, well,… Read more

We’ve had two #HRTX events this year — one at Brazen’s offices in Arlington, VA and one in Dallas, TX sponsored by the good people at Monster — and look,… Read more

Did you know that 72 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot? You may not have heard that stat before but you probably have heard of the… Read more

Have you ever been to a wedding and sat there thinking to yourself, “I give this marriage six months at most. What a shame they’ve spent all this money on… Read more

In the last decade or so, we’ve had a lot more research and thought leadership emerge around topics like employer branding, internal culture, candidate experience, and the like. “Brand” isn’t… Read more

Whether it takes 7 seconds or 17 minutes to make a first impression, people always seem astonished at what idiosyncrasy causes the gut reaction. Recruiters know this: That reaction may… Read more

Labor market discrimination is rampant. Every research that’s done, at least here in the Netherlands where I live, tells the same story. And even though the Netherlands is very egalitarian,… Read more

The labor market is as tight as ever since the Great Recession began back in 2007. Unemployment is at a record low 4.1 percent; Highly skilled workers are in short… Read more