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Recruitment isn’t the same creature it used to be. Before dotcom grew up, recruiters operated on a different set of rules, with closed doors and gate-keeping that frustrated the most… 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

New Normal in Labor Demand and the Rising Importance of Sourcing As of this moment, there are more open jobs for recruiters than there are for software engineers. With 12… Read more

Becoming Agile and Flexible   The ‘new normal’ was a phrase thrown around quite a bit in the early days of the pandemic, always accompanied by the sentiment that eventually,… Read more

One of the hardest recruiting jobs is to access and hire high-level security clearance professionals.  Although different levels of clearances exist, these individuals are not that visible from a social… Read more

The recruiting startup ecosystem is showing no signs of slowing down. Amid fears of recession and ongoing trade wars, the recruitment technology market is going strong. Globally, recruitment startups collectively… Read more

  Accurate Bias-Free Test of Job Fit George Lucas has just finished screenwriting his first Star Wars movie and is casting for the role of Han Solo. He peruses a… Read more

  Tariffs and Talent Acquisition The year started off great for hiring. Between the administration’s deregulation binge and tax reform, profitability estimates climbed for companies in power and energy, manufacturing,… Read more

By Mike Wolford We have all seen the numbers.  Facebook has nearly two billion unique monthly visitors.  There were over 200 billion tweets in 2016. Six-hundred million people use Instagram… Read more

I have a very specific memory from when I was in my final interviews at Grubhub, my last job before I went on to found WeFind. The final interviewer asked… Read more

As you have heard by now, the next chapter in the Star Wars saga is here. And I got to thinking, why do people refer to themselves as the Jedi… 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

This list is for all the writers, mansplainers, recruiters, and nosy busy-bodies who try togive recruiting advice after making 2 placements.

My first name is not passive; it’s not Talent. My Mom never gave birth to a child named Candidate; my Dad never told his friends, “This is my son, Human… Read more

After we teach our kids how to survive with things like getting food into their mouths instead of all over their faces, using their words to communicate instead of pointing… Read more