Candidate Experience

Hi. My name is Mike Wolford and I’m a sourcer for an amazing company.  I think you have great experience and I have a great job for you.  We are… Read more

Are there LinkedIn benefits? Sure. Do people make connections on there, convert them, close deals? Of course. This is the much-balleyhooed “social selling.” Does this happen as much as thought… Read more

Images of robots overtaking the world are often associated with automation and artificial intelligence – an army of machinery battling against humanity for supremacy. These robots work seamlessly together as… Read more

Checklists are boring.  Same goes for email checklists.  They inherently stifle and limit creativity. They seem like an unnecessary distraction to the real work that I need to do.  I… 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

Full disclosure: I’m a marketer, not a recruiter. But we all know that the overlap between marketer and recruiter is significant. The area in the center of a marketer/recruiter Venn… Read more

Given that 2017 marked a 17-year low for unemployment, there will be a big battle for talent this year – especially in technology, health care and professional services. With the… Read more

The longer I write about recruiting and hiring, the more I believe that the candidate experience needs to be at the heart of how every organization recruits and hires people…. Read more

I don’t think any of us would be surprised how much the average person hates looking for a job. A recent survey by Hired found 83 percent of people get… Read more

Here’s a simple truth: Leading edge and “best place to work” companies recognize the critical need to synch up their talent acquisition strategy with their employer branding. These companies achieve… Read more

Every recruiter should walk a mile in a candidate’s shoes. Chances are they have. Chances are even better that at least one of those experiences turned ugly. Imagine you’re the… Read more

Here’s a New Year’s wish for recruiters and talent acquisition professionals everywhere: Do whatever you can to stay away from bad advice that doesn’t help you be better in 2018…. Read more

As a hiring professional, you have a lot of responsibilities, and fostering a better candidate experience is one of them. Your job is to find the best fitting, most suitable… Read more

Here’s a question that TA professionals should be asking: What is it that top level talent is saying about your company when they get into a conversation about opportunities with… Read more

I received a survey recently from Greenhouse software. This is after receiving the proverbial Dear John rejection letter following an interview with one of their clients. It’s sort of funny… Read more