Candidate Experience

I literally do not (and have not ever) understood the basic resume. Why is this still a thing? In the era of LinkedIn, which is apparently worth $26 billion but… Read more

As the market for talent continues to get more competitive, companies are increasingly turning to Talent Sourcers to find and recruit the best people. But remember, candidates simply don’t apply… Read more

It’s hard for hiring professionals to be frank and honest with candidates. I recently got a note from someone on LinkedIn about my RecruitingDaily post on companies that bring in… Read more

Today, companies in most industries are striving to reinvent themselves and become digital organizations. This has become a necessary move for staying relevant. But what many HR leaders don’t quite… Read more

Before we get started, here are a couple of quick definitions up front about passive and active candidates: Passive Candidates — They’re not necessarily ready yet to change jobs yet, but… Read more

Everywhere you go, people are talking about how hard it is to recruit talent. In an economy where the unemployment rate is below 5 percent, companies across the country are… Read more

The ideal candidate — sorry, let me rephrase that, the perfect candidate —  is like a unicorn. They are extremely elusive, if not completely imaginary. You have heard about them… Read more

Before we get to the science part, here’s a  joke I heard the other day that made me cringe: Question: What’s the difference between a used car salesman and a… Read more

I’m one of the members — one out of 1,000,479, to be exact — of LinkedIn’s Premium Career Group. I recently saw a question/comment with the headline Thank you for… Read more

A few months back, I wrote an article about how broken the hiring process is. This article will be a bit similar, but it’s about the recruiting process. What I’m… Read more

The “recruiting is marketing and candidates are customers” mindset is driving interest in a traditionally overlooked aspect of the job search: candidate engagement. There isn’t really an official definition for… Read more

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, so this article and the opinions expressed herein are solely mine. They are based on the things I learned about the GDPR and are… Read more

Hiring managers have their hands full when there is a job position to be filled. They sift through a lot of resumes and evaluate candidates to make sure that they… Read more

In protest of labor-saving machines in the textile industry, Ned Ludd supposedly busted up a few knitting machines in the 1770s. Jump forward a hundred years to a group of… Read more

Everybody knows that automation has dramatically changed how people get hired. In fact, automation is the very reason why job boards exist. It’s also why they can be so challenging… Read more