Candidate Screening

The Proxy Problem As recruiters, we use proxies. A lot of proxies, not real data. We use a lot of proxies and usually, we’re not even aware of it.  For… Read more

  Hiring the right candidate involves more than just assessing their technical skills and knowledge. Competencies play a crucial role in determining how successful a candidate will be at your… Read more

  “resume bias is real. What’s more, blind recruitment isn’t solving the problem” At one point in time, resumes functioned as an overview of the person it represented. Name, address,… Read more

Far too often, resumes function as surface-level documents that paint an overview of the candidate. Basic stats and info, equating to little more than words on paper and hardly a… Read more

We’ve been doing webinars with guys like our boy Dean da Costa for years — this summer we did a RecruitingTools Live! with him, for example — and obviously, a… Read more

When I was finishing grad school in May 2014 and started going on a bunch of interviews with companies of about 250 employees all the way up to places like… Read more

I want to preface this post by saying: Please keep an open mind.  I am not against the movements that have been going on and are continuing to gain substantial… Read more

Although pre-employment screening is a valuable way to vet candidates, it also increases time to hire — and that’s often a big “no-no” in 2018. Recruiters who don’t understand the… Read more

The gig economy is here to stay, and in many ways, it’s amazing. Whenever I’m in Atlanta, I get BBQ delivered right to my door. And I never rent a… Read more

Can we select job candidates based on their brains? Read More

A resume tells me what you have done, for whom and how long. It doesn’t tell me the two most important things that will predict your success in the job… Read more

Don’t expect a slowdown in the pace of your frenzied, high-volume recruiting position. Get used to it. It’s just the nature of the beast. Trying to fill 100 open positions… Read more

Compliance in the Stoned Age Never expected to lead an article ostensibly about HR compliance by discussing marijuana, but 2017 was a weird year for many of us. There’s an… Read more

According to a recent SHRM/Mercer survey, only 20 percent of recruiters said they were confident in their employers’ ability to assess job applicants. This lack of confidence in traditional screening methods… 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