Candidates

During a job search, having an interaction with a recruiter that’s actually somewhat positive, professional or productive can feel a little like walking into a bathroom at a gas station… Read more

I’ve often described job-seekers as the most underserved customer group out there, and I still think it is. Consumers have certain expectations when it comes to their experience as they… Read more

Throughout the course of my career, I’ve found myself involved in a seemingly infinite amount of existential (and extraneous) coversations about just how stupid candidates thought recruiters really were, a… Read more

If you’ve ever been a recruiter, you’ve probably received that “we need to talk about this req” e-mail. You know the one – the one that puts you on notice… Read more

The thing about talent trends posts is that if it were possible to predict the future of recruiting and HR, we’d probably have figured out some way to make it… Read more

From disastrous spelling errors to weird confessions, we’ve each gathered a ton of candidate mistakes to make you laugh and probably cringe, too.

Walking into a room with literally a thousand HR technology vendors can be, to say the least, overwhelming. There’s a hum similar to a venue before a concert with a… Read more

Have you ever heard of the paradox of value? If not, let me catch you up on that lesson from Philosophy 101. The paradox of value describes the discrepancy of… Read more

 No Drama Demo: Jobvite Do any of these sound familiar: Is your time to hire taking up way too much time? Are your referral rates dismal? Has reporting become a… Read more

There is so much dumb on the internet. I see it when my husband falls into these YouTube holes – you know one the one video after another of frat… Read more

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

A long time ago in a job market far, far away, there was a booming economy when any of our candidates that had a pulse had a job. It was… 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

The overlap between recruitment and inbound marketing has been widely discussed, and rightfully so; they’re more or less same exact stuff, different purchasing decision. Both of these trending topics have… Read more

I’d like to think I’ve learned a lot over my years as a recruiter, but I’d like to start with a piece of wisdom I once got back in the… Read more