Job Market

The job market is brutally competitive. With the lowest national unemployment rate in 17 years, talent wars will ramp up in 2018. Recruiting teams across the U.S. are scrambling to… Read more

It’s that time of year again when we dust off our crystal ball and try to gaze into the future of recruiting. So after making my standard resolution to lose… Read more

    Here’s something to think about when you’re recruiting and hiring: Is it possible that the very best person to hire is the one who knows what not to do? I’ve… 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

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

Sometimes, I find some really interesting stuff on LinkedIn’s Premium Career Group, and sometimes, it may even be the punchline to a recruiting joke. Here’s a recent (and amusing) example… Read more

Madgex Benchmarking Report Tell me if this conversation sounds familiar: “Our job board is not flexible. Our brand is not being represented and our target job seekers are not being… Read more

Parental Advisory Announcement: This article on how people approach quitting a job will offend you if you are a stuffed shirt or a moralistic ass that cannot take a joke… Read more

Job ads can sometimes be a little confusing or oddly-worded. To test out this theory, we removed geographic filters and did a search for sales jobs on various sites. The… Read more

Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them – Bruce Lee Wow, it’s Colin Kaepernick at McDonald’s. This is CRAZY! I’m going to say it: I… 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

People love watching videos online. In fact, online video now accounts for 69 percent of all internet traffic, and 55 percent of people watch online videos every single day. For… Read more

I’m headed west next month to keynote at Lever’s Talent Innovation Summit. Last year’s Summit was kickass, and I’m intrigued to see how they continue to evolve and innovate both… Read more

If you’re like me, you may have been wondering about all the commotion surrounding AI and how it will impact your job. Opinions range from “move along, nothing to see… Read more

There is a myth that’s been perpetuated in our perpetual prison state that the purpose of incarceration is rehabilitation. The term “debt to society” has become ingrained in our vernacular… Read more