Recruiting

From a sourcing or talent acquisition perspective, we are “constantly communicating with candidates.” But are we?  Majority of recruiters I know that interface with a candidate looks something like an… Read more

Lets. Get. Personal. As a recruiter, you NEED a hard-hitting personal brand that sticks. This is not an option in the increasingly competitive TA climate, but we don’t have to… Read more

Chicago is home to great pizzas, sports teams, and “Da Auto Show,” a renowned annual event advertised broadly. Admittedly, my husband and I trek out yearly to gawk at rows… Read more

Talent Brand Alliance (TBA) is the brainchild of Bryan Chaney, Director Employer Brand at Indeed, and Will Staney, CEO and Founder of Proactive Talent, who knew that in order for the industry to move forward, we first had to give back. The duo formed a scrappy Facebook group that slowly gained traction through WoM.

There is a ton — a literal TON — of talk these days about automation. It’s the next great promise. The Fourth Industrial Revolution. All that. The New Yorker actually… Read more

Did you know that more new jobs opened in January 2019 than any previous month in the last several years? In the tightest labor market in decades, employers are increasingly… Read more

News of tech acquisitions splash your favorite news publications every other week; all the moving and shaking is just another day in the life for tech companies big or small…. Read more

What a surprising surge in women executive hires reveals about companies’ reactive approach to gender diversity. In the last quarter of 2017, we saw a significant uptick in the number… Read more

As I prepared to write this article the first thing I did was go to Google and search for terms such as “inbound recruiting” and “outbound recruiting” to see if… Read more

William and Erik have known one another for longer than either wants to admit. Recently we sat down to talk about the industry and get his hot takes on what’s… Read more

This might be an exaggeration, but only slightly: it feels like every single article and piece of research about recruiters over the last five years talks about how they should… Read more

Automation. Automation. Automation. It’s a trendy – and terrifying – word these days, right? It shouldn’t be. Look, automation is not new. The idea isn’t new, the tech isn’t new,… Read more

For years, diversity and inclusion was just that. D&I, I&D. More recently, we’re seeing the definition shift and evolve and adding in a new letter in the process – B,… Read more

There’s an entire cornucopia of tricks to help with recruiting and sourcing, and our Master Dean da Costa knows ‘em all. You’re connected all day – mail, news, random pockets… Read more

About to Hire an Outside Recruiting Firm? Here’s How to Ace Your RFP (Request for Proposal) Your company is growing and there is an urgent need to reduce time-to-hire. A… Read more