Recruiting

23% of startups fail because of an inadequate team A recent study published by CB Insight indicates several common reasons that startups fail. The first and second are not surprising:… Read more

Candidate recruitment has undergone enormous changes in the past decade, driven largely by a shift toward Internet-based recruitment strategies. Most of these changes are positive, resulting in a more dynamic… Read more

Artificial Intelligence, robotics process automation (RPA) and machine learning are changing the face of HR bringing cognitive technologies that will transform the candidate experience and leverage talent acquisition efficiency and… Read more

Workers of all ages bring value to an organization. Regardless of your own current age, you too were once a job-searching 20-something, and may very well be a 60-something hoping to remain employed and/or looking for a new role.

Send Daily Emails, Earn with Every Click Running a website is a lot of work, especially in the competitive online job and recruiting space. That’s why thousands of website owners… Read more

Here’s something I always try to keep in mind as an HR professional: Hiring is a shared company responsibility — aka, a delicate dance —  and it works best when… Read more

There’s a lot of stuff out there about how to recruit better, but sometimes you just want a few actions you can sit down at your laptop and just, well,… Read more

We’ve had two #HRTX events this year — one at Brazen’s offices in Arlington, VA and one in Dallas, TX sponsored by the good people at Monster — and look,… Read more

Which States are Passing Which Laws? Recreational marijuana laws continue to light up the United States. However, employers, recruiters and candidates often have employment questions concerning incongruent local laws compared… Read more

Did you know that 72 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot? You may not have heard that stat before but you probably have heard of the… Read more

Have you ever been to a wedding and sat there thinking to yourself, “I give this marriage six months at most. What a shame they’ve spent all this money on… Read more

In the last decade or so, we’ve had a lot more research and thought leadership emerge around topics like employer branding, internal culture, candidate experience, and the like. “Brand” isn’t… Read more

Whether it takes 7 seconds or 17 minutes to make a first impression, people always seem astonished at what idiosyncrasy causes the gut reaction. Recruiters know this: That reaction may… Read more

Labor market discrimination is rampant. Every research that’s done, at least here in the Netherlands where I live, tells the same story. And even though the Netherlands is very egalitarian,… Read more

The labor market is as tight as ever since the Great Recession began back in 2007. Unemployment is at a record low 4.1 percent; Highly skilled workers are in short… Read more