Skills

This part of the communication equation doesn’t get enough credit for what it can reveal Are your job interviews structured toward what people have to say, or how they, well, listen?… Read more

  LinkedIn Report Shows How Valuable Soft Skills Really Are Spoiler alert: The workplace, and most importantly, the way people work, has changed drastically over the past decade. As recruiters,… Read more

A list: The hiring manager probably doesn’t respect the recruiter inherently, because the recruiter is probably based in HR — that’s a department that does not face revenue — and… Read more

Are you finding it difficult to find the right candidates to fill Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) related positions? You’re most certainly not alone. According to the National Association of… Read more

You may already be aware that employers from across the globe face the worst talent shortage in the 10 years since the Great Recession. However, it may come as a… Read more

Little screenshot from an article my friend sent me: Read the end part. I’ve written before about the skills gap — I think it’s largely a joke. It’s usually the result… 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

It’s nearly impossible to find the number of quality engineering candidates that you need by relying on old-fashioned recruiting tactics. Hopefully we all realize that by now. The next wave… Read more

This article was co-authored with Abhijit Bhaduri. There are many good reasons for predicting human performance at work. The vital few are truly different: First, at any level and in any… Read more

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” — Dilbert creator Scott Adams Dear Recruiter, You’ve spent years in therapy attempting to identify yourself, yet… Read more

    It’s a term I hear a lot even if it isn’t always clear what it means, so don’t feel bad if you’re also a little fuzzy on the definition… Read more

Of all the buzz words and phrases in the workplace, it’s the one that seems to give both workers and managers the greatest amount of angst. You know what I’m… Read more

As harsh as it may sound, resumes are nothing more than words on paper. They all look more or less the same. Some candidates try to stand out by using… Read more

Back To Basics With all the technology available in talent acquisition these days, it’s easy to overlook the human element of recruiting processes. Sometimes we need to go back to… Read more

First things, first; before I get into another recruiting rant, I want to go on record and own the fact that I am, in fact, really old (something only old… Read more