Talent Acquisition

Optimizing Recruiting: Keeping the Pipeline Full Recruiting efforts over time have made a huge leap, from storing applicant leads on diskettes to filling out Excel sheet columns by hand. Building… Read more

Why Direct Sourcing and Talent pools will be the New Normal after COVID-19   “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that, it’s an… Read more

  Life of a Sourcer During a Quarantine As I always say, in recruiting you will face major ups and major downs. You will likely experience a roller coaster of… Read more

Fireside chat with William Tincup & Steve Lucas, CEO of iCIMS   So I’ve known iCIMS for like 170 years. They are a solid firm with wonderful technology and great people behind… Read more

The What, Why and How of Technical Talent Sourcing The unemployment rate for technical talent in the U.S. hit a 20-year low of 1.3 percent in 2019. According to a recent… Read more

Talent Acquisition in Trying Times   The hiring landscape has changed entirely over the last several weeks, going from an extended period of low unemployment to unparalleled levels of job… Read more

How to Ace Candidate Interviews in a Socially Distant World While some companies rarely require onsite interviews due to security concerns, or because they are recruiting for remote positions, most… Read more

  3 Steps to Developing a Successful Retail Hiring Strategy in 2020   With Covid-19 cases growing exponentially in the US, retailers are scrambling to deal with multiple challenges. From… Read more

  Neurodiversity in the Workplace: In Recognition of World Autism Awareness Day  As many around the world remain quarantined, the days continue to tick by. April 2 marks a particularly… Read more

  Things That Irk Job Seekers about the Job Market During a Crisis   I am a long-time talent acquisition professional. I have lived and worked through two recessions, 9/11,… Read more

  Sourcing in a Fearful Market   I want to share with you what it was like as a talent acquisition professional in 2008, during the last recessionary period. I… Read more

Three Ways Recruiters Can Create A Great Hiring Manager Experience While recruiters and hiring managers tend to agree that there aren’t enough great candidates to go around, they don’t always… Read more

TA Professionals: If you’ve lost your job, use SocialTalent’s platform free for 90 days Originally posted on LinkedIn: To all talent acquisition professionals who may have lost their job due… Read more

  What Motown Can Teach Recruiters   Berry Gordy knew how to hire. Even before he launched Motown Records, he made his way around the Detroit music scene as a… Read more

  Talent Acquisition Movers, Shakers, & News Breakers: March 2020, Part 1   Pre-pandemic declaration on March 11, Paychex released a study that found 66 percent of U.S. business owners felt… Read more