Talent Acquisition

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Remind you of your budgeting process? Most Talent Acquisition (TA) teams have long suffered the consequences… Read more

Candidates spend countless hours worrying about their resumes. Second-guessing, improving and tweaking anything they can to improve their chances and impress recruiters/hiring managers. When recruiters are scanning resumes, they know… Read more

With a growing list of responsibilities and a dynamic hiring environment, the role of the recruiter is perhaps one of the fastest-changing roles in the business world. What are some… Read more

The GDPR deadline looms large, but many recruitment organizations are far from ready. The new directive brings about numerous changes and all organizations handling personal data of EU citizens have… Read more

If you’ve never heard of ‘people analytics,’ essentially it’s a concept that takes Big Data and applies it to HR and management. Since I often write about Big Data, HR,… Read more

Building a long-term image in the minds of passive candidates Employer Branding (EB) is a key component of any integrated talent acquisition strategy; it is both a long-term strategic solution… Read more

Earlier this month, we got together for one of our HRTX unconference events in downtown Dallas. It was actually among the best-attended ever, so that’s fun — and hey, if… Read more

When headhunting firms consider expanding their services beyond traditional executive search and selection, collaboration becomes key to their success. Most executive search firms maintain a central database to help them… Read more

One of the more interesting things we heard at our event HRTX (HRTech Experience) Dallas came from the track on college recruiting.  It was interesting in part because it ostensibly… Read more

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

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

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

During my Talent Acquisition career, I have seen how recruitment has undergone transformative change over the years, from a time when recruiting was driven by print advertisements in the late… Read more

I remember a session at a SHRM national conference more years ago then I’d like to remember – so long ago, in fact, I actually went to a session on… Read more

The “F” word is a very powerful word but let me just make sure we are talking about the same F word (Insert cheeky smile here). The “F” word I… Read more