Talent Acquisition

You hear it from job candidates all the time: Why won’t Recruiter X respond to me? How do I deal with an unresponsive recruiter? Not all recruiters are like this,… Read more

If there is one thing we can be sure of it’s this: Combine a persistent shortage of skilled talent, a 2.7 percent Veteran unemployment rate, and a surge of organized… Read more

Here’s something that just about everyone in talent acquisition really wants to know: What is it that causes some good people to leave a job, and in turn, what makes… Read more

We’ve all been witness to the bidding frenzy by cities wanting to become Amazon’s second home. Lured by the promise to hire 50,000 workers with salaries at $100,000 annually, and… Read more

Twenty years ago, I worked in the staffing industry. Thirteen years ago, I worked in recruitment. Seven years ago, my career took a turn into Talent Acquisition, also known as… Read more

Recently I’ve heard more and more of my fellow Talent Acquisition experts refer to something called “Talent on Demand.” At first, it sounded like another buzzword to me, or some… Read more

Today, companies in most industries are striving to reinvent themselves and become digital organizations. This has become a necessary move for staying relevant. But what many HR leaders don’t quite… Read more

Internal recruitment — essentially, promoting, advancing, and hiring from within — seems like a pretty fraught concept at a lot of companies. The big thing here is FOMO, or fear… Read more

The 2017 hurricane season doesn’t end until November 30, and yet, without even accounting for Hurricane Maria, we are already facing an economic impact estimated at $290 billion dollars from… Read more

Over the past 30 years, businesses have spent billions on talent assessments. Many of these are now being used to understand job candidates. Increasingly, businesses are asking how (or if)… Read more

“There’s a shortage of talent.” That viewpoint is constantly popping up in the news. From the Internet to print media, the message is everywhere these days, because many companies are… Read more

Let’s just get right down to it; everyone wants the best bang for their buck. Work hard, get paid. Sure it’s cliche but how many times have you heard someone… Read more

I think it’s safe to say that most organizations have at least a rough resemblance of a referral program, and if you don’t, it’s time to cross that bridge. But… Read more

No one got into recruiting or human resources to spend their time wading through new technology. And yet here you are, awash in apps, tools, startups and tech that you… Read more

William Tincup posed this question recently on Facebook: “Why don’t we talk about ‘Recruiting Operations’ as a critical role within all recruiting teams?” It got a huge response, with most… Read more