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Brand is one of those business concepts that is difficult to define, much less measure. Employer brand is no different. Even knowing what to measure remains something of a mystery: should… Read more

A Google product manager filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court yesterday, alleging the company’s strict internal confidentiality policies represent a breach of California labor laws. The lawsuit alleges that… Read more

Sourcing is one of those skill sets that you continue to use even after you leave recruiting—and just as relevant if your new job, like mine, involves generating marketing-qualified leads…. Read more

Music has always played one of the most formative elements of our own personal stories.  There are certain songs, or artists, or albums that inevitably transport us back immediately to a certain… Read more

You forget that somehow, life can pass you by if you let it. And even though this business has become my life, it’s still hard for me to take a… Read more

For all the talk of “reinvention” in recruiting, for all the products promising to “disrupt” hiring, and for all the banal banter about fixing what’s “broken” in talent acquisition today, the… Read more

I’ll admit that I joined Twitter somewhat reluctantly; unlike, say, Facebook, which is instantly intuitive and almost universally acceptable, Twitter seemed, in the halcyon days of social media, something akin… Read more

It sounds fairly obvious, but as much as we talk about company culture, we forget that regardless of industry and no matter what size their workforce may be, this construct… Read more

 “One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.” – Chris Van Hollen OK, I’ll admit it: I’m addicted to my DVR. It’s not so… Read more

Fun fact about Katrina you probably didn’t know: I was the president of my college sorority. Yeah, I know, if you know me today, you’re thinking, “yeah, right,” if for no… Read more

I did it. I survived my first major speaking gig (surely my “graduation” speech from vocational school doesn’t count) and apparently, I did more than OK. You see, the good… Read more

Company culture has become something of a buzzword in business today, but as a CEO, I truly believe that in my organization, at least, not only does hiring for culture… Read more

As the graduates of 2016 are launched into the world of work, this annual rite of passage will most certainly be underscored by yet another yearly tradition: that volley of… Read more

Your job descriptions, as you likely already know, are all but worthless. They are poorly-written technical specs built by lawyers who don’t know much about the job in the first… Read more

“Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.”  ― Emma Goldman We all have stories. And if you’ve been reading this blog at all,… Read more