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I recently participated, as the Recruiting representative, on some Skype interviews of candidates for human resource positions for a large power utility company. The candidates on the screen that day… Read more

The 2017 news cycle was exceptional: Tenuous geopolitical situations. Shifting trade policies. Natural disasters. De-regulation and tax reform. As we begin 2018, I predict that most HR and Talent Acquisition… Read more

I know this from personal experience: All the hard work recruiters do to land great talent can get washed away if the new employee has a bad onboarding experience when… Read more

I’m old enough to remember when reasonable and educated people complained about making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. That’s right. I have early childhood memories of the… Read more

The results of a newly released national survey showed that registered nurses have a lot to say about health care leadership issues, most notably that more nurses are needed in… Read more

There are two concepts we can somewhat conclusively believe to begin this argument: There are some people who believe San Francisco will someday become what Detroit has become (and is… Read more

Here’s a question for every recruiter and Talent Acquisition professional: Do you ever step back and consider what prejudices and bias you bring to your job as a hiring professional?… Read more

A New Year brings new recruitment and employment surveys, and the first one of the year brings information that you probably won’t be all that surprised by. According to CareerBuilder’s… Read more

The growing trend of text recruiting took another big step this week. TextRecruit, which describes itself as “a candidate engagement platform that uses text message, live chat, and artificial intelligence… Read more

Start your new year with a new strategy: Build and implement a diverse talent pool for your company. Whether you use social media or traditional sourcing pipelines to do it… Read more

The age of the gold watch is dead. The relationship between employers and employees has dramatically changed. It used to be that we went to work for a company, stayed… Read more

Over the years of reading countless LinkedIn posts, which normally make no sense, there are always a few that group together and stand out. The group usually starts with a… Read more

Recruitment isn’t the same creature it used to be. Before dotcom grew up, recruiters operated on a different set of rules, with closed doors and gate-keeping that frustrated the most… Read more

It’s that time of year again when we dust off our crystal ball and try to gaze into the future of recruiting. So after making my standard resolution to lose… Read more

Here’s a New Year’s wish for recruiters and talent acquisition professionals everywhere: Do whatever you can to stay away from bad advice that doesn’t help you be better in 2018…. Read more