Trump had planned for Americans to go to bed on Nov. 3 celebrating — or resigned to — his re-election. The maps they saw on TV should be bathed in red. But … Read more
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As if the multi-year boom and low unemployment in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (where ERE’ll be this fall) eren’t enough, … Read more
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The Competitive Hiring Advantages of Small Businesses
Small business hiring can offer serious competitive advantages – if you know how to leverage them. You have tons of perks to offer that candidates won’t … Read more
LinkedIn Targets SMBs With ‘Help Wanted’ Sign Download Option
Historically, the LinkedIn brand is not one small businesses think of when it comes to hiring the likes of cooks, dry cleaners, and janitorial staff. … Read more
Podcast: Evaluating Your Team to Get the Right People in the Right Seats
In the podcast below, I talk to Katie Weber, CEO of KMW Recruitment, about the importance of workforce planning and the impact that planning alone has on … Read more
Podcast: How to Keep Pre-hire Assessments From Wrecking the Candidate Experience
“Can assessments and a positive candidate experience peacefully coexist?” Gerry Crispin, co-founder of CareerXroads and the TalentBoard, has an answer: … Read more
Overcoming Resistance to Faster Hiring
People often resist change, especially when you try to change a longstanding way of doing something. This is certainly true in recruiting and hiring. … Read more
Total Wine Wants Job Candidates to Know It’s Not Your Typical Liquor Store
Total Wine’s reach now spans 193 stores in 23 states, as well as online sales in 14 states. The chain’s stores can be as large as 50,000 square … Read more
Podcast for Talent Leaders: Sue Ceglinski, Director of Talent Acquisition for U.S. Pharmacopeia
Imagine this: you are at a local restaurant having lunch. You strike up a conversation with your very capable server and are so impressed with her attitude … Read more
A Candidate Like No Other
In most workplaces. It’s still one size fits all in policies, processes, and tools. We no longer live in a data-poor world, but we continue to use … Read more
Who Makes a Great Recruiter
As the skills shortage persists, so does the demand for recruiters. The increased demand has put a further strain on an already over-tapped pool of … Read more
Help Employees Embrace the Role of Employment-brand Advocate
“Employees’ social posts generate eight times more engagement than posts from their employer,” reports Dr. Christine Bailey of Cisco. Let that soak in for … Read more
The Top 5 No-cost Sourcing Approaches — And Each Is Guaranteed to Work
Despite all the technological advances in recruiting, most hiring managers are surprised to learn that the best way to find and hire top candidates still … Read more
Could We Hire 2 Personalities for the Price of 1?
I’ve been doing a lot of research into modern assessment tools, including everything from games to even DNA assessments. Two types of assessments I … Read more
Checking-In With Recruiting Chatbots and Their ‘Anti-Ghosting Magic’
I first wrote about chatbots in April 2016, shortly after Facebook had announced that its popular Messenger product would open up to developers. I called … Read more
What Recruiting Will Look Like in 2029
We all know that recruiting will not look like it does now in 10 years. But what will it be like? Which skills will be useful, and which ones will be … Read more
3 Recruiting Terms I Could Do Without
I’m not a young person anymore, but please forgive me for referencing the incredible comedienne Joan Rivers, when I ask “Can we talk?” I have worked in TA … Read more
7 Avoidable Recruiting Mistakes
A baking mishap reminded me of a common mistake in recruiting. The baker, my cousin, decided to take some liberties with a bread recipe. Instead of … Read more
The Brexit Debacle: What it Means for Talent
Brexit is coming. On March 29, 2019, two years after the referendum to leave the European Union, the UK is scheduled to formally leave. The date may yet be … Read more