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
Kevin Wheeler is a globally known speaker, author, futurist, and consultant in talent management, human capital acquisition and learning & development. He has founded a number of organizations including the Future of Talent Institute, Global Learning Resources, Inc. and the Australasian Talent Conference, Ltd. He hosts Future of Talent Retreats in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. He writes frequently on LinkedIn, is a columnist for ERE.net, keynotes, and speaks at conferences and events globally, and advises firms on talent strategy. He has authored two books and hundreds of articles and white papers. He has a new book on recruiting that will be out in late summer of 2016. Prior to his current work, he had a 20+year corporate career in several San Francisco area tech and financial service firms. He has also been on the faculty of San Francisco State University and the University of San Francisco. He can be reached at kwheeler@futureoftalent.org.
6 Recruitment Trends for 2019
Now almost 20 years into the new century, we are seeing the results of an era built on technology from mobile phones to machine learning. We have many … Read more
Rethinking Who We Hire and How AI Can Help
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural-language processing have changed work and, along with it, the focus of recruiting. Over the past 20 … Read more
Recruitment Technology Is Less Important Than These Six Skills
All I see lately are recruitment conferences focused almost entirely on technology. It seems as if other things — the really important skills that … Read more
6 Ways to Challenge and Influence Hiring Managers
If you ask a recruiter who their primary customer is, they will most likely tell you that it is the hiring manager. Indeed, they are core to any … Read more
Predictive Analytics, Bias, and Interviewing
For centuries people have been captivated by the idea of predicting the future (and I’ll be offering my own predictions on the stage in a few days). … Read more
The Hype of Candidate Engagement and Candidate Experience
It seems that 2016 was the year when recruiters fixated on improving candidate engagement and the candidate experience. There were hundreds of articles and … Read more
The Crazy, Topsy-Turvy Emerging 2017 — 4 Emerging Trends
This promises to be one of those years we will all remember. From politics to economics, from hard-to-find talent to algorithms and predictive analytics, … Read more
What the #$##@ Is Human-centered Design and Why Should Anyone in Recruiting Care?
Jill inherited a recruiting function in a large company with operations in numerous locations across the world, although her primary concern was for the … Read more
7 Ways We Created the Current Talent Shortage
Just about every consulting firm, CEO, hiring manager, and recruiter believes there is a significant shortage of qualified people for existing and emerging … Read more
Candidate Engagement — Is That What You Really Want?
Albert Einstein said, “Nothing happens until something moves.” Recruiting operates under a similar rule: nothing happens until someone does … Read more
Be Cautious — 8 Lessons for Sound Talent Analytics
Data gathering and analysis are touted as the solution to many talent acquisition issues. Talent functions have added a statistician, data scientist, or at … Read more
Recruitment is Marketing: 3 Changes You Need to Make
Once upon a time we sold products much as we “sell” jobs and organizations today. At the turn of the 20th century, merchants waited for a potential buyer … Read more
Moving from Transactions to Engagement — 4 Recruiting Trends
Recruiting is finally moving away from transactional thinking and beginning to understand how to better connect and engage with relevant candidates. We are … Read more
Why MOOCs Might Revolutionize Your Recruiting Methods
While recruiters continue to gain skills in search techniques, candidates are elusive and wary of getting unsolicited emails, InMails, and efforts to get … Read more
4 Reasons for Recruiting Leaders to Go to the ERE Conference in San Diego
Are you going to the ERE Recruiting Conference & Expo this year in San Diego? If not, maybe you should consider it. I have been to almost every … Read more
Why Your Recruiting Needs to Go Mobile and How to Do It
If I were looking for a job and searched one at for your company on my mobile phone, what would I find? If you are like most firms, I will find a site … Read more
Never Look a Candidate in the Eye
How much recruiting can be done virtually rather than face-to-face? Video interviewing, online simulations, talent communities, and the use of tools such … Read more
Three Cool Products — Clear Company, Findly, and Wanted — Found at the HR Technology Conference, Las Vegas
Even though more than two weeks have passed since the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas ended, it seems that the positive vibes from the event … Read more
No, We Actually Don’t Have a Shortage of Technical Talent
There have been ongoing debates for a decade or more over whether or not there is a talent shortage. If there were a real talent shortage we would have … Read more