In part one we covered people and different talent acquisition structures. In part two, we went into some depth around optimal process and operational … Read more

Rob McIntosh is a talent acquisition leader at Honeywell’s Connected Enterprise business. He is a senior talent executive with 20+ years of global recruiting experience spanning four continents where he has consistently delivered results through building high-performing teams for Fortune 100 companies in senior leadership roles for McKesson, Avanade, Deloitte, and Microsoft.
As a public speaker his articles, presentations, and case studies have been shared and downloaded over 50,000 times. He is one of the early pioneers of corporate sourcing functions and the co-founder of SourceCon. He is the primary content, strategies, tools, and case studies provider for the Human Capital Institute Talent Acquisition Strategist Course & Certification and ERE Media’s Talent Advisor course.
His strategic advice is constantly sought after for use of advanced metrics/analytics to help tell the business story around the value of talent acquisition, and how to scale delivery while improving quality of hire through optimal talent org designs; shared services, CoE, offshore, outsourcing, and hybrid talent acquisition structures.
In part one we covered people and different talent acquisition structures. In part two, we went into some depth around optimal process and operational … Read more
In part one of my article of how would I build a talent acquisition function today, we covered the people (resources) and skills you would use when … Read more
I wrote an article not too long ago called What does an advanced talent acquisition function look like?, and received a fair few calls about it. A lot of … Read more
People, I am sure you have read enough posts about metrics that state “predictive analytics” is the pinnacle of the mountain we must aspire to as a … Read more
I am not talking about posting articles online about your employee brand to attract talent. What I am talking about is, when it comes to the HR and talent … Read more
Dear Mr/s CEO and CHRO, I needed to send you this important note after reading all those McKinsey and Gartner “What are the CEO’s … Read more
The template is downloadable below, but hold on a second you easy-button-answer seekers. I am going to share an ongoing problem related to ATS data and … Read more
I want to give you a blueprint for what I believe based on my experience and research is the best way to structure your interview framework to produce a … Read more
HiIf you missed previous announcements about ERE’s Talent Acquisition Benchmarking, you can read my original article here for what’s innovative about this … Read more
Baseball is trying to understand the value of fielding like it has done for years with batting statistics. Measuring slugging and on-base percentages is … Read more
Like most of my articles, I like to write disclaimers up front. In the spirit of transparency, this is part marketing article, but I also included some … Read more
Over the last decade of my career, I have spoken to and received feedback from hundreds of talent acquisition, HR, and business executives. One theme rings … Read more
I try to not to get all worked up over recruiters being replaced by robots, or recruiting-is-dead click-bait articles, but some of them are just annoying … Read more
People ask me all the time why I got off the corporate TA executive leadership track to join ERE Media. Did they fire you Rob? Did you get bored? Quite … Read more
It’s funny what causes people to write articles. This one is based out of frustration given recent pieces I have read online, plus comments in social media … Read more
For those of you who don’t know me, as chief analyst I get to interact with a lot of people and data for a living. Actually I have been doing exactly that … Read more
I need your help. I need the community’s help. If I had to pick only one article that I wrote that got forwarded, re-posted, and re-tweeted by the … Read more
I’m talking to you, Ms./Mr. Head of Talent Acquisition. You’re killing your own recruiting function! As with most of my articles, here comes the … Read more
The recruiting profession has been on the forefront of people working remotely or virtually for the last decade. This trend is not going to stop anytime … Read more
Over the years I have been asked by talent acquisition and HR leaders for the best scorecard to set expectations and educate executive leadership against … Read more