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
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
Happy New Year to Recruiters, Now Prepare for the Downturn
If you work in recruiting and you are not personally worried about an upcoming downturn, realize that many others are thinking about it. For example, … Read more
Hiretual Adds Market Insights and Candidate Personas to Its Candidate Sourcing Tool
Google might disagree, but LinkedIn is the gold standard when it comes to people data. There are a lot of sourcing tools that beat their chest about the … Read more
A Smart and Simple Way to Share Culture
We’re all looking for free, simple ways to share our culture with prospective talent. Toast has found a unique way to build its employer brand: … Read more
A Culture of True Transparency Has Helped This Company Soar
I talk to and meet many companies on a daily basis. Each and every company is a special snowflake … or so they think. Your product or service might be … Read more
How Commuting Is Affecting Your Recruitment Strategy, and What You Can Do About It
Commuting is changing rapidly. New U.S. Census data tells us that the number of “super commuters”– those who travel 90 minutes or more to their … Read more
Indeed.com Survey Reveals Top 10 Workplaces for Millennials, What They Want
Millennials. They’re a big deal. Maybe you’ve heard. Shear numbers alone mean we can’t ignore them. In fact, more than one in three … Read more
Talent-acquisition Departments: Stop Doing Stuff That Doesn’t Matter
The recruiting industry in general likes to poke fun at how corporate talent acquisition departments across the board struggle to do actual recruiting. … Read more
Glassdoor Survey: Culture May Be the Secret Sauce That Makes Candidates Move for a Job
I know this from personal experience: It’s never an easy decision to pick up and move somewhere for a job. But as a new research study from Glassdoor … Read more
Viva Las Vegas: Caesars Entertainment No Longer Screening for Marijuana Use
You probably knew this day would come: Companies across America are quietly dropping marijuana from the drug tests they give to prospective employees. The … Read more
Job Seeker Nation Report: 82% of Workers Seeking New Opportunities
If there’s one thing that jumps out from Jobvite’s 2018 Job Seeker Nation Study, it’s this: they hit you immediately with the huge … Read more
Implementing Innovations Requires a “Future-Acting” Workforce
If your firm competes against serial innovation and top-market-cap firms like Amazon, Apple, and Google, you already know that you must match their “speed … Read more
WrkRiot CEO Faces 20 Years in Prison for Fraud, Royally Screwing Over Employees
Life can be chaotic at a startup. You never know how long the company can milk its investment cash, and being acquired is a luxury most never experience. … Read more
‘We Hire Not Just for Skills, But for Culture’
“We’re not just looking for technical skills. We want people who fit.” That’s a familiar refrain. But what does it mean to fit? I … Read more
Timing Is Everything — Initiate a December Recruiting Push When Competition Is Low
Timing is always critical in recruiting, and sometimes the best way to land top talent is to wait until the major corporate competition is not active. Data … Read more
How to Make Baby Boomers Your Secret Weapon in the War for Talent
The skills needed for tomorrow’s workforce are changing more rapidly than university curricula can teach them. Some even doubt that the university system … Read more
Employment Contracts Behaving Badly: ‘We’re Not Harvey Weinstein!’
Unless media is talking about Russians, natural disasters, or Donald Trump, gender issues seem to be at the forefront of every news story these days. Uber … Read more
Building an Advanced Talent Acquisition Function Today: Process and Optimal Operations (Part 2 of 3)
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
The Latest on Kimberly-Clark’s Quest for ‘Original Thinkers’
Remember the hunt for “original thinkers” from Kimberly-Clark, from a year ago? Part of an effort to make its workforce more innovative and … Read more