“Can assessments and a positive candidate experience peacefully coexist?” Gerry Crispin, co-founder of CareerXroads and the TalentBoard, has an answer: … 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
Why Structured Interviews Are the Best Way to Hire
Have you ever asked different people how the same movie was and received different reactions and emotions? The conversation could flow like this: Will: How … Read more
A Look at Job-candidate Expectations Shows Europe Is No Monolith
Thanks to a growing talent shortage in their local labor markets, international recruitment is becoming an interesting option for many companies in Europe. … Read more
5 Empathetic Ways to Calm Job Seekers’ Fears
The record-low unemployment rate hasn’t made job seekers feel more in control of their careers. Instead, it has brought deeply-rooted fears to the surface, … Read more
Where Have All the Great Recruiters Gone?
Today’s tough labor market is putting recruiters to the test. While some of them are certainly rising to the occasion, a far greater number aren’t faring … Read more
New Report Shows How Terrible the Fortune 500 Does With Job Seekers and the Candidate Experience
Here’s a pretty stunning statistic that tells you all you need to know about the state of candidate experience today. It’s this: Only 2 percent … Read more
What Do Job Candidates Want Most? Glassdoor Has the Answer and It’s Pretty Simple
What do candidates want most? It’s actually pretty simple, as Glassdoor’s latest survey of job seekers found. Yet, simple or not, it’s … Read more
Like With Dating and Shopping, Job Seekers Are Being Deluged With Choices
Consumers can get overwhelmed with choices, whether it’s on a dating app or a toothpaste aisle. And, so can job seekers, especially with more of … Read more
The Darkside of a Candidate-driven Market: Ghosting, Catfishing, and No-shows
The terms “ghosting,” “catfishing,” and “no show” are mostly used in the dating world. However, these types of behaviors have become typical in … Read more
What Your Candidate Rejection Process Says About Your Culture
We recently hired a new intern class for the summer. Every year, I’m reminded how much rejecting finalist intern candidates stinks, mostly because college … Read more
Candidate Experience vs. Candidate Quality? Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
When it comes to hiring in 2018, candidate experience is driving the bus. Failure to provide a good candidate experience can spell disaster for your hiring … Read more
Slow Hiring Is Damaging Your Firm and Here Are 20 Reasons Why
Few realize that increasing your hiring speed often has the second-largest impact on hiring results (after referral hires). Most track time to fill, but … Read more
5 Traits of a Productive Recruiter
Recruiting is tougher than ever. Busy recruiters never seem to have enough time or qualified candidates at their disposal. So how are successful recruiters … Read more
The 7-Stage Framework for Developing an Award-Winning Candidate Experience
Candidates are indeed our customers, as found by Virgin Media when it realized that 18 percent of its rejected candidates were also customers, and costs … Read more
10 Candidate Experience Tips That Will Increase Offer Acceptance Ratios
While the surplus of available opportunities may be a major advantage for passive candidates with professional backgrounds in high demand, it is painful … Read more
Does Your CEO Know You’re Rejecting Tens of Thousands Who Like Your Firm?
Any firm in the Fortune 200 is likely rejecting half a million applicants each and every year. But unbeknownst to most recruiting leaders, their awkward … Read more
Death of a Recruiter? I Don’t Think So
I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there’ll be nobody home. A sob rises in her throat. We’re free and clear. Sobbing … Read more
4 Simple Ways to Ensure Your Hiring Process Isn’t Turning Away Millennial Jobseekers
The generational divide is more an illusion than anything else. It in many ways comes down to etiquette. As a recruiter or hiring manager, there are … Read more
The Search for The Best Interviewer
I once did a study to measure the commercial impact of poor candidate experience in a large subscription based telco business called Virgin Media. You … Read more