“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
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
‘Corporate Skill Pivots’ May Signal the End of the Permanent Employees
Forget the job threats created by the march of the robots, because the new skill sets required by radical new technologies are much more likely to cause … Read more
The Future of Recruiting Will Combine Hiring Machines With Psychology
When it comes to AI-based hiring assessment tools, we are presently at the bottom of the Technology Adoption Curve staring upward. Those brave enough to be … Read more
Improve Talent Performance by Adding Prescriptive Actions to Your Metrics
This “think piece” is designed to stimulate your thinking about a major omission from your talent metrics. Can you imagine the frustration that a manager … Read more
Hire for the Company, Not for a Manager
Hiring by committee is a critical decision that you must make in the early days of the company, or must instate if it’s not present. No single individual, … Read more
Instead of Complaining About a Talent Shortage, Let’s Expand the Definition of Talent
Recruiting today misses talented people who may not directly fit the job description, or model of the “ideal hire.” Traditional hiring practices … Read more
Recruiting Candidates Who Put Money First May Result in Early Turnover
Do you work in an organization where increasing an employee’s pay for retention purposes isn’t a realistic option? Whenever you hire someone who is driven … Read more
3 Fears About Assessments and How to Get Over Your Fright
In the eyes of many in talent acquisition, there seems to be a perception that talent assessment presents the following obstacles: Candidate experience … Read more
Eyes Are the Window to Your Character
I’m a big fan of all kind of new forms of assessments. I see the value in not selecting based on a resume. A resume just tells me what you’ve … Read more
Why Do People Switch Jobs? It’s Mostly the Same No Matter How Much They Make
Here’s the big takeaway from this latest bit of candidate data from Ladders, the career site for six-figure jobs: When it comes to pay, perks, and … Read more
3 Questions to Evaluate a Candidate’s Emotional Intelligence
When looking to fill an open position, a lot of factors go into the screening process for the perfect candidate. You want someone who has relevant … 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
The Truth About Game-based Talent Assessments
Games are fun, assessments are not. This is all you need to know to understand the strong interest in injecting games into the hiring process. But are … Read more
How to Tell if a Job Candidate’s Ability Matches Their Resume
It’s always exciting when you receive a resume from a job candidate who seems like a great fit. It’s even more exciting when the candidate nails the … Read more
Following Glassdoor Acquisition, Indeed Embraces Employer Branding With New Report
When Glassdoor got gobbled up by Indeed’s parent company last week, I speculated that the two would eventually become one. If not one brand, I … Read more
HireVue, Indeed Unveil Pre-Hire Assessment Solutions Born Out of Acquisitions
One did it with a new acquisition. MindX, a game-based assessments company based in London, has been acquired by HireVue, best known as one of the … 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
Let’s Change the Whole Definition of a Full-lifecycle Recruiter
“Full-lifecycle recruiter” is a misnomer, inferring a finite lifecycle limited to talent identification through the new hire onboarding process. Let me … Read more