“Can assessments and a positive candidate experience peacefully coexist?” Gerry Crispin, co-founder of CareerXroads and the TalentBoard, has an answer: … Read more
Technology & Tools
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
Checking-In With Recruiting Chatbots and Their ‘Anti-Ghosting Magic’
I first wrote about chatbots in April 2016, shortly after Facebook had announced that its popular Messenger product would open up to developers. I called … Read more
Recruit Your Super Bowl Lineup
This article is way overdue. To be exact, it is now four years overdue. On February 1, 2015, I was sitting at a hotel lounge in Las Vegas watching the … Read more
Getting Real About AI for Recruiting
AI is the buzzword of moment, and perhaps the buzzword of the decade. Research firm Gartner considers AI among the top technology trends for 2019. Billions … Read more
Hire Smarter … Based on the Way That a Candidate Solves Problems
The Most Effective Problem Solvers Are Intellectually Curious and Consultative Once you realize that most of the work done by professional-level employees … Read more
A Hidden Source of Talent: Reducing Recruiting Waste
If one cannot increase the supply of a resource, one must increase its yield. — Peter Drucker. I have yet to learn about a recruiting process that … 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
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
Cybersecurity Essentials for Recruiters
According to a recent report by Juniper, cybercriminals will steal around 33 billion records from companies in 2023. For the recruitment industry, this … Read more
What You’ll Recruit for in 2022
The World Economic Forum has just released its annual Future of Jobs Report. Among the findings: New, emerging jobs will increase their share of all jobs … Read more
5 Key Metrics for Your Talent Pipeline
Many talent-acquisition teams are starting to proactively nurture pools of candidates into pipelines or talent communities. When a new req comes in, a … 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
Fixing the Talent Shortage: Drop the College Degree Requirement
After serving their country and gaining valuable experience in the process, many of our nation’s veterans still struggle to find jobs when they return … Read more
No-Cost People Search Engine Findera Launches
Meet Findera, a people search engine that officially launched in October 2018, offering a free recruiting solution for employers to find talent on a global … Read more
Fixing Bias in AI
It was reported recently that Amazon shut down an AI-powered recruitment system because it discriminated against women. The system was designed to look at … Read more
Uncommon Adds Automated Sourcing to Its Programmatic Job Advertising Solution
Active candidates just aren’t enough these days. Not with the unemployment rate under 4 percent anyway. For Palo Alto-based Uncommon, this meant the … Read more
5 Takeaways from iCIMS Analyst Day
Analyst days are pretty common in almost any industry, and employment is no different. Basically, a company brings in influencers for a glimpse into the … Read more
LinkedIn Builds ATS and Launches New Diversity Insights
LinkedIn knows how to put on a show, and this year it didn’t disappoint at its annual Talent Connect Conference in Anaheim, California. The headliner … Read more
Meet the Robot Recruiters
Recent innovations in recruitment technology include chatbots that are being used for interview scheduling and screening. Today these are text-based … Read more