Raghav Singh

Raghav Singh is the co-founder and chief product officer at eVolv, a Bay Area startup building products to support employee engagement and increase productivity. He has held leadership positions at several major technology vendors including Salesforce, Oracle, Korn Ferry Digital, and IBM. Raghav's career has included work as a consultant on enterprise HR systems and as a recruiting and HRIT leader at several Fortune 500 companies. Opinions expressed here are his own.

Time to Hit Pause on Video Resumes

Raghav SinghFebruary 13, 2007

I recently became aware of a recruiting innovation: the online video resume. The first site offering these is RecruiTV. Video resumes have been around for … Read more

Measure What Matters

Raghav SinghNovember 1, 2006

I just returned from the first of many HR conferences to come this season. At some, one of the main events are panel discussions featuring industry … Read more

“A” Players Unwelcome

Raghav SinghAugust 29, 2006

Recently I attended a meeting of HR executives at the leadership development center of a big company based in Minneapolis. The subject of the meeting was … Read more

Are We Getting Any Smarter?

Raghav SinghAugust 24, 2006

In the last few weeks I’ve been contacted by a number of people looking to hire recruiters, and apparently having little luck. I’m also seeing … Read more

The Emperor’s New Metrics, Part 2

Raghav SinghSeptember 8, 2005

The previous article in this series described how staffing metrics in general óand quality in particular ó are being poorly implemented at … Read more

The Emperor’s New Metrics

Raghav SinghAugust 30, 2005

Ptolmey (150 A.D.) used to teach his students that the sun went around the earth. After all, what could be more obvious? This seems to the prevailing … Read more

Job Boards: The More Things Change…

Raghav SinghFebruary 15, 2005

Job boards are ten years old this year. Boards are today considered an integral part of the recruiting process, so much so that many recruiters take it for … Read more

The ATS Industry: The Shape of Things to Come

Raghav SinghSeptember 16, 2004

The last six months have seen an influx of new entrants to the ATS arena. These include two ad agencies, an assessment vendor, and a background checking … Read more

Building a Better ATS: Buyers vs. Users

Raghav SinghJuly 13, 2004

Few people nowadays would disagree that recruiting is a business-critical function. Accepting that maxim would naturally lead to the conclusion that the … Read more

Building a Better ATS, Part 4: Vendor Differentiation

Raghav SinghMay 18, 2004

Applicant tracking systems have, since their inception, followed a one-size-fits-all model. Originally this was a sensible strategy, since the market was … Read more