Like so many displaced talent acquisition professionals today, I’ve been navigating the job market for a new position. The experience has caused me to … Read more
Let’s Stop Pretending That All Jobs Are Equally Valuable
Does your organization have a one-size-fits-all orientation toward recruiting? Or does it recruit based on an intentionally built recruiting strategy that … Read more
Labor Market: Women and Minorities Hit Hardest By COVID-19 Unemployment
Editor’s note: You are reading the first article by Raghav Singh as ERE’s new labor market columnist (though this is not his first contribution … Read more
ERE’s New Labor Market Columnist, Raghav Singh, Talks Economy, Jobs, and Recruiting
On a scale of 1 to 10, how screwed is our economy? I asked this question of Raghav Singh. His answer was depressing, but a bit hopeful too. There’s … Read more
Why Don’t We Treat Interviews As Real Data?
We all know what interviews are. A candidate speaks with a recruiter, and then notes are passed on to the hiring manager or the team or both (provided the … Read more
Power Dynamics Shift Between Recruiters and Candidates
It was merely months ago that we couldn’t find enough good people for our open jobs. Although there was unease about the economy even before the pandemic, … Read more
Stop Staffing Your Organization With Stepford Hires
COVID-19 has pushed U.S. unemployment to its highest levels since the Great Depression. In April, 20.5 million people lost their jobs, putting the latest … Read more
The Legal Lounge: A Recruiter’s Responsibility to End Hiring Discrimination
Termination discrimination claims are devastatingly hard to prove. Even if you have the facts on your side, your entire personal life is likely to be on … Read more
“I Googled a Candidate. Here’s Why.”
Google. A website, turned verb. The way we learn just about everything now (just Google it). A giant time-waster. Yet also, a treasure trove of … Read more
Recruiting in the Age of Political Activism
You have just made a six-figure offer to a star recruit for a key VP position. Later in the day, you see him in the background at a white-nationalist … Read more