For the most part, the HR and recruiting industry has historically treated our work as strictly confidential. Outside of conferences or between individual … Read more
Instead of Backfilling Jobs, Do These 3 Things
One of the most difficult tasks of a leader is to maintain a team of A players. Steve Jobs once famously said, “A players hire A players and B players hire … Read more
Lies, Deception and Gut Feelings … No Wonder Hiring Fails Half the Time
The Top 7 Reasons Why Your Process Continuously Produces Hiring Failures Unexplainably, few in corporate recruiting attempt to measure the failure rate of … Read more
Sourcing — Measuring What Works
Unless you’ve been practicing your best Rip Van Winkle impression for the last few years, it’s impossible not to have noticed companies adding talent … Read more
Opposition Research Provides a Competitive Advantage in Recruiting and Retention
The centuries old adage “knowledge is power” is still true today. And anyone who has ever fought an intense battle in the military, in politics, or over … Read more
What Hypergrowth Environments and the Gig Economy Can Teach Us in Talent Acquisition
In a world where the HR function delves into “break-a-thons” and innovation doesn’t hold the competitive advantage it once did, it can get harder for … Read more
How Talent Acquisition Leaders Can Be Super Valuable
Being invaluable means that you offer something unique and valuable that no one else in your circle does. I have been blessed; this was very easy for me to … Read more
Memo to Recruiters: Don’t Want To Be Replaced By A Robot? Stop Recruiting Like One
Like you I have seen the many articles the past months with statistics that say that X percent of the workforce is one day going to be replaced by a robot. … Read more
Talent Advisors and Exceptional Hiring Managers
Over the last decade of my career, I have spoken to and received feedback from hundreds of talent acquisition, HR, and business executives. One theme rings … Read more
Hiring Managers Think Recruiters Are Getting Worse – Here’s What To Do About It
The topic of my talk at the ERE conference in New Orleans this fall is “Using Data to Drive a Consultative, Proactive Talent-Acquisition Function.” … Read more