This is the final part of a two-part research-based series that is designed to reveal and describe the four categories of factors that restrict the … Read more
Don’t Listen to the Naysayers — You Do Need Creatives
If you’re not a “creative,” you’ve probably been annoyed by a creative’s lack of organization or follow-through at some point. You may even be reveling in … Read more
What Unsuccessful Recruiters Are Doing Wrong
Most strategic recruiters seek to optimize the three most important factors in talent acquisition — cost, time, and quality. However, that objective … Read more
Revealing the Factors That Restrict the Recruiting of STEM Women (Part 1 of 2)
We are deeply disturbed at the “there’s little we can do” attitude of the leadership at most major tech firms towards increasing the number of STEM (i.e. … Read more
Metrics for STEM Women – a Critical Examination of the High-tech Approach
There has been a great deal of publicity lately surrounding the lack of STEM women at high-tech firms. Unfortunately, we have to give two thumbs down to … Read more
End the Shortage — Recruit STEM Women Who Are Working at Your Competitors
I almost broke out laughing when I came across an article in Fast Company magazine entitled Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers. This title reflects a … Read more
Stop the Excuses — a Frustrated STEM Woman’s Simple Solutions to The Diversity Recruiting Problem
There is a huge issue in the tech world where firms like Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and Facebook are having great difficulty recruiting technically trained … Read more
12 More Critical Issues With Diversity Recruiting Today
Second of two parts Last week (in The 10 Biggest Problems With Diversity Recruiting Today) I highlighted how a weak business case, not being data-driven, … Read more
Diversity Recruiting – What’s Wrong With It? Pretty Much Everything (Part 2 of 2)
In the first part of this series, I highlighted how a weak business case, not being data-driven, failing to segment your recruiting targets, and failing to … Read more
Media Eating Up Religion-of-job-candidates Story
A study published three months ago — March 24, 2014 — is quickly making the rounds in the media and social media. In brief, the paper says that … Read more