Given the upheaval of recent months, it should come as no surprise that job and industry shifts are proliferating. The coronavirus crisis (and associated … Read more
Are Your Interview Questions Alienating Candidates?
Most people would agree that job interviews can be the stuff of nightmares for hopeful candidates who are keen to impress a prospective employer. It’s true … Read more
Best Hire Ever: Recruiting for a Booming Business During COVID With Corey Burns of General RV Center
In Episode 19 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with Corey Burns, director of recruiting and development at General RV Center, about what it’s like … Read more
Recruiter Realness: A Debate About Culture and Recruiting Happened at ERE Digital 2.0. Here’s What You Missed.
ERE Digital 2.0 wrapped last week. It was just the thing I needed to lift me out of what felt like a perpetual state of melancholy, indifference, and … Read more
It Took a Pandemic to Prioritize Soft Skills
For years, talent experts have been urging employers to weigh a candidate’s soft skills over their hard skills when hiring. After all, employees can learn … Read more
Think Like A Developer To Be A Better Tech Recruiter – Alison Daley
Alison Daley is the Founder & CEO of Recruiting Innovation, the online certification platform for technical recruiters. In her talk entitled Think … Read more
SourceCon 2020 Debrief – Katrina Collier asks Is your Sourcing Tone Deaf?
Full Disclosure: Katrina and I are not related. She just calls me the other Collier and talks to me on Instagram sometimes. As you may know, Katrina, put … Read more
7 Old Recruiting Strategies To Ditch
When the pandemic hit, businesses asked their teams to work remotely without having much time to make the changes necessary for such a transition. … Read more
The Failure of Traditional Hiring Metrics
Here is a universal plain and simple truth: What you measure is what you get. But a better statement, from the historian H. Thomas Johnson, is: “Perhaps … Read more
Hiring More Black and Brown Bodies Isn’t Your Golden Ticket to Inclusion and Equity
It was a conversation like so many I’ve had with leaders over the years. The three executives on the line were seasoned, smart, curious, and good-hearted. … Read more