Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I hope you are each preparing to spend the holiday with family and loved ones. My hometown is Decatur, Alabama and my family … Read more
Are You Sharing Your Best Advice?
I was fresh out of college and had just started my first recruiting job at a staffing company. There was so much to learn, and the other more tenured … Read more
Digging into Semantics
Sourcers are only but as good as the information they find. So how can semantic searching help retrieve the best information? Very different than Boolean, … Read more
Introducing ATAP: Driving The Future Of The Talent Acquisition Profession
The talent acquisition profession is one that has grown and evolved over the years, mostly by necessity. It has happened without standard education, … Read more
My Pinch-hitting Home Run Moment: Pattern Based Sourcing
Before I get into the meat of this post, let me explain what I mean by a pinch-hitting home run. A pinch-hit home run is a very rare occurrence in … Read more
A Cousin of Siri Is Coming to the Recruiting Field
HiringSolved will soon unveil what it considers “Siri for recruiting,” an artificial intelligence assistant for recruiters. His name will be … Read more
CareerBuilder Put in Play By Its Broadcast Owner
When Monster announced a few weeks ago that it was being bought by Randstad, the only surprises were the buyer and the price, $429 million. But this … Read more
The Blue Lobster Tastes the Same as the Other Lobsters: Managing Expectations and The Desires of Our Hiring Managers
For every two million lobsters, there is one blue lobster. The blue lobster would taste exactly the same as the other red lobsters if it was cooked. There … Read more
5 Tips For Sourcing Success When Your Employer Brand is Poor
All sourcers, on the agency or corporate side, encounter a bad employer brand throughout their sourcing career. Although this common concern of recruiters … Read more
Pokemon Go is like stealing home! My journey toward being a Sourcer
One of the most exhilarating and pulse-pounding plays in baseball is stealing home. It does not happen much, but when it does, and it works, it is like … Read more