As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent … Read more
I Want You to Show Us Your Recruiting Innovations
You may have missed the announcement about the reimagined Recruiting Innovation Summit on ERE.net (ERE Media is TLNT’s parent company). This May … Read more
January Visitors Surge as Indeed.com Now Is the Most Trafficked Job Site
What’s the most trafficked website by Americans searching for a job? Turns out it’s Indeed. Last month, says comScore, the web traffic … Read more
Stop Hanging Up! Why the Candidate Experience Really DOES Matter
I had to make one of those dreaded calls to customer service. All attempts to solve the problem online were blocked, so I dialed the number – which was not … Read more
Don’t Look Now, But Google Is a Big Talent Competitor to Your Company
Second of two parts If you don’t work in a high-tech company, it’s easy to make the mistaken assumption that Google is a firm that you do not have to … Read more
Despite What You Read or Hear, Sourcing Is Alive and Well Indeed
Recently Dr. John Sullivan wrote an article for ERE that has created quite a stir in the recruiting world. He talks about a couple of issues, but the one … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 6 Questions to Follow For Effective Recruiting
Effective recruiting begins with the following questions: Who do you want to recruit? (In other words, which specific mental and physical capacities, … Read more
The 8 Things That Make Talent Leaders Successful
What makes a person an outstanding talent leader? Is it the ability to set a vision, develop a strategy, or manage a budget? Or is it something much less … Read more
The Candidate Experience? Survey Says, That Frankly, It Stinks
I’ve got two college-age kids in various stages of their first real job search, and I find myself saying the same thing over and over to them: … Read more
Do You Really Want Employees Good at “Faking” It?
In our zest to have high employee engagement, HR has once again outsmarted itself. Follow the logic: High employee engagement is a desired outcome. HR … Read more