If any part of the charges of sexual harassment and favoritism made by a former Uber engineer hold up, company CEO Travis Kalanick should go. The VCs who … Read more
My Response: Why The Recruitment Industry Won’t Die in 2018 (or Any Other Year)
If you read enough HR blog posts, you’ll come to believe the recruitment industry is on its last legs. Almost every week, I read about the rapidly … Read more
The Hype of Candidate Engagement and Candidate Experience
It seems that 2016 was the year when recruiters fixated on improving candidate engagement and the candidate experience. There were hundreds of articles and … Read more
Overtime Rule Delayed, But Not Reversed: The Impact So Far
In May of 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it would raise the salary threshold set by the Fair Labor Standards Act, above which workers … Read more
Where the Talent Acquisition Profession is Headed
The business practice of recruiting has been the same from the beginning of time. My great-great grandfather was a wagon and buggy wheelwright in San … Read more
How Changing the Compensation Conversation in Interviews Solves More than the Pay Gap
A few months ago, Massachusetts pushed pay transparency forward when Governor Charlie Baker signed a law prohibiting employers from asking candidates about … Read more
The Recruiting Times They Are A-Changin’ (How to Stop Worrying and Love AI)
Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the … Read more
The Top 5 Dumb Things That Hiring Managers Do That Hurt Their Recruiting Results
The talent management practice with the highest business impact, by far, is recruiting. But, a significant part of that impact will be reduced if your … Read more
What a Trump Presidency Means for Recruiting and HR Professionals
The election of Donald Trump, to serve as the 45th President of the United States (as well as Republican majorities in both the Senate and the House) is … Read more
Back-door References Raise Some Big Questions
Anyone who hires employees is guilty of it, whether directly or indirectly … that dirty little secret no one ever talks about: back-door references. … Read more