When legendary basketball coach Pat Riley wrote the 1988 book Showtime, he introduced the idea of “the disease of more.” Riley argued that … Read more
Blow Up the RFP? Let’s Fix It Instead.
Your recruiting technology partners hate requests for proposals (RFPs). That’s hate with a capital H. Many recruiting leaders also don’t particularly care … Read more
Salaries on Job Postings: A Technical Problem Wrapped in a Strategy Problem
“Money, get away. You get a good job with good pay and you’re OK.” – Pink Floyd I’ve been introduced to hundreds of people looking for jobs … Read more
The Failure of Facebook Jobs Proves Again That Eyeballs Alone Aren’t Enough
With job advertising, it’s almost always been one of two approaches: Build your job-advertising destination or go put your job ads in front of a ready … Read more
Recruiting Tech Should Stop Imitating Amazon and Yelp
I heard it early on in my career: Recruiting is sales. In some ways, that’s right. Part of your job might be contacting a lot of people. You could be told … Read more
The Problem of Diversity Among Talent Acquisition Suppliers
When people in recruiting talk about diversity, it’s usually about candidates. When it comes to the ways talent acquisition departments and agencies … Read more
The Missing Piece From TA Tech Purchase Decisions: People
Last month at ERE Digital, I had a fascinating discussion with Freddy Rivera, a senior technical recruiter at Strava, and Kimberly Jones, a senior director … Read more
Hire for Culture or Hire for Skills? How About You Just…Hire?
Hiring is tough. Have you heard? Just kidding. Of course you have heard. When you tell the people you’re seeing at the first networking meeting you’ve … Read more
As Talent Pools Get Competitive, Expectations for Recruiting Tech Increase
It’s good to be a job-seeker. I don’t mean that in a sort of “labor shortage” context. In fact, I’ve gone on record multiple times that there is no broad … Read more
3 Reasons Recruiters Should Care About IPOs Like ZipRecruiter
Everyone’s favorite podcast sponsor was actually in the news instead of interrupting it this time. Santa Monica-based ZipRecruiter went public in a direct … Read more