It isn’t a rare occurrence that you don’t hire someone to work for you not simply because they weren’t right for the job, but because the interview wasn’t really good. A proper interview requires particular goals and a number of psychological factors.…

A lot of top human resources professionals, CHROs, and managers were asked as to what recruitment hassles they face, what their talent acquisition strategy is in the face of a fierce competition, and what works/doesn’t work for them.

Here are the key points essential for…

The hottest tech skills will always be in short supply and UK businesses increasingly struggle to find competent people to fill digital roles. But do companies’ approach to recruitment need to change?

Technology recruitment across the UK is buoyant. As more firms …

It’s difficult to find enough quality talent right now — historically so.

The nation’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.9% in May, matching the lowest point in half a century. It’s even more difficult to find quality talent in…

This is the third post in my series on the 2018 Talent 42. I will focus on the session by Dror Kaga of Ebay on “leveraging Recruiting to Drive Change “

Not any tools on this one so much as explain that if you use the info you gather while researching the positions you are looking for,…

Recruitment can be an incredibly rewarding career, as you help others find vocations and roles that they find truly fulfilling or simply aid someone who is currently down on their luck. No matter what some people on LinkedIn may…

In the world of talent acquisition, we've all seen the many references to recruiting and marketing, and how that translates into thinking about the hiring pipeline like a funnel.  The problem with the funnel, in our opinion, is the shape.

Funnels are wide at the top, and then get very narrow at the bottom.  The implication is that many people apply, and very few get hired.  In fact, a company this morning was bragging about having 5k applications for 5 hires.

While many…

The core of any business is its people. So where do you start when it’s time to build?  Do you create your own internal recruitment team or do you go out and find a proven, experienced recruitment firm to do the heavy lifting for you?  Or perhaps it’s a little bit of both?

The pros of creating your own internal recruiting firm include potential cost savings as well as being able to have an internal team that literally lives and breathes the company’s culture. Yet as enticing as these…

Well, there are many reasons why people leave their existing jobs  - One category of reasons are beyond the scope of the employer to address, like employee moving a city because the spouse had to move, take care of children or parents, or go back to college for higher education.

The other category, the ones that are more likely to cause an employee to leave an organization and can actually be addressed by Employer are the ones I would like to talk about.

IT Begins with…

In honor of Father's Day, here are a few TV Dads showing off their acting skills by portraying bad recruiters. Curious how a bad recruiter will react to a certain situation? Check out these important life lessons and learn what makes a recruiter a bad recruiter.

When a recruiter tells you…

Being generic these days is a death to branding. There simply is too much noise. So how can you get out of generic employer branding mode and make yours more relevant? The answer is to know your audience and speak directly to their interests.

A strong employer brand aligns…

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

This is always one of my favorite topics to discuss when I am talking to anybody new to the industry.  I love it because I know what I went through, basically “Sink or Swim”, and how hard it was, but how it shaped me for the future.  I’ve been in the industry for 12 years and learned a lot along the way, made mistakes, changed strategies, and moved forward.  It…

A while back I wrote a post about why SEO is a waste of time for HR. Up to this point, no one has come out to prove me wrong.  To be honest, I'm a bit saddened as I thought there'd be someone who'd cracked the code on a scalable SEO strategy that wasn't purely based on branded keywords.  Oh well.

Because I still hear people talking about SEO in talent acquisition, I thought it was important to devote one of our…

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesday video, we talk through why recruiting is like marketing.  And, more importantly, why it's pretty different too.  This is meant to be an explanation for someone who's new on their journey to understanding what is going on in recruitment marketing and employer branding.

Maybe this is a good video for your boss to get their buy in for a new careers site.  Maybe it will get your…

BOSTON—JUNE 13, 2018—ENGAGE BOSTON 2018—Bullhorn®, the cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, will present its highly anticipated…

Last month, we wrote a blog on “Trends that will shape the Staffing Industry in 2018” talking about the paradigm shift that the industry is going through. In this blog, we will be talking extensively about…

Cowardice in Human Resources

I woke up this morning with a heavy heart.

Backstory:…

This is the first post in my series on the 2018 Talent 42. I will focus on the tables and the tools. Some of the speakers were; Mark Tortorici, Dean Da Costa, Aaron Daniels, Paired Sourcing, Shami Marangwanda, Recruiting Toolbox, Amybeth Quinn. Susanna Frazier and more. 

Tools…

Today most of the companies invest a significant amount of time and money in finding software to track their hiring process. Applicant tracking system (ATS), human resources information management systems (HRIS/HRMS) are available to simplify recruitment process, but it works well…

As the average human life expectancy continues to gradually increase, the focus of the healthcare industry has dramatically shifted. Since the dawn of modern medicine, healthcare systems have been reactive. They wait for one to become sick before any action is taken. Now, with …