In an era of nonstop innovation, speculation about the future can be exciting but also a little scary. How will new and evolving technologies impact our lives? Does automation mean robots will replace human workers? Will opportunities cluster in a…
These days, finding the right candidate for an open job can feel next to impossible, especially when your hiring managers are asking for “purple squirrels” — aka impossible sets of candidate criteria. Do you ever feel like you’re being asked…
In a recent presentation to a room full of recruiters and HR practitioners, I asked jokingly, “Who here has dealt with a hiring manager who wants the Queen of England to manage the marketing department for $60K a year?” I…
Do me a favor. Stop for a moment and think, “How does HR learn how to do HR?” Or more specifically, how does the average HR practitioner figure out which software to purchase? Outside of bad experiences and urban lore,…
While we don’t yet have the personal androids promised to us in sci-fi movies, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly a part of our everyday lives, with Forbes declaring 2019 “the year AI will move into the mainstream.” Thanks to AI,…
Recruiters know — better than anyone on the planet (except perhaps for journalists and a handful of other professionals) — the importance of asking questions. It’s that necessary step in every interview when they hand the proverbial mic over to…
In past posts, we compared the marketing funnel to the recruiter’s “talent pipeline”; in the first funnel stage — awareness — targeting helps you best engage job seekers. In the second “consideration” stage, retargeting helps you nudge those job seekers…
The most recent job numbers are in, and there’s no doubt about it: the market is booming. Despite a slight slowdown, there are still more job openings than unemployed workers, with 7.4 million open jobs signaling strong employer demand. But…
We all want solutions, whether it’s at the doctor’s office, the IT desk or in our hiring systems. But in our zeal to find an answer, we sometimes misdiagnose the problem. Say you have a nagging cold. One doctor may…
With unemployment at a near-50-year low, it’s hard to believe that recession fears are rising — but they are. In recent months, articles like “Companies Need to Prepare for the Next Downturn” and “You Never Know When a Recession Will…