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The key to effectively positioning yourself as an expert is through the selective use of data without context.  This is why according to some random report by a now-bankrupt Polish workforce management SaaS solution written in 2012 and found on the fourth page of Google Scholar results by some junior level account executive at aRead more

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past couple of years, you’re probably pretty tired about hearing how hard it is to hire top tech talent. Yeah, I’m tired of hearing about it by now, too. As you’re well aware, the market for skilled programmers, developers, engineers and designers, has always been fiercelyRead more

Recruiting is never easy, but for some reason, many talent acquisition professionals make it somehow much harder than it really needs to be. The fact that recruiters inherently work in siloes and are largely forced to figure out the intricacies of talent sourcing and screening independently means that we tend to all make the sameRead more

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. Just what the world needs – another post about digital transformation and recruiting. Or about digital transformation, period. After all, it’s one of those buzzwords, like “big data” or “artificial intelligence,” that’s become so commoditized that it’s become more or less meaningless. Unlike those perpetual trending topics, however, digitalRead more

There was a time not too long ago that, in terms of technology, third party recruiters were like the red headed stepchild of the industry.  Implementing a new onsite system took a staggering amount of dedicated time and resources, pretty much precluding everyone except enterprise employers and multinationals from the total addressable market for totalRead more

The thing about HR Technology is that if you step back and ignore the “HR” part (as most people do, as a matter of course), you’ll be able to get a much better picture of what’s coming, because it’s already happening in consumer technology. That said, I’m not a futurist (in retrospect, I should haveRead more

It’s always struck me as a somewhat interesting paradox that despite the fact that age, like race or gender, is a “protected class” when it comes to workplace discrimination, we continue to talk about “millennials” in offensive ways that are a blatant compliance violation, if not cliched and hackneyed content. Substitute the inherently ageist categoryRead more

For a downloadable copy of Matt Charney’s 2019 RecFest presentation on the Hiring Hype Cycle and Recruiting Trends You Need to Know, click here or check out the embed below and stop asking where you can find a copy, already. I had the good fortune to be introduced to Jamie Leonard several years ago, whenRead more

This recent keynote presentation at the HRD HR Tech Summit in Toronto provided an overview of marketing technology specifically for HR leaders, covering the trends, tools and tips every talent pro needs to build a tech stack that stacks up when it comes to recruitment marketing. We looked at some real-life examples of what cuttingRead more

Over the past few years, you’ve almost certainly heard the term “CRM” or Customer Relationship Management. It’s a hot topic in recruiting, but like most talent tech trends, conversations about the use of candidate relationship management in recruiting seem to be missing the bigger picture — and the bigger opportunities this trending topic represents for talentRead more

Much like well worn clichés, all good things must, in fact, come to an end. The same, inarguably, applies to the white hot jobs market that just recorded the lowest number of unemployment claims and most new jobs created since 1969; somehow, every month, this reliable economic indicator keeps going up, defying both gravity andRead more

From the Hire Power Radio Show: “It all comes down to your messaging in everything from your job descriptions to how you contact people. Today we are tackling this issue! Today’s Quote: “Words empty as the wind, are best left unsaid” –Homer The problems with messaging, specific to recruiting Hard part is getting a response HowRead more