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How to Humanize the Recruiting & Hiring Process

Both the hiring and recruiting processes are flawed. It’s not simply damaged. It’s a total disaster, and it reflects poorly on us as recruiters and HR experts. Although it is not the Holy Grail, human resources or recruiting can assist but not solve this issue. It requires effort and a dedication to acting differently. The […]

What To Expect When Your Employees Are Expecting

What To Expect When Your Employees Are Expecting Starting, or continuing, to build one’s family is a life changing experience that can sometimes be a bit stressful – especially for new parents. In our evolving workplace, family structure has changed and the needs of parents to be available for their new little ones while still […]

What Back to the Future Can Teach Us About Success

What Back to the Future Can Teach Us About Success DeLorians, hoverboards, incestuous crushes (really, Mom McFly, really?) and Buddy Holly aside, Back to the Future is about ethics, hard work and the power of personal brands. Stay with me, now. It’s Back to the Future Day, after all, so I was bound to tie it […]

3 Signs It’s Time to Pivot Your Hiring Process

On the outside, recruiting may seem simple: put out a job posting, review applications, interview the best people, hire the best people, done! But anyone submersed in the world of hiring knows it’s never quite that easy. Hiring is complex, which is why companies spend so much time creating an efficient, repeatable process for it. […]

HR Horror Stories

Halloween is right around the corner, so it is the perfect time of year for scary stories. I usually write about HR and advice for improving your workplace, but in honor of the my favorite holiday, I want to look at some of the more unusual and, yes, scary stories I have come across working […]

Utilizing Recruitment Metrics is the key to Your Ultimate Candidate Attraction

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Even in our 21st century, data driven world, too many talent management strategies are governed by gut feelings and standard operating procedures that have been around since the middle of last century. Nine of ten respondents to a recent Salesforce Market Report indicated a belief that data will revolutionize industry practices in much the same […]