With 40+ Flaws, Can Reference Checking Be Salvaged? – Actions To Take (Part 3)
With the continuous increase in candidate lying, reference-check fraud, AI-generated reference responses, and the increasing unwillingness of companies to...
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How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires (Part I, II)
How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires Part 1 Cheating on reference checks is at...
How a Team of One Built a Global Employer Brand
Brown-Forman is behind some of the world’s most recognizable beverage brands, including Jack Daniel’s and Woodford Reserve. But outside...
My first RecFest experience…
RecFest was a blast. Two days of smart conversations, new ideas, old friends, a little bit of chaos, and...
ProvenBase at RecFest. Bring your tough to fill role
Everyone at RecFest USA heard the same challenge: stop fishing in the same tired pool. ProvenBase showed up with...
ChatGPT is Better than 99% of Doctors?
In the premiere episode of “The Work Report,” Jim Stroud debunks claims that ChatGPT is better than humans at...
Where Is Tech Talent in 2026? CBRE’s Scoring Tech Talent Report with Colin Yasukochi
Rob welcomes back Colin Yasukochi, Executive Director of CBRE’s Tech Insight Center, to walk through CBRE’s annual Scoring Tech...
How Your Flawed Reference Checking Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires (Part 2 – The remaining process flaws)
Pick one: reference checks suck, or they are the perfect scam. Even though everyone uses them, there is no...
Neurodiversity Hiring: How To Stop Rejecting Neurodivergent Candidates
How to coach hiring managers so they stop rejecting highly-qualified neurodivergent candidates. The post Neurodiversity Hiring: How To Stop...
My Birthday Wish
It’s my birthday and I’m doing a 7 day letter challenge to share the love I have found for...
The Leadership Imperative: Cultivating Trust, Hope, and Energy in the Modern Enterprise
There is a lot being asked of leaders right now. Organizations are restructuring, expectations are changing, and teams are...
How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires Part 1
Cheating on reference checks is at an all-time high. To slow this trend, this article provides a scannable list...
Building a Quality of Hire Algorithm with Zapier’s Tracy St. Dic
Tracy St. Dic, Global Head of Talent at Zapier, built a quality of hire algorithm from scratch. What it...
How To Stop Thinking (A Whimsical Way That Works)
It is an act of magnificent rebellion to stop thinking for even one minute. And whimsy works… The post...
How To Stop Thinking (A Whimsical Way That Works)
It is an act of magnificent rebellion to stop thinking for even one minute. And whimsy works… The post...
How to Empower Recruiters to Create a Better Candidate Experience
Recruiters are often one of the first human connections a candidate makes with an organization. The way they communicate,...
Corporate Recruiters – Why Aren’t You Rewarded For Exceptional Results?
“Recruiting is just sales with a crummy budget.” So why haven’t recruiting leaders learned a lesson about incentives from...
Corporate Recruiters – Why Aren’t You Rewarded For Exceptional Results?
“Recruiting is just sales with a crummy budget.” So why haven’t recruiting leaders learned a lesson about incentives from...
How To Write Guidelines For Using AI In The Interview Process
Examples of guidelines for using AI in the interview process and advice for creating your own version. The post...
3 Award-Winning Organic Social Recruiting Strategies
Organic social media gives Recruitment Marketing teams a powerful way to bring their employer brand to life through the...