When I Choose Work
The most important lesson I learned when I decided to choose work over the people I love is that...
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My Fall 2026 Webinar Series For Recruiters
This fall, I’m hosting a webinar series for recruiters who want to master the human side of recruiting before...
What Is The Most Effective Hiring Source, And Why Aren’t You Prioritizing It?
Referrals are the most effective sourcing channel. And among all referrals, those from top performers are the absolute best....
Time Travelers in Your Pipeline
In this episode: One in five LinkedIn users has rewritten a job they already left. A new Stanford study...
How to Run Employee Advocacy Without Making It a Full-Time Job
Employee advocacy is a valuable strategy that can expand your employer brand, help recruiters reach passive talent and give...
The Stay-at-Home Boyfriend Economy: Why Women Own the Jobs of the Future
In the upcoming issue of Career Intelligence Weekly I look at the “Stay at Home Boyfriend Economy” from a...
I Don’t Play Board Games
My competitive family raised an entire generation of people who don’t play board games. The post I Don’t Play...
From Pipeline to Performance: Showing your worth as a Sourcer
Sourcers often have a much bigger influence on hiring success than people realize. They uncover candidates others miss, strengthen...
Why Hiring Managers Stall At The Hire (This Hiring Alignment Template Can Help)
Why hiring managers worry they aren’t picking the right person and the hiring alignment template that can help build...
Referrals From New-Hires – Another Hidden Talent Pool
When new-hire referrals are ignored, wait 3 months to request them. Yes, most are surprised that a simple 3-month...
We Have AI. Do We Still Need HR?
Jim Stroud speaks with Susan Anderson, Chief Services Officer for Mitratech’s HR Solutions Division, about why human judgment, accountability,...
Tiny Dinosaurs
If I knew tiny dinosaurs could bring me this much joy, I would have started doing this a long...
CP-RM™ Spotlight: How Ismael Celonio Built Stronger Recruitment Marketing Skills
Ismael Celonio has learned that finding great talent isn’t the hardest part of Talent Acquisition. The hardest part is...
33,000 Applications and Counting: Navigating the AI Hiring Surge with Katie Rakusin of Merit America
Katie Rakusin, Director of Talent Acquisition at Merit America. has seen the AI hiring surge hit in real time:...
Fairness Is Not the Same as Equal
What does fairness at work really look like, and who is responsible for creating it? Jim Stroud speaks with...
The Silver Talent Wave
Companies claim they cannot find enough talent while routinely rejecting professionals with decades of experience. This episode examines the...
The Great AI Layoff Lie
Jim Stroud sits down with technology equity activist and AI for Job Security Foundation President Leigh Felton to discuss...
The Retirement Map is a Lie
The retirement map you were handed at 25 is wrong. It told you to work hard, hit 65, and...
College is Not the Only Path
What if college is no longer the only path to a meaningful, high-paying career? In this episode of The...
Are we becoming less human?
AI is changing the way we work, communicate, hire, date, lead, and even connect with one another. But as...