Why Candidate Rejection Emails Matter (And How to Write Them)
Candidate rejection emails are critical in today’s AI-driven, contractor-centric market. Ghosting candidates destroys future pipelines. By sending empathetic, timely...
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Focus On Candidates With A Strong Interest In Your Company (A checklist for improving your candidate screening)
Ignore spammed resumes; focus on highly interested candidates. Unfortunately, it’s not unusual for 75% of today’s received resumes to...
Count What Matters
“Count what matters” means tracking the metrics and goals that drive happiness. I learned it from an unexpected source:...
How to Spot Fake Recruiting Data
If recruiting data feels too good to be true, it probably is. Here’s my 4-step vetting checklist to spot...
Tips For Hiring Next-Gen Talent (Reducing interview rejections due to weak social skills)
A record 1 in 3 under-35 adults lived with their parents in 2025. So, lacking a proper handshake, Liam...
LinkedIn’s First CHRO Steve Cadigan on AI Mistakes & Opportunities
Steve Cadigan, the first CHRO of LinkedIn and one of the most candid voices in the talent space, discusses...
Clickbait Recruiting – Takeaways From This Powerful Attention-Grabbing Tool
Most struggle to get the attention of applicants. Clickbaiting may be the answer! Unfortunately, a great deal of recruitment...
Freewheel Chief Global People Officer Quentin SaLay
Quentin shares what it actually means to future-proof a workforce, introducing his the three box framework for simultaneously maintaining...
The Last Time I Talked To My Family
It has been more than 15 years since my last conversation with my family and it still feels like...
Being an Ally at Work: LGBTQIA+ Leadership Guide for HR
Workplace allyship for leaders is an active verb, not just an identity. To support LGBTQIA+ employees, leaders must leverage...
Talent Lessons From The NY Knicks (How to recruit like a champion)
If you knew their secrets, you could recruit like a champion too! Even though the recent success of the...
Recruitment Marketing Has Changed. Have Your Skills Kept Up?
One of the questions I get asked most often is: what skills does a Recruitment Marketing professional actually need?...
My First Pride Parade
The story of my first pride parade. The post My First Pride Parade appeared first on Three Ears Media.
How to Be an Ally at Work: Peer-to-Peer LGBTQIA+ Support Tips
Workplace allyship is an active verb, not just an identity. To support LGBTQIA+ teammates peer-to-peer, allies must respect identity...
5 Powerful Reasons For Recruiting During The Summer (Using the “best time” strategy)
Surprisingly, summer months rank in the top 5 of applicant volume. And during 2025, the summer months of August,...
25 Days Off Wasn’t Enough to Recover From Burnout.
I took 25 days to recover from surgery believing it would cure my burnout. But time is not enough...
Employer Branding’s Next Chapter: Why Measurement Matters More Than Ever
After doing this work for nearly two decades, it is remarkable to watch employer branding evolve. And no, despite...
Introducing the Winners of the 2026 Rally® Awards™
The 2026 Rally® Awards recognize the very best in Recruitment Marketing and Employer Branding. Now in its seventh year,...
Vacation Area Recruiting – “I Love This Area, I Wish We Could Live Here Year-Round”
How often have you heard the “I wish we could stay here” phrase while you were on a vacation...
Are There Really Jobs, or Just Openings Nobody Plans to Fill?
This episode brought to you by: The Recruiting Life & Career Intelligence Weekly. Find both newsletters at https://newsletter.jimstroud.com Are...