With the Election Behind Us, Will Hiring Pick Up?
Now that the U.S. election season has concluded, hiring managers are left to navigate the uncertainty of what lies...
Tag: Recruiting
Recruiting Opportunity Of The Decade – Target Anxious Federal Employees (Who might leave because of pending position and budget cuts)
Beat your talent competitors by being the first to implement a federal employee recruitment program. And take advantage of...
Recruiters’ Reality is the Labor Market’s Prophecy
Co-authored by Sam Kuhn, Economist, Appcast Recruiters play a pivotal role in connecting talent with opportunity, ensuring an efficient...
Could AI Kill The Resume?
Resume review is full of bias. Maybe AI can help us move forward in hiring by killing the resume...
Turn Your Boring Job Posts Into Talent Magnets – Using Advertising Science (The complete guide to compelling job posts)
Job posts have an astonishing 90% failure rate because less than 10% of those who view a post actually...
How to Measure Cultural Fit During Interviews: Beyond Gut Instincts
Cultural fit goes beyond skills and qualifications—it’s about how well a candidate’s values align with your organization’s. A good...
Increase Applications – Also Post Your Jobs On Frequently Visited Online Sites (In addition to placing them on job boards)
Post jobs on sites that your top employees visit because top candidates likely visit them, too. There is so...
Recruiting Videos – Reveal The Excitement & Passion In Your Team (Team-level smartphone videos can boost applications by 34%)
Stop keeping the excitement in your team a secret by revealing it in smartphone recruiting videos. Add them because...
3 Tips for Recruiting Early Talent
As the competition for top early talent intensifies, Symplicity® has released its 2024 State of Early Talent Recruiting Report, offering a...
Maybe I’ve Been Wrong About Quality of Hire (QoH)
I was at LinkedIn’s Talent Connect Summit this week, and I sat in a session on measuring the quality...
Reference Checking – Simple Steps For Making Yours Better (The complete guide to accurate reference checking)
If you can’t afford to hire a single candidate who has lied about their experience or credentials, you must...
The Best External Sourcing Channel – Association Officers (Ask industry association officers for names)
Professional association officers know emerging industry-wide talent better than anyone. This extensive talent knowledge is accessible to them because...
Just play your hits!
I’ve been on the road a lot this fall. It’s conference season, and that’s what I do! During that...
Shifting the People Analytics Mindset from ‘Nice to Have’ to ‘Must Have’
To get the latest in talent acquisition and people analytics, like this guest post from Matt O’Connor, CRO at...
Stop Hiring Candidates “You’d Like To Have A Beer With” (And other dinosaur recruiting practices to stop using)
After 25 years as a TA leader, I admit that we use many recruiting practices that are simply silly. ...
Need Your Help! Recruiting Trends In 2025
Help! This week I’m turning the tables. Instead of offering more free recruiting advice, I need your help identifying...
Improve Your Interviews With Five Easy Additions (And identify top candidates faster)
Unstructured interviews don’t predict very well, so add a little structure in 5 key areas. It’s a fact that...
Managing Hiring Managers: The Power Of Recruiter Pushback
Recruiter pushback is critical to managing hiring managers and shifting from order taker to consultant. The post Managing Hiring...
Invited Open Houses – The Best Way To Sell Exceptional Candidates (They work by involving the entire team in the selling effort)
The best candidates will only join a great team, and open houses excel at revealing why a team is...
Using AI To Remove (Some) Bias In Recruiting
Using AI to remove bias from recruiting requires first that your team learn something about key biases to look...