The Dangers of Hiring Candidates Based on Personality
This is the second in a series of ten posts on hiring candidates for characteristics linked to high performance. Each post focuses on a key candidate trait, why it matters…
The Most Fulfilling Jobs and Places to Work in the U.S.
If you’re a chef in Charlotte, North Carolina then you’re likely one of the most fulfilled workers in the United States. For LinkedIn’s Work Satisfaction Survey, we asked more than 1,000…
2 Recruiting Leadership Challenges Lou Adler Taught Us to Master
In our first live recruiting challenge with Lou Adler, he dismantled common recruiting obstacles like how to source beyond LinkedIn and boost diversity recruiting. Known to some as “The Godfather of…
A Date Which Will Live In Infamy…
It is always a challenge for me to write some pithy post about HR and its adjacent issues when the post falls on a pretty historic day. 9-11 is one…
3 Soft Skills You Need to Be Able to Spot In Candidates
After weeks of interviewing job candidates, you’ve narrowed your search down to your top two candidates. They both have stellar resumes, the right amount of experience, and nailed each round…
Is Your Employee Survey Worthless?
Every year, human resource professionals in companies everywhere conduct an employee satisfaction survey. Oftentimes, it’s the same questionnaire they emailed the year before
Why Managing Away Uncertainty Is Seductively Counterproductive
Prompt uncertainty to encourage progress where you seek competitive advantage
This Startup Is Targeting A Group of People You’re Probably Not Recruiting
Some recruiting-technology startups say their technology is better, or their team’s background makes it better, or some other advantage. One new company is telling potential customers that what distinguishes it is…
Improve Your Hiring Quality With These 3 Measures
One of the most valuable performance metrics for recruitment is the quality of each hire made. However, most talent leaders believe they aren’t measuring quality of hire effectively
For Recruiting, Is There Life After Automation?
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, automation — they’ve been the talk of the recruiting town for months. But what will they ultimately mean for recruiters, recruiting, and the whole hiring…