Let’s Get #ERE16 Tattoos on Bourbon Street!
Next week (and I’m quite excited!) I’m heading over to from Baton Rouge to New Orleans (a 60 mile drive which, by Louisiana traffic standards, will take 3 hours) in…
10 Tips for Putting Soft Skills at the Heart of Hiring
It’s all very well to say ‘Put soft skills at the heart of your hiring process’ but sometimes people need a little help knowing what to do and where to…
Phenomenal highlights from HR Tech Conference 2016
HR Tech Conference 2016 has come and gone! We already miss our time at HR Tech Conference 2016 so we’ve hand-picked a few phenomenal highlights to take you back to this…
Open Colleges: Thoughts for Better Living
Can a single thought for the day inspire you and change your life? Open Colleges has spoken to 25 of the web’s top counsellors to hear their thoughts for better…
The Greenhouse Spotlight Committee: Making Thought Leadership a Professional Development Priority
Four years ago Greenhouse set out on a mission to change the way people perceive recruiting and the tools companies use to build great teams. In the process of helping…
Is the recruitment industry dysfunctional? That would be YES!
I have written of the dysfunction in the recruitment industry before. And certainly the whole concept of taking non-exclusive, contingent job orders in competition is as rooted a business model,…
Building a Thoughtful Pre-Boarding Program: The 5 Components of an Effective Buddy System
What’s the hardest thing about starting a new job? For many people it’s not learning the ropes of their role, understanding their manager’s expectations, or even figuring out how to…
Building An Effective Employee Referral Program
Your best source for job candidates? Employees. CA Technologies’ Craig Fisher outlines the do’s and don’ts for building an employee referral program
The Fastest Ever Way to Uncover Hidden Names
LinkedIn shows very little information about members who are out of our networks, even for those of us who pay for premium personal accounts. This brand new method to uncover…
Behaviours: Active or Passive Candidates Anyone?
When I first heard these expressions a couple of years ago I didn’t really know the difference between them or what really defined active or passive candidates.