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Refer Madness.
Posted on March 13, 2015 Leave a Comment
Here’s the thing; as sexy as we make social out to be, and as much emphasis as we put on concepts like talent communities and targeted content, the fact of the matter is that what’s new and what’s next isn’t always the most effective when it comes to generating results. In fact, according to the […]
What The Candidate Experience Really Looks Like
Posted on January 23, 2015 9 Comments
I write a lot about candidate experience, because employers can’t get enough of this stuff. Me, on the other hand, really wish we could stop just saying shit that’s common sense and treating it like some sort of breakthrough best practice. “The longer your job application process is online, the fewer people are going to finish it” […]
How Many Licks Does It Take To Get To The Center of Social?
Posted on December 16, 2014 3 Comments
Hootsuite, a high growth, high tech employer based in Vancouver has emerged as one of the most widely used social business platforms on the market. Its enterprise social monitoring and publishing tools have fueled the company’s explosive growth from bootstrap to big brand, from start-up to social success story. In under four years, Hootsuite has […]
Smart Phones, Dumb Recruiters.
Posted on December 8, 2014 4 Comments
While candidate experience is largely seen in the strategic and process purview, and mobile tends to be seen largely through the lens of recruiting technology, the fact remains that making a meaningful change to candidate experience means first making a meaningful change to their mobile experience. As outlined in previous posts, customers are consumers, and […]
Frienemies With Benefits: How HR Ruins Recruiting
Posted on December 4, 2014 5 Comments
One of the hottest of hot button issues in human capital these days seems to be the categorization of the recruiting function and whether or not it belongs in HR in the first place. It may seem superficially pithy, but it’s a dialogue with drastic ramifications for the future of both recruiting and candidate engagement. […]
Snark Attack 