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Candidate Experience: Rage Against the Machines
Posted on October 21, 2014 3 Comments
We talk a lot about the marketing and recruiting overlap in our industry, a discussion that’s largely theoretical – like almost every trending topic in an industry desperately searching for professional validation. If you’re one of those talent practitioners still denying the fact that recruiting and marketing have become more or less indistinguishable need to […]
Fashion Faux Pas: Funkyzeit Mit HR
Posted on September 8, 2014 2 Comments
If you’ve seen me at a conference, this is going to be hard to imagine. But when I was immersed in the world of Fortune 50 HR departments, the professional equivalent of a home ec class, I thought the best way to fit into a world where I was an obvious interloper was by simply […]
Communicative Diseases: Why We Suck At Engagement
Posted on August 20, 2014 3 Comments
The direct connection between disengaged workers and a disengaged recruiting process, where applicants continue to get sucked into the “black hole” of communication and even candidates in process are often left wondering where they stand in the search, should be obvious. So too should the fact that improving the candidate experience is inextricably intertwined with […]
Why Candidate Experience Is More Than Another BS Buzzword
Posted on July 24, 2014 2 Comments
There are a ton of meaningless buzzwords that get tossed out in the weird little world that is talent acquisition content marketing. “Talent communities,” for example, or “big data” or “diversity” are all pretty meaningless concepts that for some reason, people choose to make mountains of cash out of what are proverbial miniscule molehills at […]
Don’t Buy From Recruiters: Job Search Boycott Gains Momentum
Posted on March 27, 2014 2 Comments
Organizers are calling for the immediate cessation of all activities related to recruiting and hiring with hopes candidate shortage will fix candidate experience Washington, DC – Do you think the job search is broken? If so, you’re not alone. According to a recent survey by the National Institute of Subjective Statistics, 79% of job seekers […]