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The Great Gig In The Sky.
Posted on October 11, 2016 2 Comments
There’s a running narrative among recruiting and HR people in which the concept of the “gig economy” is held as a sort of utopian progression of work. In theory, the ‘gig economy’ means that workers choose when (and if) to work, function as their own boss and build their own business without the previously necessary […]
The Catch Up: Views on HR Technology.
Posted on September 30, 2016 4 Comments
I have been writing HR Technology Conference related preview posts for 8 years now. This realization depresses me. The best years of my life have been spent on, well, this. The nice thing, though, is that nothing has really changed since the first one of these I went to all the way back in 2009 […]
No Mercy, No Fear: How To Hack The Job Interview.
Posted on September 7, 2016 Leave a Comment
For all the talk of “reinvention” in recruiting, for all the products promising to “disrupt” hiring, and for all the banal banter about fixing what’s “broken” in talent acquisition today, the one part of the process that has more or less escaped any modicum of automation, transformation or innovation is perhaps the most important: the job […]
Revenge of the Nerds.
Posted on August 26, 2016 5 Comments
There is no skills gap out there in technology, except when it comes to tech recruiting. Here’s what needs to change.
Stoned Raiders: A Blunt Look at Randstad’s Monster Hit.
Posted on August 16, 2016 1 Comment
If you think Randstad bought Monster for its technology, think again. Here are some blunt thoughts on what it means for recruiting.