Most of us believe we are ‘ethical’ and, without a lot of fanfare, we seldom expect it to surface as a priority we need to address. At its simplest, ethics is a system of behaviors that define character. At an organizational level however, the focus…

Share with: Like many of you, we're soaking in as many voices as we can on the topics of diversity, equity and inclusion. So we were excited to see one of our favorite Talent Acquisition Leaders, Carmen Hudson, publish two posts that both inform the…

We recently took some time to review a new research report from Madeline Laurano of Aptitude Research: Conversational AI and the Future of Hiring and recommend you do the same. Whether AI is the future or not, is moot. It is what companies are…

Like many of you, we're paying close attention to the responses of companies to the current elevation of the Black Lives Matter movement. From the Zoom backgrounds of our members when they join our meetings - a small statement yet one that…

Like many of you, we've been voraciously reading materials from trusted sources about the COVID-19 pandemic. At first, we were seeking guidance and ideas on how to prepare our workspace and our homes, how to manage in an environment of near constant…

Kudos to Jason Wingard and Forbes Magazine for this article: Do the Right Thing? Three Companies Showing Exemplary Leadership During the Pandemic. We love the focus on companies rising to the unprecedented challenges in front of us during this…

As a card-carrying radical student of the recruiting landscape for more than 50 years, I could simply write a few sentences, implore you to read Give and Get Employer Branding and move on. However, this book offers a truly different approach to…

We've been actively reading information as it comes out from the CDC and WHO about Coronavirus / COVID-19. Last week we had an excellent discussion with CXR Members about the plans and actions they've already taken with their employees and…

No matter how you cut it, no one likes to be rejected. Talent Acquisition professionals would probably admit that handling rejection isn’t their sweet spot and wasn’t a big part of their recruiting education. Unfortunately, few professionals who are…

The 2019 Corporate Inhouse Recruitment cNPS published in February by Starred, a Dutch TA Supplier that measures Candidate Experience, deserves credit for offering enough info about their methodology to give one some sense of the flaws in their…

Earlier this year we reached out to talent acquisition leaders and asked them one simple question: which of the following challenges do you see dominating TA this year? We gave them ten choices and then sat back to see what rose to the top of the…

Lars Schmidt posted this intriguing question on LinkedIn this month, “Why don't more companies have internal career coaches to support internal mobility?" A lively discussion followed. This CXR take on the subject comes from a panel Gerry Crispin…

Years ago, Talent Acquisition was a ‘pass though’ for those wanting a job in HR. As in, “Go and learn Recruiting and then we’ll find a real HR management opportunity for you.” No more. The idea that someone could take over Talent Acquisition in an…

How employers treat age, ethnicity, geography, race, gender equality and other candidate characteristics has always been a hot topic and it may be due for a big change in 2020. Are you prepared? One change driver? Access to data. Solid data.…

Are we really ready to measure the influences that trigger candidate decisions on their long and winding journey to your [incredible] opportunity? (Full disclosure: The purpose of this article is to get you to complete a short survey on how you see…

The one issue from the employer's point of view is how they will handle those not wanting to swallow the whole package.

This article about the mashup of Jobvite, Telemetry, RolePoint and Canvas by Madeline Laurano, Aptitude Research Partners is an excellent overview of their move and, may foreshadow what we can expect to see throughout 2019.…

I'm a fan of feedback. Seek it out for myself. Give it freely. When I really like something I track down and call the person and make a note publicly if appropriate. When I don't like something I call the person but, seldom offer a public note. This…