One Thing You Should Change in Your Recruitment Process today.

The past few months have caused a lot of companies to adjust processes and figure out how to do things differently to keep staff safe and physically distant from one another. But how has this affected talent acquisition? Yes, we are likely seeing more video interviews than in person, but video pre-screens have been on the rise …

Recruiting During a Recession

While there is a lot of talk about how we are in ‘unprecedented times’, some of us have been here before. A couple of times actually. Yes, this is the first pandemic of the modern working world, but we have been through recessions in recent history. In my working lifetime, I’ve been through 2: after …

The Lie of the “Best Person for the Job”

This post was originally shared on HRD Connect. Anyone in the talent acquisition space knows the phrase “Best Person for the Job.” We’ve been asked to find this person. We’ve heard this phrase as a reason to keep the search open. We’ve also used this phrase when turning other candidates down. We laugh at all …

Your Employer Brand is Your Brand

I probably should have gone into marketing. Writing, recruitment. It's essentially marketing. Though if I had, I likely wouldn't be doing this now! Amazing the journey life takes you on. I was actually thinking about this at the Embarc Conference as this is essentially what Career Arc does. And a lot of what was shared …