If you can't stand the fire at least appreciate the heat
I’m writing to you from a future that would probably disappoint you, and if I’m being honest, one that would likely fascinate you even more. Not because the machines rose up. They didn’t (well, not yet). Not because humanity was conquered. We weren’t (well, not yet). But because the moment you warned us about – […]
It is not my intention to talk about this issue without aggravating many of the those in the targeted role. Alas, the only way to improve our profession is to identify the barriers that get in the way of clear thinking, decisive action, and a bold future state. There is no doubt that one of […]
Ideas for new #CandidateExperience metrics… You know the adage, “When you become so good at using a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail”? Applies to many aspects of life – and especially to #TalentAcquisition. We’ve always done it this way… What if we took an “angled” look at how we measure our successes […]
Several events inspired the writing of this missive: The continued dehumanization of recruiting and the receipt of rejection letters that despite an intended dose of “but you tried your hardest”, in fact, reek of callousness and mediocrity. In professional wrestling, the term “kayfabe” is the practice of keeping the scripted nature of wrestling hidden from […]
At some point in time, the words in a job description will match the reality of the company, its real culture, the true abilities of the hiring manager, the specific deliverables of role required to achieve superior performance, and the true ethos/pathos of leadership. Like any relationship where there exists a belief that long term […]
If you don’t like the outcome of a process that includes you, what’s your reaction? It must be broken. Welcome to Recruiting. For people to stop saying “recruiting is broken,” will take a shift in both reality and perception – which means fixing actual flaws and how we talk about the work. It’s not just […]
Based upon a texting conversation I just had with Andrew Gadomski, I was left wondering how prepared #TalentAcquisition is to the “nefarious” side of agentic AI. Prompt: Create a long list of nefarious things that AI agents from external forces could do to derail hiring efforts at any company Let’s see what the Twilight Zone […]
Originally written with the fabulous Katrina Kibben for RecruitingBlogs back in 2016 Sports teams are typically a child’s first introduction to culture. See, between the pop, chips and juice boxes, we’re teaching kids a lot of the lessons we later see HR posting signs about in our workplaces. Think about it. From “remember to share […]
If only people – excuse me, talent – were automatons and didn’t care about where they worked, who they worked for, the culture of the company, the style of the boss, the length of the commute, the salary and benefits, perhaps the brand of beer in the corporate lunchroom… Think Pleasantville before the awakening of […]
Our feeds are filled with posts, articles, videos, and memes about this new era of Talent Acquisition that has been ushered in with generative and baby agentic AI. How the machines will eventually take over. How company executives are gleefully pushing their talent leaders to accelerate the human-to-AI changeover. Nonetheless, we’re still left with humans […]