As a talent geek, I love it when succession planning rumors fly at big public companies. CEO succession is the most complex, challenging work an HR pro can do, and it is fascinating to watch a company bungle it. Thank you, Airbus, for providing us our case study for the day. We’ll let HR pros from across the country weigh …
VIDEO: SmashUps with Mervyn Dinnen – Recruiting Tips for Finding “Exceptional Talent”
This month on SmashUps, Tim Sackett is joined by special guest Mervyn Dinnen, author of Exceptional Talent. Their conversation is coming to you from an in-person session at the Recruiting Trends & Talent Tech Conference, so it’s only appropriate that they cover a wide range of topics that are pertinent to recruiters. Mervyn shares some insights that are covered in his book, including …
Kiss My Grit: Why Grit Should Be a Consideration When Hiring
Growing up in the 1970s, I watched the t.v. show Alice. Each time over-the-top waitress Flo would tell diner owner Mel to “Kiss my grits,” I’d laugh. I loved grits, so as a kid couldn’t understand why she used the phrase as a put down or shove off as opposed to a wonderful invitation. I get it now. GRIT, like …
Don’t Blame Your Talent Failure on Your ATS
Today I will share the story of how my part-time employer, a major university, tried to pass the blame of a botched search on their ATS. As a result, I was an unlucky applicant who was passed over for a position I was qualified for. I don’t usually share personal insights of HR screw ups, however, as the recipient, instead …
3 Reasons HR Should Pay Attention to the Amazon-Whole Foods Deal
$13.7 billion buys a lot of organic quinoa. Lots of talk around Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods and what it means for the grocery business, farmers, those whose jobs will be lost to automation, and the retail industry as a whole. It’s a cocktail of doom and gloom mixed with the reality of capitalism and a twist of efficiency. So …
The First Step in Recruitment Marketing
One of the hottest topics in Talent Acquisition is around the concept of Recruitment Marketing. It seems like daily there are new technology solutions being released that can help you with one or more aspects of RM. Seemingly all of these will take you from zero to 100 overnight, or so they say. The biggest problem most TA shops and …
PODCAST: The Rapid Evolution of Talent Acquisition feat. Madeline Laurano
Take a look into the ever-changing world of talent acquisition through the eyes of an analyst… On this edition of The New School Podcast, brought to you by Udacity, our host Tim Sackett sits down with Madeline Laurano. Madeline is the cofounder of Aptitude Research, an analyst firm, and, as Tim describes her, “a goddess of talent acquisition.” Dive deep …