Ask The Capitalist: How Do I Deal With Personal Reputation Sabotage on Glassdoor?

Kris Dunn Employee Coaching, Kris Dunn

Editor’s Note: Our Founder, Kris Dunn, has been doing his own thing at The HR Capitalist since 2007.  The “Ask The Capitalist” feature has been a staple of that blog, but we’re bringing it to FOT with a reputation sabotage question forwarded by one of KD’s readers. A reader asks… “I know it’s a big ask, but you are the …

Ever Been At a Loss of Words Related to Glassdoor Reviews?

Kris Dunn Candidate Pool, Change Management, Employee Relations, Uncategorized

If you’re like us, you’ve struggled at times to understand the best way to respond to negative Glassdoor reviews. Follow this link to The HR Capitalist for a primer on the best way to engage when problematic reviews come your way. Kris DunnKris Dunn is a Partner and CHRO at Kinetix, a national RPO firm for growth companies headquartered in …

Worked Up About Manipulated Glassdoor Ratings? Maybe It’s Time For a New Approach

John Hollon Brand Ambassadors, candidate experience, Communication, Culture, Employee Engagement, Engagement and Satisfaction, HR & Marketing, Recruitment Marketing, Talent Acquisition, Talent Strategy, Web/Tech

I learned long ago that user-generated ratings — whether they be on Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor, or anywhere else — are easily manipulated and should be taken with a grain of salt. So, is anyone really surprised that Glassdoor ratings get manipulated too? The Wall Street Journal recently published an in-depth look at how some companies have figured out how to …

Creating Connections That Matter: Will Glassdoor Ever Adopt the Netflix Model?

Holland Dombeck McCue A.I., Google for Jobs, Holland Dombeck

Two topics that have been gracing the HR and recruiter headlines lately – for better or worse are Glassdoor’s sale to Recruit Holdings and AI. For me, Glassdoor is a partner I love to hate. I love that it’s a channel that leadership “gets” and wants to talk about related to my area of work, but I hate it because …

7 Ways To Better Manage Your Glassdoor Reviews

Guest: Rachel Bitte Employment Branding and Culture, Jobvite, Rachel Bitte

Amassing nearly 50 million unique users, it’s no secret that Glassdoor is now a juggernaut in the recruiting and hiring world. Whether you think it’s a great new marketing tool, a place for aggrieved employees to air dirty laundry, or something in between—doesn’t exactly matter. With the hiring situation being a candidates’ market—and nearly one in three workers declining job …

The Honeymoon Is Over, AKA “The Employee Experience”

John Whitaker candidate experience, John Whitaker

“Candidate experience.” Google that term and you get just over 11 million hits. I’m guessing a fair percentage of those can be traced back to the contributors on this site, myself included, as sharing the gospel of the candidate experience is a pretty cool thing to do, don’tcha know? Here’s my concern about the avalanche of material you find about …

3 Things Glassdoor Taught Me

John Whitaker John Whitaker, Social Media

About a year ago, I started to manage our corporate Glassdoor account. Seemed like the perfect responsibility for me to assume; I lead our Talent Acquisition department, I love to write, and my 17 years as a married man has accustomed me to baseless criticism. I kid, I kid. But yes, I took the wheel as the official Glassdoor voice …

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How To Navigate Glassdoor Like A Boss

Patrick Ward Employment Branding and Culture, Patrick Ward

Glassdoor. The talent acquisition site all HR professionals and leaders love to hate. It’s been talked about over and over again in the industry, but I’m a big believer in looking at all sides of recruiting and HR tech, and Glassdoor is one site we need to turn our attention to (especially since they just underwent a rebrand.) Not only is …

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People at Holiday Parties are Talking About HR Tech, Employer Brands and Suvees

Holland Dombeck McCue Employment Branding and Culture, Holland Dombeck, HR Tech, Uncategorized

Yesterday I should have knocked out a few hours of work and put the finishing touches on my 2017 strategic plan, but instead I woke up at 8:30, finished Anna Kendrick’s memoir with a cup of coffee, then fell back asleep to the melodious voices of Property Brothers on my television. I didn’t brush my teeth until somewhere around 11:30. …

VIDEO: SmashUps with Ursula Mead: Creating a New Kind of Glassdoor

Tim Sackett Employee Communications, Employee Engagement, Recruiting, Recruitment Marketing, Smashfly, Tim Sackett

Welcome to our newest video series, Smashups, brought to you by the recruitment marketing pros at Smashfly! Each month, our host, Tim Sackett, will chat with a featured guest on ways you can better attract candidates and actually convert them into job applicants. Kinda important right? This month on Smashups, Tim talks to Ursula Mead, Founder and CEO of InHerSight, which tags itself as where …