Candidate Experience is Built on One Great Big Lie!

Tim Sackett Audacious Ideas, Candidate Pool, HR, HR & Marketing, Tim Sackett, Video Interviewing

I recently traveled down to Sydney, Australia to speak at HR Tech Fest. I was asked to do a couple of sessions, and because I spent twenty hours on planes getting there, I thought, “What the hell is another hour on stage?!” My first sessions was on HR Technology 101.  My second session was called “Candidate Experience is the Biggest …

VIDEO: Weird Science with Steve Boese – The Future of HR Technology

Tim Sackett HR, HR Technology

Who better than Steve Boese, Co-Chair of the biggest HR conference of the year–the HR Technology Conference–to join Weird Science host, Tim Sackett, to chat about future trends in human resources technology. Coming off this year’s HR Tech Conference, Steve brings us the inside scoop on the continued integration of predictive analytics, as well as the use of cloud technology, in future-thinking talent acquisition …

Baby Boomers Leaving Doesn’t Equal Lack of Workers!

Tim Sackett Candidate Pool, Change, Current Affairs, HR Technology, Tim Sackett, Uncategorized, War for Talent

You’re finally feeling it, aren’t you?  Those older workers, the ones we call the Baby Boomers, are finally retiring. The great famed “White Wave” is upon us, about ten years after we were told it was going to hit.  Regardless of the timing, we are all certainly feeling it. The one thing we’ve been told from the demographic statisticians and …

The Science Behind Taking a Vacation

Tim Sackett HR (& Life!) Advice, HR Tech, HR Technology, Tim Sackett, Video, Video Interviewing, Web/Tech

I’ve had a feeling for about 18 years that I wasn’t doing vacation right. Not coincidentally, 18 years ago was the birth of my first child, on our way to three boys. Vacations didn’t seem like vacations. Once you have kids vacations become just trips away from home, where you get less sleep, you pay to get less sleep, and …

Talent Acquisition is a Zero-Sum Game

Tim Sackett Audacious Ideas, Business Development, Contingent Workforce, Digital Interviewing, Good HR, HR, Selection, Succession Planning, Tim Sackett

There is a mathematical concept called Zero-Sum. What is says is basically when one person, organization, etc. will gain, there is an equal loss by another person, organization, etc. of that exact same amount. An example might be market share of a corporation: If GM has 17% market share of U.S. car buyers, and it gains 1% to 18% total market …

VIDEO: Weird Science with William Tincup – Using Technology In Workforce Succession Planning

Tim Sackett Interviewing, Tim Sackett, William Tincup

Wrapping up this month at the “Weird Science” series, Tim Sackett chats via video with William Tincup, Principal Analyst at KeyInterval Research, on the latest science (or lack thereof) behind successful succession planning. (Hint: Does technology give you the answers on who should replace Sally when she leaves, or does it render the decisions that you’ve already made? Just a quick …

The Science Behind Hiring For Potential

Tim Sackett Audacious Ideas, HR, HR & Sports, HR Tech, HR Technology, Selection, Tim Sackett

I’m a big fan of the prison series on Netflix, Orange is the New Black.  I didn’t think I would like it when multiple people told me I had to watch it, but I’ve been sucked in! I love how they let you begin to like or dislike a character before they reveal their true crimes, many times changing your whole …

VIDEO: Weird Science with Kris Dunn – Using Assessments To Build A Better Team (It’s Science!)

Tim Sackett HR, HR Tech, HR Technology, Recruiting, Selection, Tim Sackett

This month at the “Weird Science” Series, Tim Sackett chats via video with the one and only Kris Dunn, CHRO at the Atlanta-based RPO firm, Kinetix, and FOT founder, on assessments and the data/insight they give you around hiring the right candidate for your company. Listen to the dynamic duo talk about the science behind assessments and how to implement them …

Knowledge Is No Longer Power

Tim Sackett HR Tech, HR Technology, Tim Sackett, Web/Tech

For  centuries we have all known that knowledge is power.  The basic management hierarchy of almost all organizations is based on this premise.  The top person in any company knows the vision, they share that down, and so forth. Along these lines knowledge becomes very powerful. Your boss knows about something, a big change that will take place next month, …

VIDEO: Weird Science with Troy Barnett – The People-Driven Technology Behind the Under Armour Brand

Tim Sackett HR & Sports, HR Tech, HR Technology, Interviewing, Selection, Tim Sackett, Video, Worldwide FOT

This month at the “Weird Science” Series, Tim Sackett chats via video with Troy Barnett, former NFL player and current Senior Director of Corporate Services Technology at Under Armour, on how he got into the technology field, what he’s currently working on at Under Armour and—given their significant and continued growth—what new tools and tricks he’s able to implement to help …