Do you know what’s wrong with companies and organizations? I know the answer because I go to a lot of conferences and listen to a lot of speakers. All of them will tell you exactly what’s wrong with your organization and every other organization. Turns out we all have the exact same thing wrong! Which […]

I’ve noticed a recent, frightening phenomenon. And I think I may be a perpetrator (heaven help me). In an attempt to stage a preemptive intervention, I thought there could be no better time than the present to address this odd and interesting tick–one that HR professionals, interviewers, and interviewees abuse unabashedly. The head nod. Or […]

The German business and careers network Xing — whose users are mainly from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH) — expects a double-digit percentage growth for 2019. This is according to the company’s 2018 report. 

China’s second largest domestic professional social network, Dajie.com, has launched a new app through which job candidates and employers can conduct video interviews. The new app, called Dajie Kuaizhao (or just Kuaizhao), uses machine learning to automate candidate filtering and interview scheduling. The app is currently available on both iOS and Android.  Jobseekers on the […]

‘Behavioral Boolean’ reduces the time necessary to identify and engage talent because it more accurately gauges candidate interest and intent, says Beamery.

BlueCrew, an on-demand platform for W-2 workers, said it expects to be available in 30 U.S. markets by the end of this year.

This episode is brought to you by Hiretual. First up in the news…. According to the Wall Street Journal Facebook agreed to overhaul its lucrative targeted advertising system to settle accusations that

I was at the WorkHuman conference this week in Nashville and came across some great content I wanted to share. One of my favorites was from Professor Gary Hamel who has a very real, no-nonsense approach that you probably either love or hate, he’s not your normal HR conference speaker. He shared his theory on […]

It’s no secret that millennial candidates care about much more than just collecting a bigger paycheck when looking for a new gig. These young professionals (who now make up the largest segment of the U.S. workforce) crave a sense of purpose in their work, both in their day-to-day job and the causes their employers support, […]

Japanese gig economy firm Lancers Inc. has tied up with a business development guild BizConcier to extend its HR services to companies that don’t want to hire extra employees full time. 

Japanese part-time jobs aggregator Arbeit.Nifty.com has started posting average hourly salaries on its iOS app to help job-seekers decide where they want to work. 

Lattice Analytices is designed to give HR and managers access to performance, engagement and management data from across the organization.

The youngest talent populating the labour market belongs to a cohort called Generation Z; generally defined as anyone born after 1997. Now making up roughly 30% of the global population, the question has quite rightly been asked: how can we strategize to attract and retain these alien ‘digital natives’? You will have already seen the […]

One of the things that is very important to me as I navigate my professional career in Human Resources is feedback and constructive criticism. I cannot stress enough how important it is for managers and supervisors to communicate with their people frequently. In my opinion, the relationship between a manager and his direct report can […]