In Episode 40 of The HR Famous Podcast, Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn and Jessica Lee appear at TalentNet Live and do a panel on behavioral trends among recruiters in 2020, using the 2020 Recruiter Nation Survey from Jobvite as their source for conversation. The gang discusses how recruiters have changed in the depths of COVID, Tim gives his rant about the use of social media by recruiters, JLee […]

Pakistan is testing a centralized job board to promote vacancies in the public sector. Currently, sanction posts in the country have a 10% vacancy rate.

ME! No, I’m only joking. I’d be way higher than 75%! You all know I love data and some of the fun things we can pull out of studies about performance and selection. A 2014 study on world-class athletes found that the top-performing athletes had older siblings in 75% of the participants studied! So, want […]

During 2020, I’ve spoken to a lot of leaders who are concerned with their diversity recruiting. Every single one of them will say something like, “Tim, we just can’t find the ‘qualified’ diverse talent we need!” Sound familiar? Feel familiar? I’m not a diversity recruiting strategy expert. I leave that to my friend, Torin Ellis. […]

Job matching platform Vettery, owned by global human resource company Adecco Group has acquired Hired, a San-Francisco-based job board focused on technology talent.

As you go off on your Thanksgiving Holiday – Thank you! Thank you for reading my thoughts. Thank you for your support over the years. Thank you to all those who send me personal notes on how a post impacts you. Thank you to all those who send me personal notes about my grammar errors. […]

Today on the Weekly Dose I take a look at a piece of tech hardware, not software that is gaining popularity with organizations who are doing more and more hybrid virtual meetings. Owl Labs developed a speaker/mic/camera combination, The Meeting Owl, that makes in-office and remote workers feel more like they are in the room. […]

So, in the United States, if you have to work the day after Thanksgiving in an office environment, we’ve had this neat little game we play. You act like you work all day, while basically doing nothing! I’ve written about this in the past and tried to give advice to those poor souls who must […]

In episode 39 of The HR Famous Podcast, longtime HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett and Jessica Lee are joined by Cameron Sackett to discuss remote work burnout, proposed remote work privilege tax, and onboarding in a work from home environment. Listen (click this link if you don’t see the player) and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (Apple Podcasts) […]

Freelance worker marketplace Upwork has named former EBay executive Sam Bright (LinkedIn profile) as chief product and experience officer.

In 2001 I got my SPHR certification for the first time. I started my first real HR Manager job and the CHRO wanted to make sure every single HR person on our team had either a PHR or SPHR. I did an eight-week group study course with fellow HR pros studying for the test and […]

(Project fans – sharing a podcast called The Best Hire Ever – this week I was on it with my buddy, Kris Dunn, and Jobvite’s Chief Talent Officer Kelly Lavin! Check it out!) 20 – Breaking Down the 2020 Recruiter Nation Survey – Kelly Lavin and Tim Sackett In Episode 20 of BEST HIRE EVER, Kris Dunn breaks down […]

We tend to believe retirement is an age thing. Well, once you turn 65, it’s time to retire! Do you know where ’65’ actually came from? Most HR pros will probably guess it, it’s when America instituted social security insurance back in 1935. The U.S. Government, in 1935, didn’t even use any science to determine […]

A strong recovery beginning in July led Recruit Holdings to resume its tech development and marketing investments in the second quarter of 2020.