Tim Sackett released a tweet last week about a Gen Z coworker not knowing what Kinko’s was. That coworker was me — GUILTY! I have to admit, maybe my lack of awareness of Kinko’s is due to my age, or maybe it’s due to the fact that I grew up in a very small, rural […]
A few weeks ago in the airport bathroom, I overheard a conference call taking place in the stall next to me. Cringe. I hate that. Are you so important that you have to pee during the call? I get if you’re at home. You really need to go, so you put yourself on mute. But […]
More than half of companies using HR SaaS have achieved big savings in their people operations. But progress lags in contributing measurable business value.
At LinkedIn Talent Connect last year, LinkedIn talked about how they weren’t satisfied with just helping white-collar workers network and find jobs. They spoke specifically of things in the pipeline that would help SMB employers hire blue collar workers as well. I think we all wondered what that looked like since those who network on […]
Everybody has a story, maybe more than one, impacting your work life. A few years back while attending the SHRM National Conference in Orlando, Heather Abbott, a Boston Marathon bombing victim, gave a rousing 10-minute introduction to the conference. An HR executive whose life was dramatically altered after losing a leg in the tragic event. […]
We were browsing LinkedIn today looking for clues to employers rejection processes. Complaints were not hard to find. Here’s a few screenshots of what they are saying. The rejection process is so easy to fix yet most companies pay little attention to this part of the candidate experience. It is our
Indeed does not get paid to fill jobs. It makes more money when employers and job seekers keep going back to keep looking. Has anyone explained that to employers and job seekers? What’s your experience with Indeed?
Recruitment support tool En-Gage.net has enjoyed notable popularity in the Japanese corporate sector since launching three years ago. More than 180,000 companies now use the free service to create smartphone-optimized recruitment sites.
Ringier One Africa Media jobs brands – Jobberman and BrighterMonday, have gamified their user profile update process to encourage job seekers to make their profiles more relevant for job matching.
So, an in the trenches Recruiting and HR Pro, Kristina Minyard (@HRrecruit on the Twitters) brought up a really great question last week, that had a pretty big response. Kind of a black and white response, meaning you either were in one camp or the other. (BTW – go connect with Kristina – she’s a […]
Remember that time someone threw an incredible party. A party people talked about for months. It was THE event that included people you knew, people you wanted to know, and that one special person you had a crush on for years. Of course you remember that party. Why? Because you weren’t invited. Later you find […]
In May 2019, the largest Russian bank Sberbank will finalize its acquisition of Rabota.ru, a No.5 job vertical in Russia with almost 10M monthly visitors as on February 2019. This purchase is in line with the bank’s strategy regarding job verticals.
Seek, the No. 1 job site in Australia, has found its new AP&A boss in Ian Narev, the former chief executive of Australia’s largest bank. Narev, who ran the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for six years, will take on the dual role of chief operating officer and chief executive of the Asia Pacific and Americas […]
Xing SE, the leading business and career network in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH), bought the IT jobs site Honeypot. In a press release Xing announced that it paid €22 million ($24.7 million U.S) for the Berlin based startup that runs a niche job platform for IT specialists in the DACH region. If Honeypot reaches […]