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We’re Reversing the Job Search Process by Making it Personal With Video...
The job search process has not changed with the advent of technology and the Internet — all we did was take our job postings from print and put them online in more and more locations, resulting in...
View ArticleHow to Find Everything You Want to Know in a Video Resume
Aside from listing skills and past job experience, video resumes also give you a peek into how a candidate would mesh with the company culture, what soft skills they possess, and how they communicate...
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Find Out What Happened When We Reversed the Job-search Process
About a year ago I told you about how we’re reversing the job-search process. Now’s a good time to tell you the results. We have now hired 101 from this program — and counting! On average, these...
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Sourcing Online; My Everquest Java Adventure
Living in San Diego, near the beach, had its perks when I was younger. Being able to swim in the ocean, moderate temperatures, and seemingly endless sunny days. So one would think that when I had free...
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Viral Sourcing
I recently had lunch with the owner of Gigg.com, Scott Warner. He uses creative digital media to take businesses’ social media viral. Wow! Do we need that as sourcers or what? Gigg often collaborates...
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The Stroudification of Artificial Intelligence – Engagement
It’s been long overdue, and also, long-in-the-works: no one has quite complemented, mimicked, or successfully copied the Jim Stroud recipe for candidate engagement. It’s something that I deeply admire....
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Better Late Than Never: LinkedIn Will Soon Let You Upload Videos, Reveal Some...
It’s about five years overdue, but news is spreading that LinkedIn’s 500 million users will soon be able to upload a video and share it. Yes, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and, of course,...
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Skype Finally Gets Serious About Being a Video Interviewing Tool
There’s no shortage of video interviewing tools in the recruiting industry. Green Job Interview, HireVue, Take the Interview, Montage, Wepow, Sparkhire, and Vervoe are just a few off the top of my...
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‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Launches Job Board to Help Former Criminals Find Work
This news probably won’t end up in a movie deal starring Leo DiCaprio, but it’s certainly worth sharing here. In addition to being the original “Wolf of Wall Street,” a character popularized in the...
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Using Videos to Source
When you think of video use in recruitment you probably imagine some kind of career videos. But the usage of videos for staffing purposes could go far beyond that. At the last Sourcing Summit Europe,...
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Drive Sourcing Through The Power Of Periscope
What goes through your mind when interviewing for a job? One question that I hear time and time again is, how do I know if I will fit in? What is the culture of the company or department? How do you...
View ArticleJust Because You Can, Doesn’t Always Mean You Should: Meet O’Hire
I see a lot of press releases highlighting new companies in the talent acquisition space. It breaks down pretty close to this: 80 percent are been-there-done-that, 10 percent are categorized as pretty...
View ArticleStudy Says Less Is More and Cheaper is Better When It Comes to Recruitment...
I’m not a big fan of video when it comes to resumes, but for employers, I think it’s a must-have. What companies struggle with, however, is exactly how video should be done. Many opt for professionals...
View ArticleLinkedIn Embraces Its Inner Snapchat With New Video Features
Launching less than a year ago, LinkedIn was really late to the native video upload game. At the time, I wrote, “Employers will now be able to post videos and get data that actually supports...
View ArticleDeepfakes and Recruitment
We are used to technology evolving quickly and coming up with new and surprising updates and solutions. Many recruiters and sourcers love A.I. because it’s going to make our work easier and help...
View ArticleOnly HR Managers Are Immune From the Robots
When the robots arrive, some of you people out there in HR land are doomed. Utterly doomed! How do I know this? An algorithm told me. Go ahead and shake your head over the sheer preposterousness of it...
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DIY Sourcing, Like Those Cheesy, Make Your Own Slime Videos, but Way Nerdier
My second grader went through a phase where she was all about watching “Do it Yourself” videos on how to make markers, crayons, and most recently various types of slime. Yes, slime, and it’s very...
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