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How to source top software development candidates during and after COVID-19
With 38 million job claims in the US in the past nine weeks, it would seem as though the COVID-19 pandemic has erased all the jo...
Strategy
Office in an ‘unsexy’ area? Use these 5 talent attraction strategies
New York. Los Angeles. Toronto. Vancouver. London. These “sexy” locations are where great talent wants to work – your talent att...
Strategy
Wooing top tech talent: Recruiting in the Boston tech scene
A memorable Workable event on tech recruiting opened with some surprising statistics, courtesy of Culture Amp’s Joshua Bach: “10...
Better practices
Talent attraction: Why Maslow thinks your job ads suck
Are you a recruiter in a terrifyingly drab business park 30 minutes from the “cool” downtown core or city center? Getting cricke...
Trends
Brexit and employment: 6 things you can do today to prepare for Brexit
If you’re in the recruiting space, Brexit poses a unique conundrum. The lack of clarity around what’s coming up has led to, amon...
Strategy
Out-of-the-box recruiting strategies: Talent in the unlikeliest of places
What if we could take the unemployed and soon-to-be unemployed and prepare them for a new career? What if your accountant was on...
Better practices
The most common recruiting challenges and how to overcome them
If you had to name one thing as your biggest hiring headache, what would it be? It’s true that your answers might vary depending...
Better practices
Seven lessons from Doist on hiring remote employees
Imagine your workforce is so diverse your employees come from 26 countries. Getting applicants for your roles is never a problem...
Strategy
How to improve your recruiting process
Refined recruitment processes are efficient, productive and pleasant for both candidates and hiring teams. Here are a few ways t...
Candidate experience
The key to building a talent pipeline? Care about your candidates
As a talent acquisition professional, I’m constantly talking to passive candidates. Even when my business doesn’t have a current...
Better practices
The ethics and etiquette of employee poaching
Is employee poaching ethical? Yes. It is ethical, but it might not always be legal.* Here is why: * This post does not impart le...
Better practices
How to find good employees: hire for skills, not talent
Talent is a feel-good word for describing good job candidates. But, framing talent as the main recruiting and retention issue fo...