Why Do We Resist Automation?

by | Aug 23, 2023 | Uncategorized

Is automation the inevitable future of recruitment? Will artificial intelligence replace the recruiter?These questions are asked frequently, and the opinions on both sides bounce around the Internet almost daily without resolution. Recruiters are more resistant to...

Eliminate Wasteful Recruiting

by | Aug 16, 2023 | Uncategorized

Simplify and Speed Up Your ProcessRecruiting is a wasteful process – filled with inefficiencies and administrivia. Using lean manufacturing concepts, waste is defined as any non-value-added process. Value-add means improving or moving a process to the next step with...

Maybe We Should Look at Employees Differently

by | Aug 9, 2023 | Uncategorized

NOTE: This is a guest post by Bas van de Haterd. I will be back next week.Employees are partners Last week this newsletter wrote about employees being viewed as assets but we don’t treat them like assets anyway. Because if we viewed an employee as an asset it would be...

I am NOT an Asset

by | Aug 2, 2023 | Uncategorized

Employees and Candidates as InvestorsCompanies often say that people are their most important asset. I have always found this term disingenuous, and when I hear it, I feel disrespected.Am I making too much out of a word? I don’t believe so. Words are powerful and...

If Not Quality of Hire, Then What Should You Measure?

by | Jul 26, 2023 | Uncategorized

Some Thoughts on Talent Acquisition Metrics and Measures that MatterA simple question for recruitment leaders: what is the purpose of the recruitment function? Why do organizations have such a function, and do the measures you report answer the question?In my mind,...