A Brief History of the Interview and Its Future

Many of us have read the book “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell, where he postulates that chance and “gut feel” may play a more significant role in our lives than we imagine. Another older and more rigorously researched book entitled “Fooled by Randomness” by Nassim...

Skill Stacking for Survival

How to Better Prepare for the FutureWhat jobs will survive the growth of artificial intelligence as it encroaches on many of our most highly sought skill sets? Will we need the recruiters we have today in five years?There is an age-old discussion about whether deep...

Part II: The Recruiting Metrics that Matter

Last week I discussed the lack of effectiveness of the most reported recruiting metrics. Today I present metrics that are more effective and strategic.But to begin, let’s establish the five requirements that make a metric valid and effective.Five Requirements for All...

Part 1: Ineffective Recruiting Metrics

Thoughts on the most Popular Current MetricsThis is part one of two on recruiting metrics. Today I will discuss why the metrics we currently use are ineffective and not very useful. Next week I will present the metrics that I think actually do matter. Over the past...

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A private space for us to converse and connectToday I’m announcing a brand new addition to my Substack publication: the Future of Talent Weekly Newsletter subscriber chat.This is a conversation space in the Substack app that I set up exclusively for my subscribers —...