The term “silver medalist” has been circulating in recruiting circles long enough to have earned its own bullet point in vendor pitch decks and its own session at talent acquisition conferences where recruiters nod along and take notes they’ll never
The Yard Sale Theory of Talent Optimization
Last Saturday I woke up at 5 AM, loaded my car with boxes of things I no longer needed, drove to a friend’s house, and spent the next eight hours standing in a driveway selling them to strangers. Five households,
RecFest Lessons: Practical Ways to Modernize Hiring
While swinging through Nashville last week at RecFest, I scribbled a few notes as I went. What follows (below) are the bits that stuck once the music faded and my feet stopped hurting. Revolutionary? Busting the lid off TA via
Honesty in Hiring: Why Are We All Still Faking It?
Let’s be honest. About honesty. We often say we want hiring transparency … throughout the entire hiring process! To align with our promoted cultures where people can “bring their whole selves to work,” and our CEOs “tell it like it
