I hit about .300 on my 2018 predictions. I fall back to baseball, because saying 3 out of 10 in anything else looks like an epic fail. A few of them, like predicting Glassdoor would go public, were really close. Others, like saying virtual reality was going to hit its stride, sound really dumb a
Month: December 2018
The recruiting industry, by and large, is full of exceptional people who ultimately help provide a very noble service, bringing employers and people together. Dare I say, the whole machine comes to a grinding halt without the recruitment industry. That said, there are a few bad apples. Scam artists, scoundrels, and rascals that bring down
The fast-food giants have excellent social-media game, and we could learn from in recruitment. Keep reading to find out how you could take some tips from these brands’ social media savvy to power your recruitment efforts. Be Responsive and Engage How often do you have conversations with people who follow your account? If people are
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural-language processing have changed work and, along with it, the focus of recruiting. Over the past 20 years at least, recruiters have focused on finding and hiring technical talent — experts in a field — practitioners of best practice who are highly skilled and experienced. This has led to our
According to a recent report by Juniper, cybercriminals will steal around 33 billion records from companies in 2023. For the recruitment industry, this prediction is of particular concern. From candidate lists to financial records, sensitive data is central your work. Unfortunately, however, having access to such important data puts you at particular risk from hackers
Changes are coming to the executive suite at New York-based startup, Crowded. Co-founded by Howie Schwartz and Joe Rubin in 2015, the software company’s mission is to help revive old resumes within a company’s ATS. Details are sparse at the moment, but here’s what I’ve learned: A number of executives at the top of the organization
The World Economic Forum has just released its annual Future of Jobs Report. Among the findings: New, emerging jobs will increase their share of all jobs from 16 percent in 2018 to 27 percent in 2022. These include data scientists, AI and machine learning specialists, big-data specialists, process automation experts, robotics engineers, blockchain developers, e-commerce