Massive layoffs are extending well beyond the tech industry. After Disney CEO Bob Iger announced on Monday that huge layoffs at the company would start this week, the cuts have now begun ..read more

Background checks are ubiquitous in the hiring process, conducted as a matter of course. More (most?) often than not, they return clean, and we hire the candidate. Sometimes, they return an issue that requires further conversation or, worse, will disqualify the candidate from further consideration for employment ..read more

When I ask HR and talent leaders to describe the most desirable corporate cultures, I usually hear words like empowering, fun, flexible, creative, friendly, inclusive, and nurturing. Words I rarely hear include structured, methodical, predictable, and stable. Yet surprisingly, structured and predictable cultures are nearly as appealing to employees as fun and friendly ones ..read more

Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from around the web to kick off your weekend. Here’s what’s of interest this week ..read more

Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from around the web to kick off your weekend. Here’s what’s of interest this week ..read more

Yesterday, Indeed.com announced plans to cut about 2,200 workers, roughly 15% of the company’s workforce. A memo from Indeed CEO Chris Hymans, who himself will take a 25% pay cut, explained that the layoffs are occurring based on the organization anticipating that the job market will cool in the coming future. As a result, Hymans expects that job listings (how the company mainly makes money) will similarly shrink ..read more

I’ve mentioned in previous columns that there would be surprises and disruptions in the year ahead. We were certainly handed a few in the banking industry during the past couple of weeks, but let’s start with a recap of another strong labor market report ..read more

Last week, LinkedIn announced that it will start introducing a range of AI-enabled features meant to create greater profile personalization and write job posts. The new functions will be largely powered by Microsoft’s Open AI’s GPT-4 technology (Microsoft owns LinkedIn ..read more

Welcome to “The Most Interesting Recruiting Stories of the Week,” a weekly post that features talent acquisition insights and information from around the web to kick off your weekend. Here’s what’s of interest this week ..read more

Let’s face it: Talent acquisition professionals have a love-hate relationship with ATSs. It stems from good and not-so-good technology. Good and not-so-good use of technology. Good and not-so-good decision-making around choosing technology. Good and not-so-good product evolution ..read more