It’s tough out there for talent acquisition teams across all industries. However, healthcare recruiters are facing particularly difficult challenges to attract and hire talent beginning with severe and persistent clinical worker shortages ..read more

In recognition of International Women’s Day, we went straight to GR8 People’s favorite sources of inspiration—CEO Diane Smith and Chief Product Officer Jayne Kettles ..read more

Is it a watershed moment for company culture? Yes. And a recent LinkedIn 2022 Global Talent Trends report agrees. The report shares the commonly held opinion by many of us in talent acquisition that company culture “is being reshaped in a crucible fired by the pandemic, the acceleration of automation, the rise of millennials and Gen Z in the workforce, and the Great Reshuffle. Employees are demanding—and quite often getting—more freedom to work where and when they want and more attention to their well-being ..read more

There was a time when organizations viewed gig workers as a luxury or an auxiliary piece of their workforce. The last few years have turned that notion on its head. Research supports the growing trend of gig workers becoming a force to be reckoned with ..read more

Organizations are desperately seeking skilled professionals to fill their open positions and the war for top talent is at an all-time high. While this isn’t new news, let’s take a look at some of the stats. As much as 69% of companies globally have reported a talent shortage, and during 2021, employers added an astounding 3.8 million job openings. There’s currently fewer than one available worker for every available job opening (0.75 to be exact)—the lowest ratio ever recorded. So, how can talent acquisition teams combat these troubling numbers? By tapping into data they likely already have at ..read more

Real talk: 2021 was a pivotal year for recruiters and talent acquisition teams alike. Employers endured arguably the most topsy-turvy labor market in recent memory. Many employees, perhaps wanting to update their priorities from money to meaning, vacated their roles in droves—in what has since been dubbed the "Great Reshuffle ..read more

Jayne Kettles is the co-founder and chief product officer at GR8 People. She’s been a technologist, product visionary, and innovator in the enterprise software industry for more than 15 years. A senior executive with strong leadership skills and technical expertise, Jayne has a history of delivering value to customers through innovative software and technology. In this blog she shares thoughts on the challenges and opportunities AI brings to talent acquisition ..read more

Matt Miller is the Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Worldwide Clinical Trials, a Contract Resource Organization founded by physicians to advance medical science and achieve successful drug development ..read more

When most people, whether they’re on the employer side or the job seeker side, think about the traditional hiring process, agile usually isn’t the word that comes to mind ..read more

As organizations set out to conduct recruiting technology vendor reviews, many will begin by looking externally at current vendors and their associated product offerings. Yet, my experience working with hundreds of enterprise organizations suggests that teams realize much greater vendor selection success when they look internally first. In particular, those that take a step back and clearly articulate their business situation will find they are far more effective in aligning their needs to the right system and partner ..read more