A few months ago, I achieved a goal I’ve been working towards my entire professional life since I graduated from Pacific Lutheran University back in 2007. I was given the opportunity to serve in a leadership role in the human…
Organizational Leadership
Their Loss Is Your Gain- How to Utilize Downsizing in Staffing to Your Advantage
These days seeing headlines announcing massive layoffs at companies are not uncommon. News stories like these often set off alarms or panic for many as they can signal changes in the economy that are perceived as dismal. As a sourcing…
What Really Happens During a Layoff – a Completely Unscientific, Real-Life Example & Sourcing Strategy
The following is a little secret I discovered years ago, witnessing it as layoffs happened. I validated my theory, as best I could, by watching layoffs happen through a few recessions from within the company. Hearing the announced “target” reduction…
Microsoft Reportedly Acquires GitHub
It has been a weekend of gossip and speculation, but it appears Microsoft and GitHub have agreed to an acquisition and the arrangement could be announced as early as Monday, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. GitHub attracts over 27 million software developers with…
The “I’s” in Team
Teamwork is something that we learn at a very young age. We learn that working as part of a team will strengthen the team and the businesses that partners with the team and in particular contexts such as sports, it’s essential…
Promoting Process Over Value and Management Over Leadership – Do You Want A Seat at The Table?
Internal Talent Acquisition (TA) has a problem. We are unconsciously incompetent. Internal TA is, in the scheme of things, a relatively new function. Given this, we have taken metrics from what we know, mainly from the agency recruitment model. This,…
Leading From The Heart
Leading from the heart is needed in the forever changing staffing industry today. I believe it’s the new perspectives, a new movement! This perspective draws from the core of the human most basic need and values – compassion, trust, empathy,…
How Recruiters Can Use Layoff Announcements to Source Candidates and Help Others
Whenever I heard about layoffs, I would think, “Hmm, I want to contact those being affected and see if I can recruit them for my open jobs.” As I did this, I learned, “Hey, a lot of the unaffected people…
The Employee Turnover Schmurnover
I’ve been at my new job now for six months. It’s the first commute that I’ve had in years. I used to walk to work and then I worked from home for over a year. I’ve become one of those…
How Are You Assessing Cultural Fit?
A friend of mine was recently interviewing for a sales role at a hot tech company, and, in one of the interviews, a person who would be his peer looked him up and down, in his blazer, slacks and button…
Time Management – Work-Life Balance
Time. We don’t ever have enough of it, so be critical with each second of every day as we don’t get any do-overs! Now that we have our schedules down, ability to quickly read through the resume, identify and maintain…
Sourcing for Retail – Tis the Season
With fall right around the corner, you can practically smell pumpkin spice and seasonal hiring in the air. Retailers everywhere are putting the finishing touches on sourcing strategies to grab the much-needed workforce to see them through the holidays. The…
Instagram – There’s Power In that Heart!
Everyone reading this is well aware that Instagram has outgrown its beginnings as a fun app for kids and has become a serious content marketing, networking and audience building tool for recruiters and brands. It’s one of the most popular…
Sourcing from Home
Sourcing from home is a dream come true for many. There is something about not having to take a shower before “going into work” that appeals to the inner sloth in us all. While it is true, certain freedoms are…
Sourcing for Reddit Gold
There is gold on Reddit and not just the kind you get from other Redditors. While it’s not uncommon to hear success stories of people hiring for technical positions using Reddit, what many people don’t realize is what can be…
Rules for Contacting a Candidate
Give it a Google, and you’ll find article after article on the rules for conducting yourself in an interview – as a candidate. But a good impression goes both ways when it comes to contacting a candidate. You don’t want…
What if LinkedIn Disappeared?
If LinkedIn disappeared tomorrow, depending on the day, it honestly might take me a few hours to notice. Not to diminish LinkedIn as one of the number one platforms to source from, but it’s just one of many tools sourcers…
What is the Future of Sourcing?
It’s incredible to think just how much sourcing and recruitment have changed since businesses first began to invest in talent acquisition functions. I can’t imagine what it must have been like 20, even ten years ago, when conveniences like LinkedIn…
Spider-Man Puzzles – Hiring the Right Pieces for Your Own Team
I’ve got four awesome kids! They are ages eight, six, two, and seven months. I know, that’s a lot of kids, and let me tell you, they are a handful. But I absolutely love them. One thing I love about…
Hit a Wall? Secrets for Getting Unstuck
If I had a nickel for every time a recruiter told me they had “searched everywhere” for candidates and “nothing worked,” I’d have a lot of nickels. And if I had an additional nickel for every time the very same…