Some things just take way longer than they should. I remember spending hours on my computer just to download one song, let alone an entire album. (And sometimes, after waiting for the download bar to fill, it wouldn’t even be the right song.) Even before that, I had to tape things off of the radio, which took even longer - sitting around waiting for the song I wanted to finally play and then ... Continue reading
Forever Young: Hiring Junior Recruiting Talent
I doubt I need to join the chorus talking about how it’s a challenging market with more high tech roles than experienced candidates. Everyone’s talking about how many developers they need before December, and so many people get stuck on this code language or finding new boolean strings for the code communities. But what about your recruiters? With this talent deficit, we’re not just having a ... Continue reading
How to Recruit Machine Learning Talent If You’re Not Google
"I'm also interviewing at Google," she said like it was no big deal. Ever been there? You're recruiting a really niche developer and then you get the "well, I'm also talking to Google" bomb dropped on you? Fear not, friends. There is a way to compete with Google - even for machine learning and AI talent. Let's face the facts. The uses for AI technology and other machine learning roles are ... Continue reading
Humans In Hiring: Introducing Human-in-the-Loop AI
A special guest post from our CEO, Shon Burton The panic isn’t real. It actually makes me laugh a little to hear all the end-of-the-world talk when it comes to recruiting. The headlines, while varying in their length and humor, are all the same: “AI is going to kill all of our jobs!” This is a theory I believe sets us up for failure in more ways than one. But before we dive into AI and the ... Continue reading
5 tips to turn a job description into a sourcing strategy
After recently attending my oldest daughter’s high school graduation, now more than ever I find myself thinking back on my own experience in high school. My story isn’t one I’ll share a lot of details on, corporate blog and all, but there’s one really important lesson I do want to share. One that I can point to as a driver of my success in every job I’ve had since then: context clues. Sounds ... Continue reading
HIREconf Speakers Release a Single…
HIREconf San Francisco is right around the corner. To celebrate, two HIREconf speakers have released a new single. This is the first artistic collaboration for veteran talent acquisition professionals David Nicola and Mark Tortorici. Hear what they have to say about sourcing and recruiting next week in San Francisco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ286UBnXNA&feature=youtu.be ... Continue reading