As the quest for the shiniest silver bullets in recruitment continues the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning and “Big Data” are proving to be a great hunting ground for salesmen
Managing employees and an HR function requires a more holistic approach than exploring issues from the surface. People use statistics as a drunk uses a lamppost – for support rather than
Even if you only have a casual interest in the world of hiring it’s not long before you’ll encounter someone touting a magic bullet, a panacea for the “broken” world of
Another podcast, this time with the excellent Matt Alder. Matt is compiling a series of excellent perspectives on recruiting called Recruiting Future, you can listen to the whole series here. To
“Yes that’s right, we had a one hundred percent response rate to the survey.” The speaker from a international airline proudly stated his results. His lovingly compiled pie
The war for talent is a term coined by Steven Hankin of McKinsey & Company in 1997. It has since become a cliché. It’s used as both a rallying cry and a cause for concern for HR and
It’s the not so distant future. A mobile app linked to a wrist mounted wearable wakes you, at precisely the right moment. It monitors your sleep patterns and pulse rate and greets you each
The world of HR and recruitment software seems to be going through something of a renaissance as of late. The world that was dominated by user-unfriendly bloatware is becoming increasingly
Hiring is scary. Hiring is a risky process that we all know can do irreparable damage if we get it wrong. There are countless studies that all make the case that a false positive is more
