#SRSC & EBrandCon

When some recruitment teams hear the words “artificial intelligence,” they immediately lock their doors, shut their windows, and hide. Why? AI has been a recent source of fear for organizational leaders and recruitment teams, especially in the context of helping with diversity recruiting.  But where did this fear come from? You may have read stories…

There are more job seekers than the number of jobs we have open in the job market. While many employers think it’s easy to get more applicants in a candidate-driven market like this one, the successful employers figured out that it is not about the number of applicants anymore, but it is all about the quality of applicants who can be a right fit for…

Going it alone can be valuable when you’re short on resources, and long for talent. But for many organizations, working with an external partner can provide in-depth, rigorous experience when you don’t have it in-house. Depending upon an organization’s goals, there is a whole list of reasons why you might take this step. Whatever your reasons, working…

You might be wondering (and rightly so!) what the above old-school newspaper cut-out has to do with EBrandCon 2018? This is an early newspaper employment ad, shared by Tracey Parsons from SmashFly during her EBrandCon presentation. Her session, and the ones that followed, highlight how different today’s modern hiring landscape is (even from a few years…

(Part 2 of the "Gen Z" series; read part 1 here) When it comes to talking about strategies to reach Gen Z; it would be easy to moan, groan and gripe about "another post telling people what they need to do to appease an entire generation." It would be easy, but it would also be somewhat short-sighted. Generation Z's eldest members turned 20 last year…