MY BLOG!
I love having somewhere to be super opinionated (and helpful!) about all things recruitment and talent acquisition. 😆
Here on the blog you’ll find the Recruitment Isn’t Broken newsletter, show recordings of Hear The Talent People with Glenn Martin, interviews in the series Let’s Talk Human-First HR Tech, summaries from The Hiring Partner Perspective podcast, podcast interviews I’ve been invited onto, and reruns of The #SocialRecruiting Show with Audra Night & Glenn Martin.
Are You Hiring Managers Crazy?
In-house recruiters & talent acquisition, read this to your hiring managers - especially those who are acting...
Confronting A Biased Hiring Manager
What do you do with a biased hiring manager? I opened a can of worms. After each edition, lovely readers send me...
To truly celebrate women and reduce sexism…
We women need to stop doing this too 😬 As many readers know, I am writing a new book called Conquer Hiring. It is...
🚩 Never Hire Rejected Candidates
'Our company's policy is to never hire rejected candidates' 😲 I sometimes fear I'll run out of things to rant about...
Identify Your Recruitment Blockers
You may have seen my LinkedIn post/poll last week about Recruiting Hell on Reddit. I made the mistake of popping in...
Monumental Red Flag!
This red flag stopped me talking! This is my 20th year in the recruitment/TA industry so to be left speechless by a...
2023: Leaving A No BS Legacy
As this is my first article of the year - HAPPY NEW YEAR beloved reader, subscriber, and especially those who read...
Recruiters, 5 Things To Leave In 2022
Recruiters, 5 things to leave behind! Wow, this is my last article for 2022! Ok, I could squeeze one more in but I...
Don’t Hire Unless You Can Keep Them
Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ People! Ep. 8: Don't Hire Unless You Can Keep Them Chief Talent Navigator & founder of...
2022, The Recruiting Rollercoaster
Recruiting rollercoaster, it's up, it's down... or is it up? 🎢 While the press is focused on the doom & gloom...
Recruiting In Ambiguity
Are we recruiting in ambiguity? Who knows! My feed is full of layoffs. My feed is also full of new starters &...
5 Reasons Talent Acquisition Pros Fail
Are Talent Acquisition pros being set up to fail? Last week I had a ball speaking at #LDNLive22 about 'Handling...
Hiring for Climate & Sustainability Startups
Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ People! Ep. 5: Hiring for Climate & Sustainability Startups Climate change is on the...
Hiring Managers Are Human Too!
Hiring Managers; They're Only Human! Sitting between the candidate and the hiring manager can feel like being in an...
Hiring For Environmental Impact Startups
Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ People! Ep. 4: Hiring For Environmental Impact Startups Don't let the dull sounding title...
Talent Acquisition Is A Cost Centre, Right? 🤨
A cost centre! How often do you hear Talent Acquisition called this? The people who bring in the people, therefore...
Why Layoffs Not Redeployment? with @ThatTracey
Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶- People – Ep. 3: Why Layoffs Not Redeployment? with Tracey Parsons What's so wrong with...
You Can’t Beat Gen Z. Join Them!
If you hear yourself complaining about Gen Z... We created them. We enabled them. We are to blame. And it's up to...
People Ops Pressure In Lean Startups
Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶- People - Ep. 2: People Ops Pressure In Lean Startups with Jess Larsen Over the last few...
How To NOT Get Hired Via LinkedIn
Do recruiters really not know how to NOT get hired via LinkedIn? Day in, day out, recruiters look at LinkedIn...
Quit Talking About Quiet Quitting!
Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ People! Ep. 1 Enough Talk About Quiet Quitting with Suzanne Lucas The latest...
Interview: The Chad & Cheese Podcast – Upgraded Robot-Proof Recruiter
Huge love to Chad & Cheese for inviting me back! And on the day that Edition 2 of The Robot-Proof Recruiter was...
Interview: The Recruitment Flex – Robot-Proof Recruiter
Thrilled to be back on The Recruitment Flex! 🤩 Thank you Serge & Shelley! I was excited to be re-welcomed onto...
Ep. 1: Let’s Talk Human-First HR Tech with Bennett Sung
Chatting human-first HR tech with Bennett Sung! 😍 In this series, I am asking the HR & Recruitment tech vendors...
Recruiter, You Are Not Here To Be Liked!
Respected, yes. Liked, that's just a bonus. Yes, of course, it's easier if people like you but if you need to be...
Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ People Launch!
Introducing Hear The T̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ People It seems you missed us. 🥰 And we missed you. 😍 Prior to my Edition 2 book...
Curiosity Didn’t Kill This Kat(rina)!
Has curiosity ever killed a cat? 😼According to Wikipedia, "Curiosity killed the cat" is a proverb used to warn of...
Recruiter, Is Your Perception Reality?
What if your perception is wrong? Writing this in a cooler temperature, it's hard to believe that the UK and most...
Your Candidate’s Time Is Running Out ⏳
Just like a candidate's time, your time is finite ⏳ The older you get, the faster time goes. And the more it...
How To Reduce Candidate Ghosting
You can reduce candidate ghosting. (You won't stop it though!) Part 2 - read Part 1 here. Someone becomes...
A Reply! Recruiters, You Don’t Have A Right To One.
Recruiters, prospects don't have to reply. Earlier this week, I had a lovely message exchange with a reader of The...
Lisa Haggar: Candidate Experience & Educating Upwards
Educating upwards will help you deliver a better candidate experience You may know Lisa Haggar as the...
Recruiter Spam & InMauls!
What will it take to stop recruiter spam? 😱 It was 2015 when Steve Levy first coined the term InMaul, (AKA LinkedIn...
Sue Ingram: Handling Dramatic Hiring Managers
Tips for partnering with your hiring managers! It was a thrill to speak to & giggle with my good friend, Sue...
Gatekeeper, Whose Life Will You Change Today?
As the gatekeeper to employment, recruiters & HR can change lives. I'm just back from my first proper holiday...
HR fires ‘people person’ recruiter!
Intimidated CHRO fires dynamic TA professional If you know me, even solely by reputation, you will know that if I...
Recruiters Standing With Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine On Friday one of our own recruitment community, Anastasia Yalanskaya, was killed delivering aid...
Jess Von Bank: See Me, Protect Me, Respect Me.
Employer: See Me, Protect Me, Respect Me! Reading Jess Von Bank's post, “Stop filling reqs and start providing...
3 Ways To Compete Against FAANG For New Hires
FAANGing Inhumane Many of you will find you're competing against Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix & Google,...
Choosing How To Work: Molly Johnson-Jones
The freedom to choose how to work Molly Johnson-Jones shared a post on LinkedIn that stated '“By removing the need...
A ‘Candidate’s’ Time Is A Precious Gift!
'Candidates' don't owe you their irreplaceable time! ⏳ Time is precious. Time is finite.And too often, recruiters...
Mark Gilroy: Loss Aversion & Hiring
Is fear of change or loss aversion impacting hiring? After seeing Mark Gilroy’s fabulous YouTube video about...
Ready To Backfill 18% Of These Roles Due To Menopause?
18% of women* in menopause could quit due to a lack of support! Research here in the UK revealed that 18%, which is...
Lee Andrese: Rejected Candidates Matter Most
Ghosted & rejected candidates matter most! The moment I saw Lee Andrese, write, "Dear Hiring Managers &...
Are Recruiters Unicorns Now?
Or are you just being too picky? 🤷♀️ Unless you have been under a rock, you will either be receiving countless...
Suzanne Lucas: The Great January Exodus
Before it's too late, listen to this from Suzanne Lucas! When Suzanne Lucas's post, If You Think The Great...
Recruiters, 10 Things To Leave In 2021
Tough love to set you up for success in 2022 💪🏻 It's true, there are more than 10 things I'd like the recruitment...
Talent Acquisition, stop acting like a service function!
Be the high-value business function talent acquisition is! As we close 2021, I have never seen so many in-house...
But, but… Stop! Recruiter Ghosting Is Far More Damaging
Recruiter ghosting is (finally) having its comeuppance In my opinion: Recruiter ghosting: happens when HR,...
Let’s Start At The Very Beginning 🎶
(Ok, maybe not such) A very good place to start But some backstory, to accompany the ear-worm. 🎶 It will help you...
