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Did you miss me? While most were summer holidaying, I had a hiatus to write my memoir, The Damage of Words. I also...

Thanks to the state of the economy, many recruiters are now on the receiving end of countless poor business...

A waste of your time or a hiring solution? Take your salary and divide it by the number of weeks you work. Then...

What do you gain by allowing poor hiring manager behaviour? I'm still on my global talent acquisition training...

In-house recruiters & talent acquisition, read this to your hiring managers - especially those who are acting...

What do you do with a biased hiring manager? I opened a can of worms. After each edition, lovely readers send me...

We women need to stop doing this too 😬 As many readers know, I am writing a new book called Conquer Hiring. It is...

'Our company's policy is to never hire rejected candidates' 😲 I sometimes fear I'll run out of things to rant about...

You may have seen my LinkedIn post/poll last week about Recruiting Hell on Reddit. I made the mistake of popping in...

This red flag stopped me talking! This is my 20th year in the recruitment/TA industry so to be left speechless by a...

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 behind! Wow, this is my last article for 2022! Ok, I could squeeze one more in but I...

Recruiting rollercoaster, it's up, it's down... or is it up? 🎢 While the press is focused on the doom & gloom...

Are we recruiting in ambiguity? Who knows! My feed is full of layoffs. My feed is also full of new starters &...

Are Talent Acquisition pros being set up to fail? Last week I had a ball speaking at #LDNLive22 about 'Handling...

Hiring Managers; They're Only Human! Sitting between the candidate and the hiring manager can feel like being in an...

A cost centre! How often do you hear Talent Acquisition called this? The people who bring in the people, therefore...

If you hear yourself complaining about Gen Z... We created them. We enabled them. We are to blame. And it's up to...

Do recruiters really not know how to NOT get hired via LinkedIn? Day in, day out, recruiters look at LinkedIn...

Has curiosity ever killed a cat? 😼According to Wikipedia, "Curiosity killed the cat" is a proverb used to warn of...

What if your perception is wrong? Writing this in a cooler temperature, it's hard to believe that the UK and most...

Just like a candidate's time, your time is finite ⏳ The older you get, the faster time goes. And the more it...

You can reduce candidate ghosting. (You won't stop it though!) Part 2 -  read Part 1 here. Someone becomes...

Recruiters, prospects don't have to reply. Earlier this week, I had a lovely message exchange with a reader of The...

What will it take to stop recruiter spam? 😱 It was 2015 when Steve Levy first coined the term InMaul, (AKA LinkedIn...

As the gatekeeper to employment, recruiters & HR can change lives. I'm just back from my first proper holiday...

#StandWithUkraine On Friday one of our own recruitment community, Anastasia Yalanskaya, was killed delivering aid...

FAANGing Inhumane Many of you will find you're competing against Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix & Google,...

'Candidates' don't owe you their irreplaceable time! ⏳ Time is precious. Time is finite.And too often, recruiters...

18% of women* in menopause could quit due to a lack of support! Research here in the UK revealed that 18%, which is...