MY BLOG!
I love having somewhere to be super opinionated (and helpful!) about all things recruitment and talent acquisition. 😆
Here you’ll find the Recruitment Isn’t Broken newsletter, which restarts on April 3rd after a hiatus to write Reboot Hiring.
Further back are 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.
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 fool...
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 us...
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 years...
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 The...
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 liked...
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 the...
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 of...
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 matters...
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 self-described...
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 in 4...
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 say...
Recruiters Standing With Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine On Friday one of our own recruitment community, Anastasia Yalanskaya, was killed delivering aid to a...
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 safety....
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 to...
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 change,...
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 Resignation...
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, in-house...
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...
Recruitment Isn’t Broken 😳
But TA has a big perception problem. Confession: I stole Recruitment Isn't Broken from Ken Ward's talk (watch it...
Girish Jain & Josh Goldstien – Hiring The People You Really Want
When the fabulous Ed Han suggests you interview two of his favourite hiring managers, you know it'll be a brilliant...
David Allen Moss – Evergreen Is Not On Mute!
After The Chad, introduced me to the fabulous people at Evergreen Podcasts, who now host this very podcast, and we got...
Interview: How to Partner Successfully with HR and Hiring Managers
Originally posted at Recruitment Coach. "As agency recruiters, we are often required to collaborate with multiple...
Steve Norman: It’s All About The Stand-Up
It's hard to believe that this was Steve Norman's first ever podcast interview! The conversation flowed effortlessly...
Bennett Sung: Unlocking The Interview Enigma
Bennett Sung is one of my favourite HR tech marketers, who also happens to be a hiring manager. I have been lucky to...
Adam Gibson: Hiring For Workforce Planning
Great to chat to Adam Gibson, global leader in Workforce Planning, People Analytics, & Organisational Design, and...
Sukhvinder Pabial: The Joy Of Hiring Without A CV
When I saw Sukhvinder Pabial's blog about the freedom he found recruiting without an applicant's CV, I had to know...
Sara Burgess: Managing Disappointment
Welcome to the second insights interview with Sara Burgess, Senior L&D Professional, Business Psychologist,...
Tracey Parsons: Don’t Make Me Write It Down!
Chatting to Tracey Parson is always a joy and her new company, WORQDRIVE, supports this very podcast but she's also a...
Zuzanna Santos: The Secret Sauce
After seeing an empathetic post from Zuzanna Santos, assisting the people coming in to interview with her, I asked...
Roderick Lambert: Power Listening
What do you do when hiring leaders are proving elusive to interview and you don't want to leave your listeners...
Ch’ien Chan: Challenging The Status Quo
It took only a few moments to understand why Heidi Wassini said that I must speak interview Ch'ien Chan. He's the Head...
Anna Boyarkina: The Honour In Hiring
Snooping around Anna Boyarkina's profile had me super curious to hear about her career to date; from studying...