by Katrina Collier | Jun 1, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
What will it take to stop recruiter spam? π± It was 2015 when Steve Levy first coined the term InMaul, (AKA LinkedIn recruiter spam) and 2016 when Allison Kruse created the #FightSpam group, yet here we are in 2022 still having the same conversation. Enough! Last week,...
by Katrina Collier | May 20, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
As the gatekeeper to employment, recruiters & HR can change lives. I’m just back from my first proper holiday in 4 years. To be fair, Covid did a number on the last few years but still this is not a good habit to be in! I have now scheduled more breaks. To...
by Katrina Collier | May 4, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken, Uncategorized
Intimidated CHRO fires dynamic TA professional If you know me, even solely by reputation, you will know that if I say someone is dynamic then they are the kind of person you should be chomping at the bit to hire. And I may accept bribes via my DM for their name. π...
by Katrina Collier | Mar 8, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
#StandWithUkraine On Friday one of our own recruitment community, Anastasia Yalanskaya, was killed delivering aid to a dog shelter near Kyiv. She was 26. “Friends do not know why she was targeted, but believe Russian troops are increasingly killing civilians at...
by Katrina Collier | Feb 23, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
FAANGing Inhumane Many of you will find you’re competing against Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix & Google, especially for tech pros, and sometimes it may seem impossible. But is it? Maybe this will spark an idea of what you and your company can do...
by Katrina Collier | Feb 9, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
‘Candidates’ don’t owe you their irreplaceable time! β³ Time is precious. Time is finite. And too often, recruiters think someone is a candidate, when they are not. Because that profile on LinkedIn et al is not a candidate, it belongs to a human who...