by Katrina Collier | Apr 25, 2024 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Discoveries found Getting older is fascinating. I’ll be dancing around my kitchen feeling like a 30-something, and be shocked when I catch my reflection. ‘Who is that looking back at me?’ I wonder in disbelief. But I love what comes with age and...
by Katrina Collier | Apr 11, 2024 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Pondering AI I’m back!! I hope you didn’t miss me too much while I was furiously typing out my new book, Reboot Hiring: The Key To Managers and Leaders Saving Time, Money and Hassle When Recruiting. I hit the deadline, so it will be available via Wiley on...
by Katrina Collier | Jan 16, 2024 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Talent Acquisition… what do they do again? It is optimistic to see so many new job notifications for talent acquisition professionals in my feed. It reminds me of when they started appearing after the over-firing, oops, I mean over-downsizing in 2020. But then I...
by Katrina Collier | Jan 2, 2024 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
If you were to work on one thing in 2024 that would help you feel calmer and happier, I would make it building your self-worth. Quoting directly from Sanjana Gupta’s article on Well Mind: Low self-worth is characterized by a negative view of oneself and a lack...
by Katrina Collier | Dec 13, 2023 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Because maybe you shouldn’t be a recruiter? Maybe in 2024, you should choose something else… I sure hope I leave the industry next year because, quite frankly, after the way I have seen job seekers treated this year, I’ve had enough. I’m tired...
by Katrina Collier | Nov 27, 2023 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Please don’t think GPT is a panacea for bias! I don’t know what it is about the blind uptake of AI that is winding me up so much… oh no, wait, I do know. And you probably expect a long rant, but surprisingly, this is my shortest article of the year....
by Katrina Collier | Nov 16, 2023 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Yesterday evening, catching up with my wonderful friend Glenn Martin, I shared that I was meant to publish this newsletter but felt I had nothing to say. That I feel like all recruiters seem to care about is using AI (in the wrong places) and not the human experience,...
by Katrina Collier | Oct 18, 2023 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
A post about people suppressing people. How sad to have to write. I felt sad writing it. I wasn’t even going to write an article this week. Honestly, I’m more interested in finishing my memoir, The Damage of Words, because I am so close to being done, and...
by Katrina Collier | Sep 27, 2023 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
No more unicorns! Recruiters, for the sake of your sanity, stop it! If you keep looking for unicorns instead of actual candidates… You will get super frustrated and hate your job. You could start doubting your capabilities. If you do get close, and your HM still...
by Katrina Collier | Sep 6, 2023 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Did you miss me? While most were summer holidaying, I had a hiatus to write my memoir, The Damage of Words. I also launched Beyond The Damage of Words podcast for perfectionists, people pleasers, masked, labelled, people whose emotional needs weren’t met, the...
