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 | Mar 2, 2022 | The Hiring Partner Perspective
Employer: See Me, Protect Me, Respect Me! Reading Jess Von Bank’s post, “Stop filling reqs and start providing safety. Address the toll of fear and create a culture of hope and health. Do nothing but obsess over the care and nurturing of your own people, and you...
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 16, 2022 | The Hiring Partner Perspective
The freedom to choose how to work Molly Johnson-Jones shared a post on LinkedIn that stated ‘“By removing the need to have a ‘reason’ to request flexibility and giving everyone the freedom to choose how to work, we can make true progress on gender equality.” but...
by Katrina Collier | Feb 9, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
‘Candidates’ don’t owe you their irreplaceable time! ⏳ 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...
by Katrina Collier | Feb 2, 2022 | The Hiring Partner Perspective
Is fear of change or loss aversion impacting hiring? After seeing Mark Gilroy’s fabulous YouTube video about change, (not the one where he’s singing that song 😉 ), I wanted to know more and how recruiters can influence change. A self-confessed professional psychology...
by Katrina Collier | Jan 26, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
18% of women* in menopause could quit due to a lack of support! Research here in the UK revealed that 18%, which is one million women*, could quit due to a lack of support. And when I think about overloaded & exhausted recruiters, who are already struggling in...
by Katrina Collier | Jan 17, 2022 | The Hiring Partner Perspective
Ghosted & rejected candidates matter most! The moment I saw Lee Andrese, write, “Dear Hiring Managers & Leaders – YOU are the candidates. Ghosting candidates after they’ve spent SIX HOURS with you? Shame on you.” I knew I had to know...
by Katrina Collier | Jan 11, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken, Uncategorized
Or are you just being too picky? 🤷♀️ Unless you have been under a rock, you will either be receiving countless approaches or seeing your LinkedIn feed overloaded with recruiter jobs. The shortage isn’t news. We could even call recruiters unicorns. There have...
by Katrina Collier | Jan 5, 2022 | The Hiring Partner Perspective
Before it’s too late, listen to this from Suzanne Lucas! When Suzanne Lucas’s post, If You Think The Great Resignation Is Bad, Just Wait Until January, popped up in my feed, I knew I had to invite her onto the podcast. You may know Suzanne as The Evil HR...
