Recruiting
The Impact of Algorithm Bias on Human Resources Practices
Diversity has always been a hot topic in the HR profession, but it has exploded into national news with all of the announcements and discoveries of improper behavior in the past year (and new stories seemingly cropping up every week). Diversity is an important aspect of running a business as it is directly related to a…
Read MoreThe ROI of Video in the Candidate Experience
What’s the ROI of video? While it seems like a challenging question to answer, I’ll start you off with two scenarios: Your talent acquisition team partners with the marketing team and creates a beautiful, scripted ten-minute video exploring your company’s history, culture, and operations. The cost is $20,000. Your talent acquisition team visits with hiring…
Read MoreThe Videos Job Candidates Actually Want to See (Not Your Branding Video) [New Research]
Candidate experience is on everyone’s lips these days, but the discussion is rare when companies actually ask candidates what they want and attempt to provide it. In our latest research study on Video and the Candidate Experience, we looked not just at how companies are using video but also at how candidates want to consume…
Read More4 Research-Based Insights: What Candidates Want from Video Interviews
In some ways, hiring looks very similar to what it did twenty years ago. People search for positions, indicate interest, and are filtered down until the most promising candidate is offered a job. However, the technology we use has upgraded considerably over time. Today employers have tools to increase efficiency and efficacy, including video interviews,…
Read MoreToday’s Top Talent Acquisition Priorities [Free eBook]
Earlier this summer we published a graphic detailing some of the top priorities for talent acquisition leaders this year. We received so much positive feedback on the data that we broke it out into a special eBook to explore each of the top priorities in greater detail. The link to the free PDF is…
Read More7 Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Talent Acquisition Technology
[Update 2019: The book is now live and is receiving rave reviews! Check it out here.] Over the past month I’ve been working with a variety of vendors to better understand their artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities as part of the research for the book. If you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last year,…
Read MoreEmployee Retention: Tomorrow’s Recruiting Metric
As HR is increasing its presence as a strategic part of the business, key performance indicators, or KPIs, are becoming a key part of the language for discussing how it is actually performing. Recruiting, in some ways, is actually easier to measure because it is very similar to sales: you either have results or you…
Read MoreDiversity Sourcing Strategy: 3 Tactics of Highly Diverse Companies
In my last blog, I wrote about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity and business performance, and some best practices for implementing the two in your company. And while the evidence for diversity improving business performance is clear. The question remains – how do I source and recruit diversity? Understanding diversity’s…
Read MoreDeveloping a Talent Analytics Function: Build, Buy, or Borrow
I’m currently in the midst of a research project examining how some of the best and brightest companies in the world hire people analytics talent. This is a part of that research. If you’re interested in more details that don’t make it into my blog or LinkedIn Pulse content, feel free to reach out to me.…
Read More2017 Talent Acquisition Priorities (High and Low)
Each year brings new opportunities and priorities for HR and talent leaders. This year we began the inaugural Global Talent Acquisition Sentiment Study. With more than 400 votes, we at Lighthouse are excited about breaking down the data and showing what talent acquisition priorities matter most to businesses today. The infographic below is the first…
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