Posts Tagged ‘Talent Acquisition’
10 Reasons Humans are Terrible at Hiring (and How AI Can Help)
Last year, Amazon shuttered an algorithm the team was developing because it realized it was biased. The algorithm was developed by the company’s engineers to look at high-performing employee profiles and then select the right candidates from the firm’s resume database. The problem? The algorithm favored men in its selection process. When this story hit…
Read MoreTalent Acquisition Chatbots: Providers, Metrics and Everything You Need to Know [New Research]
We have heard so much about chatbots in the last few years, but what can they really do, and do they really add value? In this new report from our research team, we examined the landscape to uncover all of the providers, talked with the biggest and/or most progressive vendors in the industry, and wrapped…
Read More13+ HR Case Studies: Analytics, Culture, Learning, Recruiting, Technology, and More
As someone who has worked in the HR profession, I know well the full value of stories, examples, and case studies. At the end of the day, practitioners like us wanted to know that we weren’t the only ones facing a problem and that, just maybe, some other organization had already surmounted the issue with…
Read MoreBreaking News: Insights on the Montage Talent and Shaker International Merger
Lots of HR technology news happens daily, and I don’t always write about it. However, the news today that Montage (@montagetalent) and Shaker (@shakervjt) are merging is indicative of a broader change I’ve been watching over the last year or two. Here’s a snippet from the press release and commentary from me below: Shaker International,…
Read More4 Types of Interviewing Technology to Enhance the Candidate Experience
Choosing the Right Talent It’s important to create a great candidate experience, because first impressions mean everything. Assessments, interviews, and post-interview interactions could make all the difference in choosing the right candidate for the job. As an employer, you are faced with the daunting task of selecting individuals to interview. Employers have to peruse through hundreds of applications…
Read MoreAI Concepts: What is Moravec’s Paradox and Why Should You Care?
In the 1980s, Hans Moravec and other AI researchers discovered a curious finding that we now know as Moravec’s Paradox. Essentially, AI can very easily learn to do things that are “hard” for humans, such as advanced statistics and analysis. On the other hand, things that are very simple for humans, such as identifying colors or…
Read MoreDo We Really Need a Certification in Talent Acquisition?
Imagine graduating from school with a degree in marketing only to find out that a significant portion of what you know is already outdated or inapplicable due to changes in the market. This is a reality of the working world today due to an increasingly fast-paced business environment, where disruption is the norm rather than…
Read MoreUsing Technology to Level Up Recruiting
My first love as an HR pro was recruiting. Within my first two or three weeks on the job my boss gave me my first recruiting assignment: find a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter instructor pilot that wants to travel 90% of the time to locations across the United States. Needless to say it was an incredible…
Read More3 Differences Between Great and Mediocre Recruiting Video
In the third and final installment in this series, we explore the difference between great and mediocre recruiting video content. The subject of the video, the placement, and the authenticity all play a role in making it more consumable for candidates (thus improving your ROI). Note that this is based in part on some recent…
Read More3 Tips on How to Improve Talent Acquisition Video Performance [Video]
In part two of this three part series, we are exploring how to improve the performance of video in the recruiting process. If our true goal is to improve the return on investment with regard to our hiring videos, then we need to focus on doing the right things. This includes everything from video length and…
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