Talent acquisition leaders have access to more data than ever before to help guide their decision-making. Paradoxically, the abundance of data can be more distracting than anything… if you don’t know how to harness and use it. Taming the beast starts by implementing a coherent data strategy—here’s how you get there.Recruiting is inherently an inefficient… Read more »
The recruitment process is a treasure trove of data. Mined carefully, it can tell you all sorts of things about the candidates you’re hiring, declining, and losing and shed light on the performance of your recruitment activities.It’s the difference between making weak decisions based on luck or intuition versus informed decisions backed by concrete evidence.So,… Read more »
Have you ever been sucked into email instead of finishing an important report that could have a profound impact on the company or dropped everything to attend a hastily called meeting, even though it was merely a status update with no significant outcomes?As most of us do, you probably suffer from urgency bias—the tendency to… Read more »
Dr. Solange Charas, human capital consulting expert and the Founder of HCMoneyball, explains the importance of good human capital management and why practitioners must join the dots between their talent initiatives and the company’s financial performance to get the ultimate ROI from their human capital investments.Human capital management is about maximizing the potential and value… Read more »
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on June 11, 2024 and has been updated to include several key trends shaping the landscape of Human Capital ROI in 2025. Most traditional talent acquisition and human resources performance metrics, such as cost per hire and turnover rate, don’t predict organizational performance. So, what metrics should you track… Read more »
All organizations want an accelerated hiring process to deliver high-quality talent faster. However, prioritizing speed and efficiency above all else can often counter an organization’s mission, especially if that mission demands a more nuanced, candidate-centered approach.Let’s say you have to choose between two applicants for a job. The first applicant truly understands what your customers… Read more »
Hiring for empathy, with empathy, while still remaining operationally efficient is tough for any talent function to master. Bill Musman, VP of Talent Acquisition at AmeriHealth Caritas, shares his ideas for recruiting passionately while steering a mission-driven organization at full speed.AmeriHealth Caritas, a managed care organization of six million members, provides health coverage to vulnerable and… Read more »
As a Recruiting Leader, you understand the importance of having a reliable and secure talent pipeline in your hiring operations. Your candidates are your most valuable asset, and their data must be safeguarded from end to end. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our new guide and checklist bundle, “Safeguard Your Talent Pipeline: The Data… Read more »
There is a common sentiment among talent acquisition professionals when it comes to candidate outreach and engagement: personalization is key. Templates, old methodologies and automated messages come across as dull and lazy. Recruiters are already getting a bad rap so why are so many still using outdated techniques for communications?It’s time to move past these… Read more »
While we are all still wrapping our heads around the impact social distancing has had on every facet of life we now need to start planning for “undistancing” ourselves. Weeks ago, those of us in HR and recruiting were focused on hiring in a job seekers world. Now, we are facing hiring in a Covid… Read more »