There’s an old saying: Be careful what you wish for… you might just get it… and then some. Which brings us to the point of this blog. Try as you might to be patient and selective, inevitably, time runs out and you find your back against the wall to fill the vacancy....
In other words, further from the people you want. This isn’t a knock on AI. Far from it. You can’t argue the amazing things AI is capable of. Using AI tools to source talent, it can do the job of 50 sourcers, evaluating thousands of resumes, in minutes, if not...
There are reasons passive candidates are the Holy Grail of talent acquisition. They tend to be among the top performers. Cream of the crop. And they have a job. Maybe not their perfect job, but fine, until something truly amazing comes along. That doesn’t mean they’re...
Skills. They are, without question, of huge importance. Without them none of us could perform our jobs. Trouble is, as important as the skillset each of us brings to our work is, the laundry list of them is far more important to us as employers than it is to the...