We’re sure you’ll agree that recruitment fairs and live events are a fantastic opportunity for consultants to engage with clients and candidates face to face and build ever stronger relationships. But after the show is over, the hard work begins.  All those individual conversations need to be captured and followed up – or you risk…

The business of connecting with candidates via text messaging has been a clear winner in the recruitment space the last few years. Readers will remember applicant tracking solution iCIMS acquiring TextRecruit early last year, and more recently Jobvite adding start-up Canvas to its roster. Second-generation messaging apps like Mya, Olivia, AllyO, and Emissary are carrying…

A Modern HR Solution That Improves Employee Experiences Sapling is a modern human resource solution designed to give employees seamless and convenient experiences throughout their entire journey with the company or team. The HR software allows users to facilitate and enhance their employee preboarding process by making sure that newly-hired employees are quickly informed of…

Let’s face it, the paradigm of email is broken. Research shows that employees spend over 20% of their time on messages unrelated to their jobs, and in most companies, the email system has become real-time. The research I recently published shows that the highest performing employees respond to emails the fastest, which of course leads…

The volume and velocity of technology making its way onto the Human Resources scene over the past year have been somewhat of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, we have technology delivering us with the solutions needed to automate mundane processes and free up our time for more high-value, “human” tasks. On the other,…

Full disclosure: When I’m not on the road attending an HR event, I probably speak to Amazon’s Alexa at home more than just about all the people I know. I ask her when my next meeting is, how long it will take me to drive somewhere, to play the “HR Happy Hour Show” and lots…

#StrategicHR ‘Over the last few years, there has a widespread acceptance of the fact that HR systems need to be intuitive, simple and easy to use,” Nikhil Shembekar, the Head of HR Technology at RPG Enterprises. In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, Nikhil Shembekar, who is the Head of HR Technology at RPG Enterprises, about is…

 How to Transform Your HR Department Through Technology, even if Your HR Department is Just You HR community, meet Tracie Sponenberg! I’m excited to see Tracie speak at the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition this year in Las Vegas. I interviewed Tracie because she and I share an appreciation for helping small businesses meet…

Ask anybody what the next big thing in recruitment will be and you’ll undoubtedly be met with the same answer­– Artificial Intelligence. It’s been a hot topic in recent years in recruitment offices, not just in the UK, but on a global scale too and its helped to streamline some of the more mundane and…

Last year, the Army missed its recruiting goal for the first time since 2005, a fact blamed on a strong economy and the slow collapse of traditional recruiting like cold calls. Now, Uncle Sam has a new strategy, going not just online – but into video games. The U.S. Army is looking beyond recruiting ads…