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[PODCAST] Job Hunting: Time To Go Back To School
Job hunting used to be so easy. Send a resume. Fill out an application. Schedule an interview. Get hired. Today, it's become a lot more complicated. Both job seekers and employers seem to be like 2 ships passing in the night. That's why we're excited to...
How AI Is Disrupting Job Search and Recruitment
How job seekers find jobs and how companies recruit find employees has certainly changed. Just a few years ago, it involved mailing in resumes and cover letters to job notices that a person found (or a company placed) in a newspaper. That eventually moved...
What Are The Big 5 Personality Traits? | Pre-Employment Testing
Using Big 5 personality tests for hiring top performers is a best practice for hiring. For years managers have been trying to understand if and how personality traits can predict the future performance of an employee. In fact, you can trace pre-employment testing back...
[PODCAST] Is The Diploma A Bad Hiring Credential?
[PODCAST] Is The Diploma A Bad Hiring Credential?"The college degree as a measurement tool is no longer working, and the disruption resulting from this fact is obvious," says our guest today. Danny Iny, author of Leveraged Learning and CEO of the online business...
[PODCAST] These Gen Z Entrepreneurs Break Stereotypes
Today, we’re talking with entrepreneurs and members of Gen-Z, TJ Callari and Isabel Goodman. There were some great takeaways during this episode in regards to the older generation’s mindset on the younger’s work-ethic, the change in traditional education, and...
[PODCAST] Social Media, AI, MeToo & Employment Law
Today, Keith and I are happy to have Eric Meyer on the show discussing social media as it applies to at-will employment and HR. A partner in the employment group at FisherBroyles LLP, Eric Meyer is a volunteer EEOC mediator, a paid private mediator, and publisher of...
[PODCAST] Helping HR and Recruiters Become Marketers
Today we’re talking with Phil Strazzulla, CEO and Founder of the recruitment marketing company, Next Wave Hire, and creator of the YouTube series “Whiteboard Wednesdays”.Firstly, if you haven’t watched Whiteboard Wednesdays, you should. Whiteboard Wednesdays started...
Science Might Have Cloned a Sheep but … Avoid These 3 Pre-Employment Test Mistakes!
Hiring managers, seeking the special ingredients in what makes a top-performing employee tick, are turning to preemployment tests more and more. But like a promising recipes, the proof is in the pudding. Many employees don't work out even if they "pass" a...
[PODCAST] HR’s Role in the Era of #MeToo
This week on The Geeks Geezers and Googlization Show we’re talking about the #MeToo movement and its effects on the culture of HR as we know it. Rebecca Weaver and Nickolett Hocking from HRuprise lead us in an eye-opening discussion regarding “disruptive HR”, the...
Attracting Better Talent Starts with a Simple “Thank You”
Remember the good old days when it was HR who expected a thank you note from a candidate after the interview. Well a convergence of events has flipped the tables and now some companies have found that sending ‘thank you’ notes to candidates is a good way to hire top...