In this episode of the HRchat show, we talk about skills-based hiring and new technologies that help recruiters save time and refocus efforts. My guest is Dina Bayasanova, Co-Founder and CEO of PitchMe, a skills-based talent marketplace. Questions For Dina Include: Let’s discuss ways to find the right candidate for the job and what to […]
HRchat with with Doug Shonrock: Improving Quality of Applicants
How Programmatic Ads Can Improve the Calibre of Job Candidates In HRchat episode 463, we focus on data-driven recruiting. Listen as we talk about programmatic job ads, how ‘stack creep’ is a product of HR analytics and process automation, and why many Talent Acquisition pros, searching for job candidates, still struggle to establish a common […]
HRchat Interview with Vicky Townsend: The Impact of Divorce
Divorce costs companies, and state and federal governments over $300 billion dollars each year. Since the start of Covid-19, divorce filings are up substantially, and the stressors keep building. A divorcing employee loses their productivity by ways of absences, errors, distractions, and presenteeism, and it’s likely costing your company more than they know. My guest […]
Why We Need to Innovate Employee Benefits
Whether it is Adobe’s Disaster and Epidemic Time Off Policy providing employees up to 20 days off a year to care for family members who are ill with COVID or Google’s newly expanded parental leave that gives 18 weeks of leave to all parents. There’s little doubt that the technology industry understands the importance of […]
Challenges of Hybrid Work
Remote work was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Suddenly businesses were scrambling to operate their businesses safely amid quarantine mandates around the globe. This wasn’t always a smooth transition, and we are still feeling the repercussions today. Businesses are trying to navigate the new normal, including returning to the workplace, balancing hybrid work and remote […]
HRchat with Lyle Griffin: Benefits and Branding
In this HRchat episode, we look at employee engagement and, specifically, the importance of benefits when building, and nurturing your employer brand. My guest is Lyle Griffin, President at Selerix Systems. Since co-founding Selerix in 2002, Lyle has helped establish the company as a leading provider of benefits administration technology – used by more than 10 […]
Employee Background Checks: Why Bother?
5 Reasons You Need To Do an Employee Background Check As a business owner, you know that protecting your company is priority number one. So, when hiring a new employee, it’s important to do your due diligence and perform background checks on each one of them. It helps to ensure that the person you’re hiring […]
HRchat Interview with Janet M. Stovall: Measuring Employee Diversity
Engagement, Employer Branding and Measuring DEI Efforts In episode 460 of the HRchat podcast, we consider ways organizations measure diversity and how it can impact the employer brand. My guest is Janet M. Stovall, Global Head of DEI at the NeuroLeadership Institute, a global neuroscience-backed consultancy advising companies including Boeing, Microsoft, Netflix, and Zoom on […]
How To Foster Learning And Development In Your Small Business
Improving SMB Learning And Development Efforts If your company has less than ten people, there’s a chance that you’re running a small company that has a meager training budget and not much time to spare for training. It’s normal for small businesses to struggle with finding the resources to develop the skills of their workers […]
Improved Candidate Marketing and Higher Placement Rates
Case Study: How PitchMe’s integration with Bullhorn enriched Allen Recruitment’s database and increased the placement rate Allen Recruitment, an international recruitment consultancy firm, shares its one-year success after implementing PitchMe’s Bullhorn integration. Allen Recruitment has used the software to manage the database and keep it up-to-date, resulting in improved candidate marketing and higher placement rates. […]