With confidence and a boundary! — I opened a can of worms. After each edition, lovely readers send me more stories! So it’s a good job I like venting here every other week because sometimes I feel like I’m just howling into the wind, hoping that anyone involved in hiring would just, quite simply, be kind. …

We women need to stop doing this too 😬 — As many readers know, I am writing a new book called Conquer Hiring. It is for all managers and leaders (not recruiters) and will focus on the easily fixable things they can do to make this hiring malarkey better for everyone — especially themselves (and us!). Choosing to start it…

Who comes up with 💩 like ‘we never hire rejected candidates’? — ‘Our company’s policy is to never hire rejected candidates’ 😲 I sometimes fear I’ll run out of things to rant about each fortnight, and then I hear a doozy like this. Is that not the biggest load of crazy you’ve ever heard? Never hire rejected candidates? …

Watch out for people who undermine your hiring! — You may have seen my LinkedIn post/poll last week about Recruiting Hell on Reddit. I made the mistake of popping in there to gather some research for my new book and left depressed. Usually it is a source of squeamish amusement and horror. This time it wasn’t. And if I…

And it wastes a company’s time & money — This red flag stopped me talking! This is my 20th year in the recruitment/TA industry so to be left speechless by a dumb practice is now pretty rare but this one had me agape. Like wide-mouthed, wide-eyed, stunned into silence, agape. 😮 Of course it didn’t last. 😆 You know me, I am Aussie first, Brit…

This year I want to fix hiring kick-off meetings! 💪🏻 — As this is my first article of the year — HAPPY NEW YEAR beloved reader, subscriber, and especially those who read this every fortnight, wow! 🥰 2023 will be my 20th year in recruitment/talent acquisition and it got me thinking about the legacy I’d like to create, and what I…

Adding to the 10 from 2021! (Originally posted December 15) Wow, this is my last article for 2022! Ok, I could squeeze one more in but I am not to sure how many eyeballs it would receive so let’s roll with it… like we have the whole of this year!🎢 …

Recruiting is up, it’s down… or is it up? 🎢 — While the press is focused on the doom & gloom that sells newspapers, or talking about companies demanding people return to the office, maybe to help rich building-owning-landlord-clients or because they idolise autocratic leaders, we sit confused. Who knows what is fact. Like you my LinkedIn feed contains news of…

My feed is full of layoffs. My feed is also full of new starters & job posts. Is it possible that many companies over fired in 2020, over hired in 2021, and are recalibrating in 2022? …