There are any number of programs that acknowledge the influencers in HR, but none provide adequate recognition of the thought leaders in Talent Acquisition. TAtech’s 100 Most Influential TA Thought Leaders fixes that shortcoming. Each year, it celebrates those men and women who are truly setting the agenda for innovation and understanding in talent acquisition...Read More
A series of weekly outside-the-box news stories and their implications for recruiting by TAtech CEO Peter Weddle Scientists Are Bringing Back An Extinct Animal (msn.com) Move over Universal Pictures. Just like in the movies, Colossal Biosciences, which calls itself a “de-extinction” company, has announced plans to use gene editing technology to bring the Tasmanian tiger...Read More
By Peter Weddle CEO TAtech A recent publication led with an article entitled “Why the recent job numbers reveal a looming crisis for TA leaders.” It’s an accurate observation – the dynamics behind those numbers are not favorable to recruiters – but it understates the seriousness of the situation. Today’s recruiters are facing a job...Read More
Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry August 15-22, 2022: • Spinning up data protection for Saas apps: Spin Technology raises $16M for expanding market; • Onboarding candidate search & recruitment marketing capabilities: Silkroad acquires Entelo; • Making talent decisions smarter: Harver acquires pymetrics soft skills assessment solution; • Busting anti-queer bias in text prediction:...Read More
A series of weekly outside-the-box news stories and their unexpected lessons for recruiting People May Pick Friends Who Smell Like Them – Scientific American A recent report in the publication Science Advances described research in Israel that found there’s more to the idea of certain people having chemistry with one another than previously thought. We...Read More
By Peter Weddle, CEO TAtech A recent report found that depending on the job type, somewhere between 92 and 96 percent of all candidates who click on an ad fail to complete an application. Historically, much if not most of the blame for that miserable outcome has been directed at the employer’s application form. The...Read More
