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CXR Recommends: Insights into gender-based compensation

Effectively, women have been given a glass floor as redress for the still-present glass ceiling in gender-based compensation.

CXR Recommends: Hiring at Scale during the Great Resignation

Let’s talk about how to win the battle for talent in this crazy recruiting market

CXR Recommends: Interview with Danielle Monaghan

Love this recent interview by Unleash’s Daniel Richardson with long-time CXR member, Danielle Monaghan VP Global Talent Recruiting & Mobility at Uber. They touch on four key areas and all are top-of-mind topics.

The disconnect behind the great attrition

There’s a clear disconnect between why employers think their employees are leaving and the actual reasons behind employee exits.

LinkedIn (re)launches freelance marketplace

LinkedIn continues to make moves into the gig workspace with the quiet launch of Services Marketplace.

Build a better postpandemic workforce

The pandemic crisis and subsequent move to hybrid and remote working models have accelerated the need for new workforce skills.

Remote work gone wrong?

In an era of gig, remote, and asynchronous work do we need to find better measures for productivity?

The wave of attrition is coming… are you ready?

Leaders need to start asking questions and considering a future that better takes into account the needs of their workforce – particularly as studies show burnout and stress are at an all-time high.

CXR Recommends: Time to check your ethics seat belt

Earlier this year a survey confirmed that ethics was pretty far down on the list of things keeping TA leaders up at night. Should it be moved up the list?

Eliminate Strategic Overload

Companies tend to respond to intensifying competitive pressures and challenges by asking more and more of their often already overworked employees. However, with alarming frequency, all these well-intentioned initiatives don’t appear to add up to corporate success.

112 Employee Turnover Statistics: 2021 Causes, Cost & Prevention Data

112 Employee Turnover Statistics: 2021 Causes, Cost & Prevention Data is a solid survey by FinancesOnline that covers the basics of turnover – ‘voluntary and involuntary’ that can aid in workforce planning.

Should where you work dictate your pay?

Morgan Stanley CEO recently called for employees to come back to the office, stating “If you want to get paid New York rates, you work in New York.” Bringing up some interesting questions around fairness…

Apple says, “You gotta’ come back!”

Apple CEO says employees have to come back to the office 3 days a week and employees aren’t happy while recruiters are enjoying the chance to pull more talent from coveted tech companies.

When It Comes to Returning to the Workplace, is “Corporate Culture” just “BS”?

Employees are calling “bull” when leaders say returning to work is all about maintaining healthy culture; remote hybrids a must

The Flipside of Video Interviewing

Applicants in “Recruiting Hell” feel the tables should be turned when employers deliver an impersonal and burdensome video interview experience.

Post-Pandemic Hiring is Serious Business

Learning to adapt to working through a pandemic may not be enough for some companies to survive what’s next – post-pandemic hiring and employee retention.

The SEC’s New Human Capital Disclosures: Year 1

Faced with a blank canvas, many companies formed cross-functional teams to consider what information to disclose and whether (and how) to include quantitative metrics.

Why Does Everyone Think They Can Recruit Better?

William shares a recent discussion with the hiring manager about the true role of the recruiter.

Trends you can’t ignore: Update on the SEC’s Human Capital disclosure requirements

For those still getting acquainted with the SEC’s announcement on human capital guidelines, the bottom line is: Going forward (from November 9, 2020) all US

CXR Recommends: new SEC Guidelines on Human Capital

The SEC just announced guidelines effective November 9 for publicly traded companies to disclose various human capital details starting with their next quarterly or annual

CXR Recommends: McKinsey’s Postpandemic Workforce Report

This very well-written, reasonably short, readable and timely global article (complete with a description of methodology for a pleasant surprise) is a must read: What

CXR Recommends: the new CXR Foundation

CareerXroads launches a new non-profit aimed at helping the industry improve communities everywhere.

The Benefits of Community: An Interview with Libby Sartain

It has been widely taught that you should never climb a ladder alone. Otherwise, you could find yourself with no support if you get stuck

CXR Recommends: Why belonging is such a big business issue

Josh Bersin’s insights emerging from recent conversations with CHROs at the 20,000-foot level are a must-read. His research is uncovering that belonging might just be

CXR Origin Story: Part II – A community is born

The CXR Community story continues as we learn how CareerXroads was founded & evolved into the premier community for talent acquisition and talent management professionals.

CareerXroads Origin Story: Part I

CareerXroads is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this fall. That’s 25 years of gathering with forward-thinkers to examine what’s next in the world of talent… of

It’s time for meaningful action on equity & inclusion

So here we are, in the middle of the largest social movement since the 1960’s. Employees are asking for your organization’s commitment to social change

CXR Research: TA Department Structure & Funding

At the beginning of this year, we asked our CXR members to disclose how their TA budgets are both funded and structured. It did not

Social Injustice & Your Workplace: A Call to Action

You may have noticed there is a spirit of “woke” consciousness in the air within your organization. Your employees, shareholders and industry collectives are coming

Employee Development, A Solid Investment

Why invest in employee development? The people of an organization collectively form its most vital resource and should be made to feel valued, relevant, and

CXR Research: Using a Chargeback Model in TA

Managing expenses and the overall process of budgeting varies with every organization. It is safe to say that there isn’t a set process that can

CXR Recommends: Mary Meeker’s COVID-19 Analysis

Like many of you, we’ve been voraciously reading materials from trusted sources about the COVID-19 pandemic. At first, we were seeking guidance and ideas on

CXR Recommends [Article]: Companies Rising to the Challenge of COVID-19

Kudos to Jason Wingard and Forbes Magazine for this article: Do the Right Thing? Three Companies Showing Exemplary Leadership During the Pandemic.

Fostering a safe workplace during politically charged times

Whether in the break room, in a video conference room, or in an online chat… passionate and intense discussions can (and will) arise. While the

Novel Coronavirus Forcing An Overdue Evolution (or two) in Talent

As of this writing, Johns Hopkins reports that there are over 121,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases globally. (You can see the live reporting dashboard here.) With

COVID-19 Checklists for Talent Acquisition

We’ve been actively reading information as it comes out from the CDC and WHO about Coronavirus / COVID-19. Last week we had an excellent discussion

Rejection Sucks: Exec-level candidates agree

No matter how you cut it, no one likes to be rejected. Talent Acquisition professionals would probably admit that handling rejection isn’t their sweet spot

How to improve your people experience

Sometimes returning to tried and true tactics can be just the rejuvenation you need. Looking to improve your overall people experience? Look to mentoring &

Leading talent acquisition challenges in 2020

Earlier this year we reached out to talent acquisition leaders and asked them one simple question: which of the following challenges do you see dominating

Mentor or coach? Here’s why you need both

Lars Schmidt posted this intriguing question on LinkedIn this month, “Why don’t more companies have internal career coaches to support internal mobility?” A lively discussion

The Ultimate Recruiting Metric

If you had to pick the “one” measure of the recruiting function, what would you pick?

How would you structure TA Immersion training?

Years ago, Talent Acquisition was a ‘pass though’ for those wanting a job in HR. As in, “Go and learn Recruiting and then we’ll find

A 2020 Perspective on Equality – Gender, Pay or otherwise

How employers treat age, ethnicity, geography, race, gender equality and other candidate characteristics has always been a hot topic and it may be due for

CXR Podcast: Hoyt and Pritchett Talk Communities

In this CXR Podcast episode, we take a few moments to welcome Shannon Pritchett to CXR as the new Managing Director, Communities, chat up the

CEOs and HR: Then And Now

CEOs are finally starting to step up an down talent- and culture-related progress in their organizations. HR leaders should already be participating – and in

Is HR at a crossroads when it comes to diversity & inclusion?

Earlier this month, in an extended discussion about diversity and inclusion (D&I) solutions that each required some form of cultural change before they could be

Help your executives with a better onboarding plan

What separates a successful new chief human resources officer (CHRO) from a struggling one? It might just be those who take the time to understand

What’s Humanity Got to Do with It?

Leadership is a tough gig these days:

Launching a new community for Talent Management

Talent Management Leaders now have a community of peers focused on helping each other innovate, collaborate, and lead As the premier talent acquisition community for

Source of Hire: Maybe it’s time to renew the discussion

I was reminded last month that it has been nearly four years since Chris and I wrote the last CareerXroads’ (CXR) Source of Hire Report.

CXR Podcast: Hoyt talks with AARP and Teradata about the Talent Experience””

In this podcast, Chris Hoyt catches up with Grant Clough, Director of Talent Acquisition, AARP and Scott Weaver, Director of Talent Acquisition, Teradata, to talk

You’re doing it wrong

Businesses have never done as much hiring as they do today. They’ve never spent as much money doing it. And they’ve never done a worse

Bad Candidate/Customer Satisfaction Score? Just Buy A Better One.

While it could be argued that a Net Promoter Score (NPS) is the gold standard for measuring customer satisfaction, what isn’t often argued is the

CXR Podcast with Advocate Aurora Health’s Melissa Le

Gerry Crispin meets with Melissa Le after a recent CXR colloquium meeting to talk about her big takeaways after a day and a half with

It’s not just about the candidate. How’s your hiring manager experience?

What do your hiring managers really want to know about a candidate before making a hiring decision? Putting aside the list of competencies, experiences, your

Catching Up with Céleste Luzadder-Frick on Peer Collaboration & Candidate Experience

Upon the conclusion of our 114th colloquium meeting, we sat down for a quick chat with Céleste Luzadder, one of Intuit’s senior TA leaders, to

Mercer’s 2019 Trends Study Highlights Gender Parity Issues

Mercer’s 2019 Global Talent Trends Study, notes that one major concern for talent acquisition is delivering on diversity. More and more executives accept diversity as

Something Big in Talent Acquisition

Today, K1 Investment Management (a private equity firm based out of Los Angeles) invested over $200 million in Jobvite. This funding will be used to

Talent Acquisition Strategies – An Invitation to Participate

The talent acquisition technology market has become increasingly complex with new providers emerging, old providers trying to reinvent themselves, and endless rumors of pending acquisitions.

Unconscious Bias is Morphing & Better Measurement is Here: Gender Equality Index

Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index can help those concerned about women’s issues know how their employers, or employers they are considering, stack up against their competitors

CXR Member Spotlight: Innovations in Veteran Hiring

How Spectrum is working to increase overall veteran hiring Connecting veterans with the right job opportunities presents a unique set of challenges. While military experience

A Stakeholder’s Perspective On Diversity

Every Talent Acquisition stakeholder’s perspective is a window into their attitudes and actions. (Defining TA stakeholders as: Customer, Candidate, Employee, Hiring Manager, Recruiter.) It’s an

Up neXt Podcast: Yvette Stortz

In this episode of Up neXt, Gerry connects with Yvette Stortz to talk about what she’s doing at United Technologies and how she views some

Discovering an underserved EMEA candidate source

The number one thing that keeps quite a few Career Diplomats “Up at Night” is that their trailing spouses seldom obtain jobs that match their

Want to calculate the ideal recruiter requisition load?

image credit: stevepb / Pixabay On average, what is your recruiter requisition load? It’s a question with wildly varying answers. In her recent LinkedIn post, Linda Brenner,

A Third Wave of Disruption Challenges How TA “Thinks”

In this CXR Podcast episode, we took a moment after a colloquium meeting to sit with Jen Jenkins, global candidate experience lead at Scotiabank. Jen

CXR Recommends [BOOK]: Made to Stick

A few years ago I was in a meeting listening to a presentation. A couple of minutes into the presentation, I was surprised to find

Taking a stand impacts your employment branding

You always knew your Employer’s Brand wasn’t meant to attract everyone. The position you take on social issues is certainly walking that talk…boldly. Recent examples include

CXR Chat: College Recruiting with Target

I was fortunate enough to get a few moments with Target’s Megan Grimm (director, talent acquisition) following the conclusion of our recent colloquium meeting about early career and college

CXR Uncorked” with Marie Artim”

Enterprise’s own Marie Artim (vp, talent acquisition) joins CXR for a bottle of Robert Craig’s Affinity Cabernet and a bottle of Orin Swift Papillon to

How talent acquisition is tackling the diversity question

Image credit: Geralt / Pixabay Real-life solutions for diversity and inclusion challenges Diversity and inclusion are topics of discussion at nearly every CareerXroads Colloquium meeting.

A current glimpse into Source of Hire

Source of hire data might just be the holy grail of recruiting. Knowing where your top hires come from and where you should spend your

CXR Member Spotlight: Innovations in Interviewing

How DaVita’s Interviewer Certification Program Changed Hiring Manager Habits While Improving Retention and Candidate Experience Ineffective interviewing costs companies time, money and often good hires.

VIDEO: Adventures in Extreme Hiring Panel

In June I was asked to moderate a panel at the 2018 Recruiting Automation Summit in San Francisco, CA. We assembled an awesome collection of

CXR Recommends [BOOK]: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

My first job out of college was at a boutique search and recruitment firm in Atlanta called Rowland Mountain and Associates. The firm’s founder and

CXR Chat: Executive Recruiting Colleague Takeaways

We grabbed a few minutes with EY’s Carrie Garten to talk about the experience she had at her first colloquium, our 107th meeting. The topic of

Three reasons your Global Candidate Experience team needs to be in Amsterdam this October

Image Credit:SNCR_GROUP / Pixabay Raising the bar for global candidate experience is one of our passions. Another? Giving our talent acquisition community opportunities to grow

CXR Recommends [BOOK]: The Recruiter’s Handbook

Another strong recommendation for recruiters, regardless of their level and expertise.

Up neXt: CXR Connects with Froedtert’s Mark Farrell

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CXR Chat: What Recruiting Leaders Take Back From A CareerXroads Meeting

We connect here with Quincy Stephens of Merakey to talk about just a few of the key takeaways for recruiting professionals who both attend colloquium meetings

CXR “Uncorked” with Dan Black

In this fun Uncorked session, we take a few moments to enjoy a few bottles of Hibiki Whiskey and talk about sourcing talent with a “global lense”

Hiring for innovation? Look for a misfit

Does cultural “fit” represent too strong an emphasis on homogeneity if we’re hiring for innovation?

Pay Transparency: Less Talk, More Data

Image Credit:GregPlom / Pixabay Candidates hear a lot about unfair pay practices in the press but are almost always left in the dark when it

High Impact Talent Acquisition, A Webinar with Robin Erickson, PhD, Bersin by Deloitte

It was our pleasure to recently connect with a friend and industry analyst, Robin Erickson, to discuss some of her recent research related to the

CXR Uncorked” with Jessica Lee of Marriott”

Today’s CXR “Uncorked” brings a fun conversation with Jessica Lee, VP of Brand Talent at Marriott. We take a look at the sometimes interesting turns

How To UNLEASH An Event In A New Market

Not its first event in the United States, but certainly gaining momentum, UNLEASH recently delivered a unique conference that simultaneously delivered both a macro and

CXR Chat with Robin Erickson, PhD of Bersin by Deloitte on The ROI of Turnover

It was my pleasure to catch up with friend and industry analyst, Robin Erickson, PhD, who is the Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Engagement &

Up neXt: Gerry talks with Megan Holte @ Hilton

In this episode of Up Next, a podcast series designed to put a face on new CXR members and welcome Talent Acquisition leaders joining the

Is Recruiting Innovation Driving Towards Automation and A.I.?

The first-ever CareerXroads Recruiting Automation & Innovation Colloquium convened April 23-25, 2018 at Converse’s headquarters on the wharf in Boston. Our days there included member

Up neXt: Gerry Talks with Melissa Thompson @ McGraw-Hill Education

Our podcast series, Up neXt, puts a face on our newest members and welcomes TA Leaders joining the CareerXroads’ community – a tradition we hope to

CareerXroads Updates Vendor Ratings & Reviews System

CareerXroads Uncorked” with Susan Hensley”

We’re excited to kick off the new CareerXroads podcast series: “Uncorked” where over a glass (or bottle) of premium wine or spirits we’ll talk with

CXR Recommends [BOOK]: Thank You for Being Late

I must first admit that I listened to Thank You for Being Late by Thomas Friedman while I ran but even when delivered in that

Announcing Beta Update to CareerXroads eXchanges

CareerXroads prides itself on over 20 years of listening to its members and delivering a premier community experience to talent acquisition professionals around the world.

Gerry Crispin talks Diversity with Derek Zeller

HR Delegation to Japan – Published Webinar

It was our pleasure to host the recent webinar and podcast for the Nanda Journey’s November 2017 HR Delegation to Japan. This trip was focused

On Creating (not Predicting) the Future

Image Credit:qimono / Pixabay The future can be found all around us…just, as they say, not very well distributed.

Learn from our experiences: Recruiting in Japan

CareerXroads members always have access to current and past CXR webinars. On occasion, we host webinars with an open invitation to anyone within the recruiting

CXR Recommends: Steal Like An Artist

Books every recruiting professional should read Steal Like An Artist, written by Austin Kleon, is the quickest book you’ll read this year (and also happens

Certifying Talent Acquisition Professionals: An Independent Path

Image Credit:uniquedesign52 / Pixabay There are at least 4 possible paths for talent acquisition certification. Two of them are obvious:

Professional Development & Cultural Immersion in Japan | CXR Podcast

When it comes to learning another culture, whether it be work or personal, I believe it’s beneficial to go “all in.” That’s why CareerXroads recently

Three trends impacting Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition is able to seize opportunities like never before to shape and guide recruiting efforts. That’s clout that will continue to grow in coming

Career Life Stories: Nick Price talks with Gerry Crispin

Even before I was a partner at CareerXroads, I’ve long been a fan of people in the recruiting industry that show up and do the

Lifetime Employment in Japan | CXR Podcast

Still pulling together and processing great content from our recent trip to Japan as part of an educational HR delegation. We were happy to get

HR Delegation Update: Life In Japan | ????? (Nihon no jinsei)

Image Credit:cegoh / Pixabay A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being accompanied to Japan by some of the greatest talent professionals

Talent Acquisition Talks with Social Talent: featuring Chris Hoyt & Gerry Crispin

It was our pleasure recently to travel to Dublin, Ireland and meet with the entire Social Talent team in an effort to catch up on

Recruiting for Inclusion: Ongoing Challenges, Competitive Practices

At each CareerXroads event throughout this past year, Chris and I had at least one exercise probing the state of recruiting practices that target greater

Japan: Between A Rock and a Hard Place

The origin of idioms like ‘between a rock and a hard place’ are found as far back as Homer’s Odyssey where Odysseus must pass between Charybdis, a treacherous

Konnichiwa

Setting off on our recruiting delegation to Japan I’m fascinated by how cultural differences play out in the workplace. Whether it’s the hiring process, a

Recruiting Technology: ‘Degree’ versus ‘Kind’

Image credit:xresch / Pixabay The recruiting function is ready to pivot. Are you? The hypothesis I want to tee up here is that up

CareerXroads Backstory: 1996-2017

Our 100th CareerXroads Colloquium this past month was a special milestone and, in several ways, it was‘magical’. It was the 4th time Disney hosted our

What Makes Technology Great?

In 1989, Nintendo introduced U-Force, an accessory with sensors that let players use their hands to control movements (instead of a joystick). It promised to

CareerXroads Sourcing Investments Report

For as long as many in the industry can remember, they’ve been trying to successfully track “source of hire” data in an effort to discover

On The Horizon: Our 100th Colloquium Meeting (Leadership)

For over twenty years CareerXroads has created a fun community for talent acquisition and recruiting leaders from around the world to connect, collaborate, and even

CareerXroads Report on Recruiting Org Structures

At CareerXroads we create and house hundreds of peer-driven benchmark reports and surveys that range in topics from vendor selection to global org structures. Recently

The Future of Work: STEM Training Is Important, But Likely Not Enough

Image credit:777546 / Pixabay For the past few years, many companies have been going “all in” on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) initiatives when