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Price the Work
What agentic software should cost. Software pricing has always described what software did. When software was a tool you installed,…
What Are the Best AI Tools for Staffing Agencies?
The AI tools best suited to staffing agencies and high-volume frontline employers in 2026 are generally platforms built to screen,…
What Does Generative AI in Recruiting Do for Frontline Hiring?
Generative AI has spread through frontline recruiting faster than it has changed hiring timelines. 67% of recruiters now use AI…
Workforce Planning Strategy Examples: 3 Scenarios and a Template You Can Use
A hiring plan built at the corporate average is wrong almost everywhere it lands. Unemployment ran from 1.8% to 16.9%…
How to Use AI Onboarding to Cut Time-to-Productivity for Frontline Workers
Frontline workers who describe their onboarding as “messy” are 9x more likely to plan their exit, according to the 2025…
The Hiring Metrics to Track and How Often to Report Them
Hiring teams collect more data than they did five years ago and still face unfilled shifts. In Korn Ferry’s 2025…
Pros & Cons of Remote Onboarding
Heading into 2021, it’s difficult to predict what the recruiting landscape is going to look like. With threats of shutdowns,…
How High-Performing TA Teams Measure the Candidate Experience
The phrase “candidate experience” iscommon buzzword among hiring teams, but there is utility in understanding what it means and how…
The Biggest Mistakes IT Leaders Make When Planning an HR Digital Transformation
HR, a human-focused industry by definition, is increasingly finding itself spearheading digital transformation within their organizations. Whether it is using…
How Can HR & Staffing Teams Cope With CA AB5?
As we discussed in a previous post, CA AB5 is having a drastic impact on the gig economy in California.…
AB5: The Implications, Impact and Exceptions
The definition of “independent contractor” has been a bone of contention as the so-called “gig economy” has taken shape. One…
7 Festive Subject Lines to Replace Traditional, Boring Outreach
The holidays are a wonderful time to reflect on the growth you’ve made throughout and identify areas of improvement. When…
5 Tenets of Successful High-Volume Recruiting
High-volume recruitment presents a completely different set of challenges from those found in traditional corporate recruiting. While the roles traditionally…
A Few Considerations When You Are In a Hiring Freeze
At one time or another in your recruiting career, you’ve probably experienced a hiring freeze. There are a variety of…
High-volume Hiring: 5 Ways to Add Diversity Into Your Search Process
In a recent webinar on how to eliminate bias in your hiring process, diversity and inclusion expert Joelle Allen talks…
Part 3 of 3: Application & Hiring Trends in the Service Sector
This is part three of a three-part series detailing the 2020 application and hiring trends for companies in the service…
Beyond Automation: Digital Transformation with Multi-Cloud and SSO
Digital transformation goes beyond automation and beyond one department. It’s a company-wide initiative. In the past few years we’ve seen…
Talent Pools vs Talent Pipelines (And Why You Need Both)
You have likely heard these terms, talent pool and talent pipeline, used often and sometimes even interchangeably. But are they…