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Lean Into Change, AI Pay Cuts, The Meaningful Meh, & more.
Plus, recruiting articles, news, research, webinars, and conferences.
Kevin Grossman
March 12, 2025
Recruiting Reading For All. Anytime. Anywhere.
From the Editor
It can’t be all that bad, can it? I mean, February’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last Friday was softer than expected, rising by 151,000 and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent. Employment trended up in health care, financial activities, transportation and warehousing, and social assistance. Federal government employment declined.
Maybe that last one’s an understatement. And oh, please refrain from checking your 401K and other retirement accounts, for now at least.
But hey, Jake Zerbe turns lemons into lemonade this week with Lean into Change: Tailoring your sourcing strategy to focus on available GOV talent.
Jim Stroud shares recommendations on adapting to AI in the workforce with Will AI Cut Your Pay? How Automation is Reshaping Recruitment Salaries.
Raghav Singh writes about Rethinking the ADA and how employers should provide hiring managers with specific recommendations and guidance on how to engage with disabled individuals.
I write about the meaningful meh and the fact that even though candidate resentment rates are higher than ever, most candidates are still potentially willing to refer others and engage the employer again. Yep, it’s true.
This week’s newsletter also includes even more new recruiting and sourcing articles, a new candidate experience case study, a new batch of recruiting and hiring news links, free webinars to register for, and a new discount code below (good through March 30th) for our upcoming ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit April 29-30.
Let me know if you’ve got any news to share. Thank you for reading!
—Kevin Grossman, VP of Research & Editorial
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Featured Article
Rethinking the ADA
Employers should provide hiring managers with specific recommendations and guidance on how to engage with disabled individuals.
More Recruiting & Sourcing Articles
Recruiting
Software engineers: Shortage of skills or shortage of talent? by Sagar Khatri
The critical ability to source talent from anywhere in the world substantially boosts the chances of finding the right fit.
Automating the Recruiting Process: 5 tools for success by Anastasiia Kostiuk
The key is to stay true to your organization's values while embracing the possibilities that AI brings to the table.
The Meaningful Meh by Kevin Grossman
As the federal government undergoes workforce changes, tech companies have an opportunity to access specialized talent.
Sourcing
The recruitment industry, like many others, is undergoing rapid transformation due to AI.
As the federal government undergoes workforce changes, tech companies have an opportunity to access specialized talent.
Candidate Experience
2024 CandE Case Studies will be released weekly and here are the latest:
2024 Global CandE Research Report explores the candidate experience journey for over 230,000 candidates around the world, from pre-application to onboarding. The latest insights, best practices + more!
What Sets CandE Winners Apart is a special global report that highlights CandE Winner differentiators — those employers that participated in our annual research and have the highest candidate experience ratings overall.
The 2024 Business Impact of Candidate Experience research brief highlights the business impact of candidate experience and is based on the 2024 CandE benchmark research of over 240,000 global candidate responses.
The 2025 CandE Benchmark Research Program Now Open
The annual CandE Benchmark Research Program helps you and your organization measure and understand your overall candidate experience ratings from pre-application to onboarding.
Employers big and small across industries are encouraged to participate. The CandE Benchmark Research Program will help you identify strengths and weaknesses in your recruiting process and your overall candidate experience with continuous candidate feedback.
Each year the CandE Benchmark Research Program recognizes those participating employers with the highest candidate experience ratings with our coveted CandE Awards.
Other Recruiting, Hiring, and Business News
The AI Revolution in Recruitment: 10 Emerging Roles Reshaping Talent Acquisition
US hiring falls short of expectations in 1st full month of Trump term
Google's former HR chief astonished by Meta's internal 'block' lists
How skills-focused hiring could change the shape of the labour market
Expert Reveals Why Hybrid Work Backlash Is Exploding And How To Fix It
Gen Z isn’t quiet quitting. They’re rejecting outdated leadership
EY: ‘Building a culture of career agility’ to strengthen talent acquisition and attraction
Is the U.S. economy headed toward a recession? Here’s what to look for.
Upcoming Webinars
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Conferences
ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit — April 29-30, 2025 in Las Vegas, NV
Lucky You! Your Team Gets 20% Off
March is your lucky month! 🍀 The Recruiting Innovation Summit is where top talent leaders, strategists, and innovators come together to redefine the future of hiring. And now, when you bring your team of four (or two or three 🙂), you’ll unlock 20% off your total registration. Yes, that includes both in-person and virtual tickets!
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