From the Editor

This week’s featured article by Jim Stroud is thought-provoking because it addresses our Algorithmic Delusion.

Which is, the promise of AI in recruitment is seductive: eliminate human bias, process thousands of applications in seconds, and identify the perfect candidate with mathematical precision. It’s a compelling vision that has fueled a multi-billion-dollar industry of algorithmic hiring tools. (Ka-ching!)

But there’s a fundamental flaw in this approach: AI can analyze your resume, but can it tell if you’re faking enthusiasm for agile methodologies because you got bills to pay, mounting healthcare concerns, and really, really need some money coming in? Likely not.

I really love this piece. It’s an important read for the AI times we’ve only just begun to fully recruit and hire in. Read more in Jim’s article…

This week’s newsletter also includes more new recruiting and sourcing articles to help you navigate the hiring world today, a new candidate experience case study, a new batch of recruiting and hiring news links, free webinars to register for, and you can still join us virtually for our upcoming ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit April 29-30. Make sure to use the friends and fam promo code included below!

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

The Empathy Paradox: In a World of Perfect Matches, Why is Everyone So Miserable?

It’s time to put the human back in human resources.

More Recruiting & Sourcing Articles

Recruiting / HR

How History’s Inequities Still Shape the Modern Workforce—and What We Can Learn From It by Jennifer Tardy

When companies take these steps, they pave the way for workplaces where opportunities are genuinely equitable for all.

Simplify to Scale: Streamlining Hiring Processes to Meet Demand by Matt Lowney

In the race for talent, simplicity is the ultimate competitive edge.

The Hidden Threat to Your Employer Brand by Rick Crandon

Safeguarding your domain footprint is part of safeguarding your brand. If HR doesn’t lead that charge, who will?

Sourcing

Invisible Disabilities, Visible Barriers: Rethinking Employment by Raghav Singh

Hiring people with degenerative conditions is often straightforward - but supporting them well may require thoughtful accommodations.

Candidate Experience

2024 CandE Case Studies will be released weekly and here are the latest:

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Alliance Technical Group

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Arup

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota 

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – D2L 

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Delaware North

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Entrada Therapeutics (new)

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Northwell Health

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Room & Board

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Schneider Electric

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – Sunrun

• CandE Benchmark Research Case Study – US Pharmacopeia

All the latest 2024 Global CandE Research that explores the candidate experience journey for over 230,000 candidates around the world, from pre-application to onboarding. The latest insights, best practices + more!

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.

Each year the CandE Benchmark Research Program recognizes those participating employers with the highest candidate experience ratings with our coveted CandE Awards.

The deadline to complete all steps is August 31. Register today to get started!

Other Recruiting, Hiring, and Business News

• CEOs Break Silence on Trump Trade War

• The Weird, Amazing, and (maybe) Frightening Future of Recruiting

• Finding Jobs Is Taking Longer. Fed Economists See Recession Risks.

• Generation X Has All Eyes on Preparing for Retirement

• 5 Companies Hiring Permanent Remote Jobs

• Why AI Might Not Take All Our Jobs -- If We Act Quickly

• Here’s which Bay Area jobs are growing the fastest — and which are rapidly disappearing

• How To Navigate Workplace Stress Without Quitting

• Losing your top talent to your competitors? 3 easy strategies to hold on to them

• We Need Speed to Get Quality: Why Now Is Not the Time to Slow Your Hiring Process

• Americans want more U.S. factory jobs—as long as they don't have to work them

Upcoming Webinars

Disability Inclusion Myths: Busted! What Every Employer Needs to Know

May 20, 2025 | 2:00 PM EDT | 1 Hour

Discover how disability inclusion boosts business performance by debunking myths, driving innovation, and creating workplaces where everyone thrives.

Conferences

ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit — April 29-30, 2025 in Las Vegas, NV

You can still attend RIS virtually!

The ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit is committed to TA leaders, recruiters, and sourcers – to help them understand what comes next for talent acquisition and to build relationships that matter. We’ve put together quite the agenda, so check it out!

If you can’t make it in person, you can still attend virtually. Join us!

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We'll see you there! Register today here!