Recruitment

Have you ever been here? You receive a shortlist. It’s solid. The profiles make sense. There is even one person you can already imagine in the role. And yet something holds you back. You ask to see a few more candidates. Just to be certain. In case someone slightly better appears. More experienced. More aligned. More reassuring. On the surface, that feels responsible. Behind the scenes, it is not neutral. What really happens Candidates from the first batch do not stay frozen

📖 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙚” tells the all-too-familiar tale of Talent Acquisition and Hiring Managers trying to pass the baton… and occasionally dropping it. If this bedtime story feels a bit too real - and gives you nightmares instead of sweet dreams - you’re not alone. 😉

Workforce planning is often treated like an HR obsession at year-end - a spreadsheet exercise that line managers quietly roll their eyes at. And honestly, I get it. In environments as volatile as ours, planning six months ahead already feels ambitious. Projects shift, funding changes, contracts get delayed, and priorities flip overnight. Unless you’ve secured long-term contracts - or run a monopoly - predicting demand feels almost impossible. But that doesn’t mean planning is

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Companies focus so much on giving candidates a neat, fast, smooth process because they want top talent to want them. But here’s what I...

Community TV Show. The Dean unveiling the school flag… proudly. Unaware it’s wildly inappropriate. A perfect metaphor for the “polished...

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Recruitment processes provide countless opportunities to assess potential hires, sometimes in unexpected ways. One classic example from...

Recently, I attended a networking event in Toronto, where 90% of participants were actively job-seeking. Most had been searching for...