Skills must be validated In recruiting circles, terms such as “ skill-based hiring,” “skills-first recruiting,” or “competency-based selection” are gaining popularity. Many organizations see this as the key to fairer hiring, better matches, and broader access to talent. But what’s really behind it — and where are the hidden pitfalls? What Is Skill-Based Recruiting? Skill-based recruiting shifts the focus from “what you are” — your degree, title, or job history — to “what y

I recently read The Alignment Advantage Report by Checkr , which surveyed 3,000 HR professionals and 3,000 job candidates about how AI is used and perceived in recruiting. The report offers direct comparisons of expectations and values from both groups, identifying where perceptions align and diverge. These differences reveal actionable insights for recruiting teams using AI now or in the future. The Study Base: 6,000 Perspectives on AI in Recruiting The report explores, amon

TRM with a little helper. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a huge fan of Talent Relationship Management (TRM) as a recruiting tool — and that I’ve built and implemented it multiple times. Yet TRM is still heavily underused in recruiting today. Many companies chase applicants, conduct interviews, make a decision, and then delete every trace of the interaction. The contact is gone, the interest fades, and the relationship ends. But that person might not have been a “no” — th

I recently saw a viral "Job Ad from Hell" on LinkedIn—hilarious for all the wrong reasons. It’s a prime example of clumsy AI use in recruiting, and a reminder that DEI standards still vary greatly by region. JobAd from hell. Rather than focusing on poor examples, I wanted to explore what happens when AI is given a genuinely useful task. To explore this, I prompted my favorite assistant to analyze what the “perfect” job ad would look like for each generation, considering value

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