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What Helps More Against the Skilled Labor Shortage: the “Active Pension” or Promoting Employment of 55+ Professionals?
It will crash without silver necks. Even if the economy is wobbling at the moment, Germany’s shortage of skilled labor is a structural reality and one of the country’s biggest economic challenges. Across nearly all industries – from crafts to care, education, and IT – qualified workers are in short supply. The new federal government under Friedrich Merz has introduced the so-called “Active Pension” (Aktiv-Rente) – an initiative designed to motivate older employees to continu
The Hidden Fears Of Hiring Managers – Why Recruiting Sometimes Takes Longer
Illusion: The risk-free recruiting Recruiting isn’t an “HR topic” anymore. Every manager who hires is, in effect, a recruiter — whether...
Optimizing Recruiting Marketing with AI? A Quick Reality Check
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
The ATS-Friendly CV – A Short Guide for Modern Job Applications
Since I keep getting asked about it, here’s a quick deep dive into the world of ATS technology. Before anyone panics, most companies...
50+ and Shut Out? How Age Bias Blocks Careers – and Costs Companies
Despite talent shortages and aging populations, age discrimination in hiring remains widespread. 50+ candidates are consistently...
Agentic AI in Recruiting and Employer Branding: Smart Sidekick or Out-of-Control Autopilot?
AI in recruiting stopped being science fiction a while ago. CV screening, chatbots, matching tools – all here already. However, what’s...
From Stage Fright to Blackout: Anxiety in Hiring Processes – and What Recruiters and Candidates Can Do About It
As a recruiter, you typically conduct interviews, moderate assessment centers, and evaluate job candidates through tests. It’s easy to...
Recruiting of Portfolio Profiles: Opportunity for Talent Acquisition
Work is evolving rapidly. Digitalization, shifting lifestyles, talent shortages, and demand for flexibility are sidelining traditional...
Portfolio-Profile rekrutieren: Chancen für Talent-Acquisition-Teams?
Die Arbeitswelt verändert sich mit rasanter Geschwindigkeit. Digitalisierung, neue Lebensentwürfe, Fachkräftemangel und die wachsende...
When Recruiters Themselves Become the Bias Factor – Gender Effects in Hiring
End at the door: Biased Recruiter. Recruiting presents numerous challenges, including talent shortages, rising candidate expectations,...
Portfolio Careers on the Rise: How This Is Changing the Job Search
For decades, a career meant completing an apprenticeship or degree, joining a company, advancing for years, and eventually retiring. That...
ATS Market 2025: The SAP-SmartRecruiters deal is reshaping HR tech—here’s what recruiters in small and mid-sized companies need to know.
In August 2025, SAP acquired SmartRecruiters, marking a significant disruption in the HR tech market. For many DACH companies, the ATS...
Leading with Confidence in Crisis: Why Empathy and Decisiveness Are Essential Leadership Traits
The world reels from conflict, economies slide into turmoil, and the prevailing mood is one of tension. Uncertainty permeates every team...
Enough with the Perfect Smile: Why Transparency in Employer Branding Matters More than Polished Messages
Yes, every company claims to be amazing—offering fantastic work culture, outstanding training opportunities, and unbeatable working...
AI in Recruiting: Minimizing Bias with the Right Preparation
AI in recruiting promises efficiency, better matching, and more transparency. But the algorithms often mirror hiring managers' biases,...
OpenAI’s Jobs Platform: How Jobseekers Can Prepare Today
he news spread quickly across HR media: OpenAI plans to launch its own jobs platform in 2026 – powered by AI-driven matching and...
OpenAI Jobs Platform: Challenge and Opportunity – How Companies Can Prepare Now
OpenAI’s announcement that it will launch its own jobs platform in 2026, complete with AI fluency certifications, raises pressing...
Gender Gap Beyond Pay: Men Use AI Job Tools More Often Than Women
When discussing gender inequality in the labor market, pay gaps often dominate the conversation. However, a new, quieter divide is...
AI beats Recruiters: Candidates prefer being interviewed by a robot.
Hard to take results of a study, published by the universities of Chicago and Rotterdam. I stumbled across it via a blog post at the...
State-of-the-(Jobsearch)-Union: The Best AI Tools for Job Seekers (and How to Use Them)
If your feed makes it seem like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, or Grok can land you a job overnight, here’s the grounded truth: these...
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