Introducing Acadian Advisory
Nearly 15 years ago I stumbled into the world of “HR Tech.” I was newly married and decided to uproot my life in Silicon Valley and embark on a new adventure in Boston to research and analyze technology companies. I quickly gravitated towards the emerging “HR Tech” space and was excited to learn everything I […]
How AI & Machine Learning Are Redefining The War For Talent
By 2020, more than 20 million job seekers will look for automated advice on how to improve their ranking in job-matching algorithms according to Gartner. More than 50% of large enterprises based in North America and Western Europe will include diversity and inclusion enablement criteria in their HCM technology selection processes by 2020. By 2022, […]
Event Report: Glassdoor Employer Branding Summit
Employer Branding Comes of Age On September 12th, Glassdoor kicked off its Employer Branding Summit in San Francisco at the Hotel Nikko. Social recruiting, employer branding, and talent acquisition pros gathered to hear how branding impacts the recruiting landscape. Robert Hohman, CEO of Glassdoor welcomed the audience to set the stage (see Figure 1). […]
What To Do With The Gartner Magic Quadrant?
As you may have noticed, last week Gartner published its annual E-Recruitment Magic Quadrant. With every Magic Quadrant comes the press releases from vendors telling people how great Gartner thinks they are, other vendor quietly complaining about their precise positioning in the graph, and the myriads of “influencers” challenging Gartner’s vendor rankings due to their […]
JobVite’s new thing: sourcing passive candidates
I recently wrote about JobVite and how it permits employers to tap into the social networks of its employees to find quality recruits. JobVite permits employers to create eVites that employees, colleagues, etc. can pass around via email or publish to social networks like Facebook. It must be working as one of my old clients […]
Who Should Taleo Acquire Next?
After reading speculation this week that Taleo is preparing for another acquisition, it got me thinking…“Who should they buy?”
The prospective acquisition options are all over the map. They could acquired another talent acquisition vendor to really expand their market share and leadership position. They could acquire another talent management suite provider. They could enter […]
