The Talent Market can be feast or famine. Posting jobs can get you good workers and a great employment brand can get you so much more but, there will always be an elite class of producers who never apply for a job. Higher salaries alone are not enough to persuade these elites to take a leap of

If you live in the USA, no doubt you have noticed the increasing ideological divide: conservativism verses liberalism. It has been trending this way for some time but what is new, is how pronounced it is today. Consider this chart from the Christian Science Monitor. It depicts the political divide

The uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has not stunted the growth of the agile recruitment processing outsourcing company – Proactive Talent who made a strategic hire with Pete Lawson, VP of Growth and Client Services. This is a transformational leadership role owning revenue for the

I have noticed recently that cities are gradually reopening, and some semblance of normalcy is peeking through the cloud of Covid-19. There are several guides online to help you maneuver through it all. Among them, a map of Covid-19 restrictions by state, specific guides on restaurants and citywide

In this episode of TribePod, the History of RPO (recruitment process outsourcing) and its Future is discussed with Steve O'Brien - President of Talent Solutions at Job.com and Will Staney - CEO of Proactive Talent. ABOUT STEVE O'BRIEN Steve O’Brien serves as President, of Talent Solution at

One of the privileges of working at Proactive Talent is the ability to give back to the industry in terms of free resources and thought leadership. Quite recently, I was fortunate enough to share my thoughts on tackling subconscious bias in recruitment. I was a guest on a video series and podcast

One of the perks of working at Proactive Talent is the conversation. Between client calls, project engagements and virtual lunches, we discuss trends in our industry, the impact of those trends on our clients and the latest Netflix show we are obsessed with. One of our virtual watercooler chats

I’ve been sourcing in some capacity for two decades and I have seen many tools and trends come and go. (Anybody remember Friendster? ICQ? Usenet?) However, there are some tactics that have remained constant. No matter the next cool tool or shiny new chrome extension, Sourcers who develop these

Just before the Christmas and New Year holidays, I read that US Employers were cutting back on hiring. Here’s a quote from US News and World Report [December 4, 2020]. With the viral pandemic accelerating across the country, America’s employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month, adding