January 09, 2025

Forget the Perks: Why Companies Should Focus on Cultivating Meaningful Work and Belonging

Danae Harper Joins Proactive Talent as Lead Consultant, Employer Branding

Proactive Talent, the recruiting and employer brand consulting firm revolutionizing the way fast-growing companies like Calendly, Postmates, and Gong.io as well as enterprise firms like GE, GoDaddy and Motel6 attract and hire top talent through its unique and holistic approach, continues its

A Happy Look Back

Got hit with a burst of nostalgic pride today. As we are preparing plans for kicking off several new clients in the New Year, I see this memory of when I kicked off my VERY FIRST Proactive Talent client exactly 5 years ago.Fast forward to today and we are kicking off our 150th client on January 4th.

2020 Reflections and Looking Ahead to 2021

The below letter was shared in our last newsletter of the year and I wanted to go ahead and share here as well. If you haven't subscribed to our Proactive Talent newsletter, please do. Every month we're sharing industry insights, research, free resources, podcasts, blogs, and useful downloads (I've

TribePod: An Interview with Ken Silber

In this episode of TribePod, Courtney Lane interviews Ken Silber. Ken Silber is a senior channel account manager at The Predictive Index, the talent optimization leader. With 25 years of sales, marketing, partnership, and talent optimization expertise, he leads a team of partner activation

How To Source Female Software Developers

Companies have made some bold promises when it comes to diversity initiatives, even before the protests ignited by the death of George Floyd. Women and minorities are underrepresented in several industries. This disparity is especially evident within the tech industry where female software

Feed the Hungry on #GivingTuesday

Are you familiar with #GivingTuesday? In case you are unfamiliar with the event, here is a quote from Wikipedia. "GivingTuesday, often stylized as #GivingTuesday for the purposes of hashtag activism, refers to the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It is touted as a "global generosity

COVID Check-in Survey Data

We surveyed 200+ professionals about the state of their business in the COVID era. Our questions were short and focused on if/when employees were returning to the office, immediate hiring goals, recruitment budgets and investments in HR technology.Our survey respondents varied widely across company

How To Source The Best Managers for Your Company

At Proactive Talent, we resolved a lot of recruitment related issues for our clients. In a very real way, we operate like an on-demand RPO service. As such, we engage clients on a variety of issues and answer many questions. For example, a typical query directed to me is, “Jim, are you really that

Can Employers Order Workers to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

The Thanksgiving holidays are almost upon us and as of Saturday, November 21, 2020, according to CNBC… The United States reported more than 195,500 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, a record-high spike less than a week before Thanksgiving, which public health officials are warning could