February 20, 2025

An Exciting New Chapter – Will you join me in building the future of Recruitment?

The Gatekeepers Part II: Why a Positive Recruiting Philosophy Matters

Welcome to the second blog in my series, The Gatekeepers: Why a positive Recruiting Philosophy Matters. In this blog, I’ll focus on an essential piece of The Gatekeeper approach: the candidate. If you missed my first blog, take a peek here before reading this one. Changing jobs is an opportunity

Hiring Veterans: Is it right for you and what’s the secret?

There are so many incredibly talented veterans out there. They are leaders, loyal, and can produce results that add so much value to companies, but many civilian interviewers don’t know how to talk to veterans and companies aren’t sure how to translate their skills and experiences.

Whole-Person Hiring: What’s Next in Talent Acquisition

As a lead consultant for Proactive Talent, I help companies maximize their hiring solutions in a process we call Recruitment Optimization. While AI and machine learning will help our industry in incredible ways, I believe that the future of recruiting must include “whole-person hiring.” When people

The Gatekeepers: Why a Positive Recruiting Philosophy Matters

In a world where candidates have more power in the hiring process than ever before, companies need to hire differently than just a few years ago. From my personal experience in the recruiting industry, I've found that taking a positive approach to recruiting makes a difference.

Building a Recruitment Engine for UT Health East Texas

How UT Health East Texas Partnered with Proactive Talent to Build a Recruiting Machine from the Ground Up The UT Health East Texas (UTHET) medical group provides care to thousands of patients through a network of quality medical practitioners. To attract and hire quality talent for the newly formed

Creating Efficiencies in Recruiting Using Modern Recruitment Marketing Strategies

As 2019 propels forward, recruiting leaders and talent acquisition teams have much to consider and prioritize when it comes to recruitment marketing. Questions about budgeting, candidate channels, and media can be overwhelming, especially when trying to track all this activity.

How to Get More Women to Apply to Your Job Postings

In the interest of Women’s History Month, we’re tackling an issue that is very near and dear to our hearts: female job applicants. This is an incredibly relevant topic as more and more companies are (finally) starting to understand the need for a move toward diversity and inclusion in the

How to Take a Consultative Approach to Hiring Manager Relationships

As a Talent Acquisition Leader, I am often coaching and seeking to inspire my teams to become more consultative with their hiring manager relationships. This client service approach is useful in sales, account management, customer support, human resources business partnering, and of course,

Make Better Choices: How Employer Branding Helps Recruiting by Making Your Decisions Obvious

When it comes to your employer brand, how do you choose what video to make? Or what to tweet? Or what new tool to buy? If you've been to a conference lately, you've seen how many new companies are popping up to help you "strengthen your employer brand" or "attract better talent." We live in a time