Week of March 4th, 2024

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So, without further ado, Recruiting Regulators - mount up!

Reading the Air on Data by Jeremy Lyons

Complaining about LinkedIn is starting to become a national pastime if it wasn’t already. Some people hate how social it has become, with people out competing for Top Voice badges instead of the professional decorum it once held. Regardless of how you feel about LinkedIn, it is a treasure trove of data.

You say “Reading the air”?

Ba no Kuuki wo Yomu (場の空気を読む)

Just speaking Japanese doesn’t help.

That’s “reading the air.” Basically it is understanding the situation without words.

So, how is this important for data and for LinkedIn?

If you are paying attention, you will start to notice that certain topics flow in and out. By understanding the topics that are flowing in, you are able to get ahead of possible questions or the new shiny thing that is going to distract people. Right now, a topic that is picking up steam is data fatigue.

Data fatigue - that can’t possibly be a thing. We need data to do our jobs!

There is no argument that data is essential. The only problem is that much of the data people seek to collect, especially in Recruiting, lacks substance. Data without a story or reason are empty calories: they taste great but are not filling. Often, the requests we receive require a level of reading the air to infer their meaning and even more reading of the air to determine how we can use that data to drive change since every request has a backstory that could lead to change.

Ugh… you go to Japan and become all cryptic and even more esoteric. Skip to the good part and just tell me what I need to know to fix it.

If you want to move from reading air to actual substance, ensure that you capture the Why whenever you get a data request. However, you should also take it a step further and ask the requestor how they want that data visualized since Dashboards are not the only way to convey important information to an audience, especially if they are looking for that data to drive a change in the future.

Recruiting Analytics

RecOps - Your Friendly RecOps GPT Update

RecOps has spoken with hundreds of folks. Thank you to all those who are using it. We work on it regularly to help it learn and keep pace with all the developments in the space. Again, suggestions are always welcomed.

Link: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-PDEG1n7fb-recops

Articles / Industry News

Articles We’re Reading/Podcasts We’re Listening To

• Ashby’s Offer Accepted Episode 19 with Natalie Stones with and Episode 21 with Deb Caulet
• PeopleTech’s SmartRecruiters' Jim Milton on Why AI Means More Than You Think Why? This is an interesting listen that goes beyond a lot of the AI rhetoric you are seeing in the market.
• Rodney Hess’ The Importance of Clarity and Transparency in Job Descriptions Why? A lot of focus is placed on data and candidates within the funnel. All of that starts however with the job description and it is no secret that a poorly written JD can lead to more unqualified candidates and a bad overall experience.

Industry News (sorted alphabetically with space in the RecOps community in parenthesis)

• Ashby (AiO) - Talent Trends Report | Candidate Sourcing
• Brighthire (Hiring Intelligence Platform) - AI Interview Plans, How much structure do hiring processes actually have?
• candidate.fyi (Candidate Experience) - Is tech hiring back post, Interview Insights Reporting
• Cronofy (Scheduling) - Navigating Candidate Breakups as a Recruiter
• Dover (ATS) - New Integration: X
• Metaview (AI Transcription) - Recruiter’s AI Digest #48
• Recruit CRM (ATS/CRM) - ChatGPT prompts
• Teamable (AI/Sourcing) - Updated nurture tech/engine

Permanent Articles

• Recruiting Operations: Dictionary
• Recruiting Operations: Resources

Job Search

• Form Energy - Recruiting Operations Manager
• Cohere - Recruiting Operations PM
• Nutanix - Talent Acquisition Program Manager
• Scale AI - Recruiting Operations Specialist
• Canon USA - Talent Systems Associate Specialist (HRIS)
• OpenAI - Recruiting Coordinator (Contingent)

Here is the list of previously listed jobs, which may or may not be available.

Additional Resource

• ChartHop's?PeopleOps Job Board
• ATS Specific Job BoardsiCIMS's?HR professionals job board?aggregates all the HR jobs across their customersWorkable’s job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use WorkableSmartRecruiters’ job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use SR
• Denys Dinkevych's?remote job board,?which aggregates jobs from all the major ATS
• TrueUp - Has a fantastic job board filled with information others don’t like the last time the company did a layoff, application experience based on the ATS, and more.

Boolean Strings for Specific ATS Job Search

We’ve consolidated our list of boolean search strings for RecOps professionals to make them easier for everyone. Check out the list here. Again, thank you to Steve Levy for contributing so many wonderful strings and Gabi Preston-Phypers for QA help. Follow both of them for excellent boolean and sourcing content.

#YourNextHire?/ People Looking In the RecOps Community

Allison Wademan

Short Bio

Allison Wademan is an accomplished Recruiting Operations leader well-versed in full life cycle recruitment across multiple disciplines and industries.

A respected team builder, collaborator, and leader, Allison has a history of creating, implementing, and managing talent solutions. She applies strategic thinking to cross-functional initiatives and leverages data to optimize processes and build streamlined, scalable solutions that fuel company growth and success.

Allison's people-focused approach leverages the Service-Profit Chain to motivate teams and deliver results that make a lasting impact.

Roles She Is Looking For:

Recruiting Operations Leader, TA Program Manager, People/ HR Operations

Here is a?Google Sheet View?for a list of people previously featured and still looking.

Events

• Poetry - Recruiter Enablement: Holland McCue & Adam Gordon
• Tribepad - Small but Mighty: A blueprint for Candidate Attraction and Retention
• Greenhouse/ModernLoop - Faster, Smarter Hiring with Automated Systems

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Until next week, Regulators ??