A phone prefix is not evidence. It is an assumption dressed up as a selection criterion. A recruiter recently posted the following advice on X: If you are new to Switzerland and your phone number does not start with +41,…
Let’s talk about why you should stop buying AI tools you cannot audit. The Real Problem With AI in Talent Acquisition Is Not Cost. It Is Control. I recently joined Hung Lee’s Brainfood Live discussion on a question that sounds…
2026 is coming fast. If you lead a Talent Acquisition function, this is the moment to decide what kind of leader you want to be in the new era of automation and AI. Every conversation in TA right now is…
Workforce plans look great in slides; reality doesn’t care. The single question that determines whether your business plan ships on time is this: Do you always have exactly the right recruitment capacity available to deliver the right person, exactly on…
Most organizations treat succession planning as something abstract, almost hypothetical. It sounds impressive, it looks good on a strategy slide, but in day-to-day reality it is usually pushed aside by whatever urgent priorities scream loudest. And that’s the mistake. Because…
Every Talent Acquisition leader is expected to prove the business value of their work. Yet most are still asked to report on cost-per-hire and time-to-hire—metrics that do one thing extremely well: Set you up to deliver faster and cheaper. And…
What happens when Talent Acquisition stops theorizing and starts operationalizing? You get real results—like the ones showcased by MHP – A Porsche Company at Schicht im Schacht, the DACH region’s most authentic and practitioner-led TA event. This is where recruiting…
Introduction: What Most Companies Get Wrong About Talent Pooling Most companies believe they’re already doing talent pooling. After all, they have an ATS with thousands of candidates, maybe a CRM with shiny dashboards, and often a spreadsheet or two filled…
Introduction: Structure ≠ Strategy Too often, TA teams proudly claim they’re “structured” in their sourcing—but being structured doesn’t mean you’re strategic. You can have immaculate workflows, standardized templates, and a smooth ATS process, yet still be 100% reactive. If active…
“Everything we do from the moment a job opens = facilitating the hiring decision.” Let’s start with a brutal truth: Most companies either don’t do job intake meetings—or worse, they hold them and talk about all the wrong things. They…