This week on TRF:

Heading home from RecFest, as luck would have it, Shelley was seated next to a famous hockey coach and legend here in Alberta, Darryl Sutter. Should she have offered to trade seats with Serge?

The first DisruptHR Halifax was a great success with our friends Leah and Ilya. We could feel the energy all the way to Nashville.

In the News

There’s an old saying, “Former Google recruiters dont stand in the unemployment line.” 100’s are laid off and we are eager to see where they go next.

Canada’s job market appears to be slowing with optimism towards certain parts of the country to have the perfect landing.

You can't make this stuff up! An HR Manager in Oregon sends an employee a chocolate male body part, in the mail with her return address on the box. From there it only gets more shocking.

Tip of the Week

Get active on LinkedIn. As recruiters if you have a dormant page, why would any candidate respond to your InMail?

Recruiting Insights

LinkedIn Recruiter’s native interface fails to provide meaningful benchmarks to recruiting teams. You will need a custom dashboard solution for that? Unless you have 100’s of seats, we’d suggest tracking successful hires.

Top reasons to be a contract recruiter, along with some practical advice. 

SmartRecruiter wins top spot for best ATS from a surprising reviewer.