Ignite Global

Right, so I’m back after almost 6 weeks. What did I miss? Other than a new PM in Australia, more gun violence in the US…and the fact that, according to the OECD, Australia has the second tightest skills market in the world.

You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting much over the last 5 – 6 weeks because I’ve been in the US speaking at the annual Association for Talent Development (ATD) conference (funnily enough about employee retention).


Following that,...

Did you know that 65% of candidates who turn down jobs or decline to go through the entire interview process do so because of poor candidate experience, according to LinkedIn? And that only 25% of candidates are satisfied with candidate experience according to Sapia.ai?

Candidate experience is key. But what is candidate experience exactly?

My definition is an experience where every interaction leaves the candidate feeling good about:

✅ Themselves (first and foremost – even if they don’t get the job)

✅ The process itself (again, even if they don’t get the job)

✅ The company/brand (turn all candidates (successful or not) into raving fans

What are your thoughts?

Read More : https://www.igniteglobal.com/2022/08/candidate-experience-is-key/

I’m curious, what has your experience been with implicit bias training?

Having spent 15 years working as a professional recruiter and 11 years teaching hiring managers how to hire more effectively and efficiently I’ve always felt that implicit bias training was a waste of time.


There is more and more research now backing up my gut feel. Here are two articles that unpack this pretty nicely.

Even worse, there is consistent evidence that bias training done the “wrong way” (think lukewarm diversity training) can actually have the opposite impact, inducing anger and frustration among white employees. What this all means is that, despite the widespread calls for implicit bias training, it will likely be ineffective at best; at worst, it’s a poor use of limited resources that could cause more damage and exacerbate the very issues it is trying to solve.
Read More: https://www.igniteglobal.com/2020/08/the-problem-with-implicit-bias-training/