The 10 Must-Read Articles for Recruiters This Week

No one wants to design a plane while they’re flying it. Likewise, most recruiters don’t want to overhaul their hiring process while endless open reqs scream for their attention. 

But now, with the economy cooling and many companies tapping the brakes on hiring (if not stopping it altogether or even laying people off), is the ideal time to burnish or overhaul every part of your talent acquisition operation, argues a report from First Round Review.

“Whether your hiring is slowing down or keeping pace,” First Round says, “there’s a real opportunity to get intentional in refining your entire hiring process, from job description to offer — approaching each step with the same careful planning you give your GTM efforts and product road map.” The piece is aimed at startups but most of its points are highly relevant to organizations of any size or age. 

You can read First Round’s specific suggestions in the article that tops the list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. Elsewhere in the list, learn about the disturbing rise of imposter employees (and, yes, it’s every bit as weird as it sounds); why a culture of busyness could upend the move to a four-day workweek; and the interview questions most often Googled this year (“Tell me about those questions...”).

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. Why Now’s the Perfect Time to Retool Your Hiring Process and Get Creative (First Round Review)

2. To Make Better Hires, Learn What Predicts Success (Harvard Business Review)

3. Stop Doing These 3 Things If You Want to Be Seen as a Talent Advisor by Hiring Managers (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

4. Why ‘Quiet Quitting’ Is Bad (Mostly Because of the ‘Quiet’ Bit . . .) (Sydney Morning Herald)

5. Companies’ DEI Plans Often Stall at ‘Frozen’ Middle Management — Here’s How to Fix It (CNBC)

6. You Just Hired a Deepfake. Get Ready for the Rise of Imposter Employees (Protocol)

7. Want Your Organization to Be Successful Tomorrow? Focus on a Skills-Based Approach Today (TLNT)

8. Can the U.S. Embrace a Four-Day Workweek? (Knowledge at Wharton)

9. Remote Workers Are Wasting More Than an Hour a Day on Productivity Theater, New Report Finds (Inc.)

10.  The Most Googled Interview Questions in 2022 (RecruitingDaily)

The must-listen podcast of the week:

The Office Is Dying. It’s Time to Rethink How We Work (The Ezra Klein Show)

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