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It seems hard to believe but in this day and age of unemployment at near-historic lows across the developed world, the experience delivered by employers to candidates is declining. However, contentment among job candidates has been declining since 2021, while candidate resentment remains elevated, according to the latest annual research from the Candidate Experience Benchmark…

After my blog last week on Daniel Kahneman’s passing and detailing his 1955 contribution to the effective interviewing and assessment of candidates I was asked a follow-up question by a relatively new recruiter, “Why is a universal assessment of a candidate (rather than assessing each success criteria independently) so unreliable as a sole predictor of…

Daniel Kahneman passed away last week at the age of 90. His name won’t be recognised by most in our industry, however Kahneman’s influence on recruitment was profound. In 2002, Kahneman received the Nobel memorial prize in economic sciences. He then became one of the most influential and distinguished writers for the public in the…

The role money plays in the success of an enterprise is at the core of many hugely popular and critically acclaimed screen dramas. Whether it’s Wall Street, The Godfather, Casino, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, or The Wire, the making and losing of money creates drama that screenwriters, and audiences, love. The depiction of cash is…

NVIDIA, a maker of AI chips was worth around USD 300 billion in November 2022. Sixteen months later its value has soared by almost a factor of 8 to reach USD 2.3 trillion, making it the third-most valuable company in the world behind Apple and Microsoft. One of the reasons behind NVIDIA’s astonishing growth in…

Picture credit: Asian Scientist Magazine Almost anybody with even a cursory knowledge of demographics and global labour markets can tell you that Japan is the canary in the coal mine for the developed world’s rapidly aging population, below-replacement fertility rate, and labour supply. Japan has the second-highest median age (just under 49 years), and one…