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.