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The Origins, Launch, and Early Results of Facebook’s Contingent Workforce Group

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Facebook is a publicly traded global social network with more than 50,000 employees and more than 2 billion monthly users. In this article, Colin McDonagh, Global Program Manager of Contractor Programs at Facebook, shares an overview of Facebook’s Contingent Workforce Group. He reveals the origins of Facebook’s Direct Sourcing Program and sheds light on the… Read more »

How the Most Innovative Companies are Transforming Talent Data into Talent Intelligence

This case study shows how Intel leveraged HireScore’s Talent Intelligence capabilities to gain excellent candidates. Athena Karp, the CEO of HiredScore reveals in the case study how the most innovative companies turning “Talent Data” into “Talent Intelligence”. Karp pinpoints how to leverage Talent Intelligence to find the right talent at the right time and cost…. Read more »

The Rise of Talent Intelligence: TTL’s Trend Report

Historically hiring has been reactive, tactical, and siloed. Job requisitions are opened, job posts are posted, and companies then work through a volume of job applications to try and select the individuals that are best qualified and will add the most value to the organization. The mechanisms and processes used to sort and make decisions… Read more »

Under the Microscope: HireVue a Video Interviewing Software Removes the Facial Analysis Component of its Software

HireVue, featured as a video interviewing solution in TTL’s ecosystem, has removed the facial analysis component of its software. The company announced this change at the beginning of 2021 and reported that data indicated nonverbal behaviors were not essential to its predictive algorithm as it often aligned with verbal behaviors.  “HireVue’s internal research demonstrated that… Read more »

TTL’s 2020 Year-In-Review

2020 presented unexpected and unprecedented challenges that were not easy to tackle. Despite all of the curveballs 2020 threw at us, we believe the talent space—and the world at large—is stronger than ever. The seemingly insurmountable challenges of 2020 fostered change, innovation, and opportunities for a better future. The End of Normal and the Need… Read more »

The Dark Side of Online Job Advertising: The Hidden Cost of Free

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Talent Tech Labs’ mission is to raise the state of the art in recruitment technology. We do this primarily by providing actionable intelligence around technology via research and advisory services, giving clarity to stakeholders around the industry on vendor capabilities and solution appropriateness for solving actual business problems. Sometimes this mission also requires us to… Read more »