Recruitment

How Trauma-Informed Interviewing Improves Hiring Decisions and Candidate Experience

How Trauma-Informed Interviewing Improves Hiring Decisions and Candidate Experience

Published on: August 6, 2026
By: Dorothy Dalton

Interview Anxiety Is Costing You Great Talent: Why Trauma-Informed Interviewing Leads to Better Hiring Trauma-informed practice has been developed in clinical and social service sectors and is built on the Read more...

AI and Gender Bias from Gen Z Men

AI and Gender Bias from Gen Z Men

Published on: May 12, 2026
By: Dorothy Dalton

How AI Reinforces Gender Bias AI systems are increasingly amplifying existing gender bias, particularly among younger male demographics influenced by online algorithmic ecosystems. I have written before about my concerns Read more...

Freeze & Frenzy: Today's Job Market Survival Tips

Freeze & Frenzy: Today's Job Market Survival Tips

Published on: April 21, 2026
By: Dorothy Dalton

How to survive a crazy job market when all the old rules seem to be going out of the window Someone described the current job market right now as like Read more...

The Unexpected Backlash: Gender Bias in Gen Z Hiring Managers

The Unexpected Backlash: Gender Bias in Gen Z Hiring Managers

Published on: March 17, 2026
By: Dorothy Dalton

How will a new generation of managers more gender biased than their fathers impact our hiring systems? The older Gen Z or Zoomers, born between 1997 and 2012 are in Read more...

Why Job Boards Are Not Obsolete..... Yet.

Why Job Boards Are Not Obsolete..... Yet.

Published on: October 7, 2025
By: Dorothy Dalton

Some “experts” are saying job boards are dead  – but are they really? Should job seekers forget Easy Apply as part of their job search? Here’s why it’s not so Read more...

"Priming" and the Green Banner in Job Search

"Priming" and the Green Banner in Job Search

Published on: December 3, 2024
By: Dorothy Dalton

In psychology, priming refers to instances where exposure to one stimulus affects a subsequent response to a second stimulus. This is important to factor in when we look at green banners on LinkedIn.

Gender Differences in Interview Questioning

Gender Differences in Interview Questioning

Published on: September 26, 2023
By: Dorothy Dalton

We are all becoming familiar with the obvious ways bias works against women in interviews, but there are even further and more subtle ways these biases are entrenched. One in particular is in the gender differences in interview questioning that women experience. 

Biases In Interview Scheduling Explained

Biases In Interview Scheduling Explained

Published on: July 11, 2023
By: Dorothy Dalton

Does the order in which candidates are placed in interview scheduling matter? Here are 3 factors impacting biases in interview scheduling to create an inclusive hiring process.

Unemployed? Use a LinkedIn Place holder

Unemployed? Use a LinkedIn Place holder

Published on: May 19, 2020
By: Dorothy Dalton

Unemployed? There are solid reasons for adding a LinkedIn place holder when you have finished in your current company, whatever the reason.