


DE Talk Unplugged: Transforming Your Workforce Through Skills-Based Hiring
In January we released not one but two new episodes of the DE Talk podcast! In a very special minisode, our VP of Strategic Partnerships, Shannon Offord, sat down with Cappfinity’s Global Head of Marketing, La Toya Hodge, to discuss the potential for skills-based...
DE Talk Unplugged: Employment Branding Trends & Tactics in the Midst of a Pandemic
In case you missed it, we recently aired a special edition minisode of the DE Talk Podcast hosted by our friends at Recruit Rooster – Ruth Toombs and Rob Cox. These two sat down to discuss the workforce trends experienced over the course of the pandemic so far, from...
OFCCP Week In Review: July 5, 2022
- USDOJ Announced the Settlement of Claims That 16 Employers Posted Job Ads on College Recruiting Platforms Discriminating Against Non-U.S. Citizens: Attention ALL Recruiters, Especially College and University Recruitment Centers: USDOJ Has Put a Target On Your Backs
- Enforcement of Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees Again Delayed
- OFCCP Director & EEOC Chair Held A Joint Webinar With Four Outside Panelists Discussing Skills-Based Hiring
- OFCCP Quietly Extended the AAP Verification Deadline Following Discovery of Faux Pas
- SCOTUS Reigned In The Federal Agencies By Reminding Them They Must Identify “Clear Congressional Authorization” When Making Significant Decisions…Not So Much Trimming Rights As Trimming Presidential Power
- VETS Announced Eight New Partners For Its Employment Navigator Pilot Program

Fresh From the Roost: Taking the (Talent) Community Approach to Hiring
Since 2020 employers have been on what one can only equate to Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride when it comes to pandemic challenges, social justice movements, hiring shortages, and more. It’s safe to say that the talent acquisition landscape has been in constant flux, making it...
Fresh From the Roost: From Fizzle to Career Site Sizzle, One Company’s Journey to Create a Destination for Job Seekers
Just like the fireworks on the 4th of July, the Recruit Rooster team knows how to explode onto the scene with visual delight and receive a myriad of oohs and aahs from the crowd. Another month has passed, but there’s been plenty of activity in our henhouse, from...
Seven Important Lessons We Learned This Year
Ah, 2020. The year that will forever live in infamy, when the entire world pressed paused and braced for the unknown. A global pandemic, racial and social justice disturbances, and a tumultuous presidential election were only a few of the challenges that were faced in...
2020 Recap | A Year Filled with Surprises, Part One
When the year began, there was an air of excitement for the start of a new decade — the “new roaring 20s”! Of course, no one had any idea what was coming: a global pandemic, months upon months of quarantine, a series of natural disasters, a surge in racial injustices,...
DE Talk Unplugged: The Future of Talent Acquisition Technology
We’re so excited to be back with the DE Talk podcast, and we’re kicking off season two with a great conversation on technology. In this episode, our VP of Strategic Partnerships, Shannon Offord, chats with Peter Weddle, author and CEO of TAtech, the Association for...