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We've all known this for a long time: the way our profession closes the loop with applicants is broken. Not "needs improvement." Broken. It's the single most common candidate complaint in every candidate experience study anyone has run for the last fifteen years. And yet, when you ask most of us why we haven't fixed it, the answer usually involves application volume, system limitations, or something a vendor told us wasn't technically possible. That answer is no longer good enough. This week, the CXR Foundation published version 2.0 of the Baseline Standard for Applicant Closure . It's a working document, developed by the Foundation's Industry Standards Committee, ...

What Stuck With Me From Three Days in Louisville A few weeks out from Marketplace Live, and I'm still thinking about the room. We spent three days in Louisville with a group of talent acquisition leaders who came ready to work - not to be sold to, not to nod along, but to put real problems on the table and pressure-test them with people carrying the same weight. The agenda pointed at candidate fraud, candidate engagement, and talent attraction. But underneath all of it was one signal our team couldn't miss: the work is getting more complex, the stakes are higher, and the practitioners solving it together are moving faster than anyone solving it alone. I ...

If there’s one word that defines 2026 so far, it’s uncertainty. AI continues to reshape how organizations operate. Labor markets remain difficult to predict. Return-to-office mandates are evolving. Mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and geopolitical shifts continue to create new variables for business leaders to navigate. And we're only in the second quarter. For many organizations, the challenge isn't simply managing change. It's maintaining clarity while change is happening. Few teams feel this pressure more directly than Talent Acquisition. Why Talent Acquisition Feels It First Talent Acquisition sits at the intersection of ...

by Bill Boorman DISCLOSURE: The views or comments shared by Bill Boorman within this headline reflect their own experience and opinion. LinkedIn is expanding its creator business, adding new ways for professionals to monetize content and making it easier for brands to work directly with creators through Creator Marketplace . The launch builds on a series of product changes that have increased the role of content inside LinkedIn. Creator Marketplace allows advertisers to identify creators by topic, expertise and audience fit and commission work directly. Reporting on LinkedIn’s internal roadmap also pointed to subscriptions, paid expertise, creator-led ...

Work plays a significant role in how people pursue growth, purpose, and impact. But before an individual can make those strides, they must go through the process of being a jobseeker. While the candidate journey is quite homogenous, not every candidate’s approach is the same. An explanation of this talent market’s differentiated job search process stems from one of behavioral psychology's more interesting concepts: Need for Cognition (NFC). It’s a person’s tendency to seek out deeper understanding, ask thoughtful questions, and engage critically with information rather than skim it passively. Psychologists have broken down this behavior into ...

by Bill Boorman ZipRecruiter reported revenue of $108 million for Q1 2026, down 2% year on year (y-o-y). Executives said hiring demand remains subdued and employers continue to slow recruitment activity across several sectors despite early signs of labor market stabilization. Adjusted EBITDA reached $9.7 million, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 9%, while its net loss narrowed to $4.7 million from $12.8 million in the year-earlier quarter, according to the company’s news release . The employment site ended the quarter with roughly $393 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. “We are seeing stabilization in the labor market,” ...

Executive Summary In Q2 2025, salary transparency in U.S. job postings crossed 50% for the first time, a milestone that had been building for years as state-level pay transparency legislation gathered pace. What followed was rapid normalization: by January 2026, the national disclosure rate reached 55.3%, an all-time high. Since then, the rate has plateaued, holding at 54.2% through Q1 2026, suggesting the market may be settling into a new normal rather than continuing its sharp upward climb. For employers, this trajectory is not just a data point; it reflects a permanent shift in candidate behavior, a tightening compliance landscape, and a widening competitive ...

I spent two days this week in conversations that genuinely shifted my thinking and at this point in my career, that doesn’t happen as often as I’d like. It started with watching Jason Roberts and Andrew Gadomski on JobSync. Andrew framed candidate fraud in a way I hadn’t encountered before, and I’ve been sitting with it since. He used three distinct categories - Misinformation, Disinformation, and Mal-Information - as the scaffolding for the problem. I won’t do justice to his full argument here, but the distinction matters more than most of us have been willing to admit. Misinformation is inaccurate but not necessarily intentional. Disinformation is deliberate. ...

Welcome Home! We are so glad you are here. Whether you just joined, are still figuring out how to navigate the CXR community, or are wondering how to make the most of your membership; this post is for YOU . I know getting started in a new community can feel overwhelming. And that is putting it lightly. You might be asking yourself: Where do I even begin? How does this all work? What resources are available to me? I’ve heard those questions, and I’ve been working hard to make sure new members have clear, easy to find answers. I am so excited to introduce three new resources built specifically to help new members feel confident and comfortable ...