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After talking with Hamlet about how Velocity came to be, and with Steve about why, it’s time to turn outwards. Over the next few posts we want to introduce you to our team. Our clients know and love them, and we want to give you the same opportunity. Today we’re starting with Thomas Trumble. Thomas …
2026 isn’t exactly as new as it was back in January, but the recent snowfall has put us in a reflective, New Years-esque mood. That means there’s no better time than to talk Steve Koerner, CEO and one of our founders. As CEO of Velocity HCM (along with Hamlet Caminero), Steve has followed a long and …
A Dialogue with Greenhouse We recently had the opportunity to meet with the folks at Greenhouse to talk about ATS implementations. We chatted about the things that went into a successful (or unsuccessful) launch of an Applicant Tracking System; starting with keys to choosing the right vendor all the way through to handling post-launch support …
Lets Crack Open the Problem Remember that old anti-drug PSA? The one with the frying egg? ‘This is your brain on drugs.’ Now imagine that egg as your hiring process: sizzling, smoking, and overcooked. That’s what happens when your ATS is poorly optimized. When your ATS isn’t well optimized, your hiring process will struggle, resulting …
For almost a year now, Velocity has been hosting “Office Hour” webinars for our clients. In these sessions we share updates and insights on the the systems we support. They also let our clients ask questions about those systems in an open forum. As amazing as those sessions have been, they don’t take full advantage …
The last of the spring weather is (finally) in the rearview mirror. For most people, that means looking forward to summer; for us lucky few in the Talent Acquisition profession, it means preparing for “summer hiring”. For businesses large and small, summer student hires represent opportunities to increase sales, develop new talent, and respond to …
I’ve been in the Talent Acquisition space for over a decade. If you had told me back then about the technology we’d have today—AI-driven everything, automated interview scheduling via SMS, predictive analytics—I would have thought hiring would be seamless. And yet, here we are, having the same conversations about responsiveness, bad processes, poor technology implementations, …
To harness the benefits of AI Recruitment in TA while mitigating risks bias and compliance, orgs must prioritize fairness and transparency in their HR processes and systems.
Skills Based Hiring focuses on candidate skills instead of “work history, education, degrees, etc; and it allows orgs to focus more on their actual ability to do the job, based on the skills they present.
Whether an organization is hiring season hospitality or retail staff, or looking to hire new professionals fresh out of school, what can they do to build a sustainable and effective seasonal hiring program?
