The Collective
When we started RecOps Collective, we knew our community needed more than one voice or opinion.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t a single place for RecOps professionals to go to find guides/frameworks, thought pieces, and humor specific to our space.
SO WE CREATED ONE
This space is for RecOps to share those ideas and also see their work up in a public space.
If you want to submit an article, don't hesitate to contact hello@recopscollective.com for guidelines and submission.
Legal Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the writers. They do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Assumptions made in the analysis do not reflect the position of any entity other than the author. As critically thinking human beings, views are always subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time. They are not to be held in perpetuity.
Original RecOps Collective Material
Discovering RecOps: Passion and Problem-Solving by Geva Whyte
A journey from aspiring Pediatrician to RecOps expert, driven by a love for solving dynamic challenges. Key achievements include onboarding workshops and promoting DEI. Future plans are open, with a passion for continuous learning and helping others at the core.
Discovering RecOps: A Long Time Ago in an ATS Far Far Away by Rebecca A. Demarest
Artist. Writer. RecOps Professional. Come along on this adventure as Rebecca Demarest, winner of Greenhouse’s 2023 Talent Maker award.
Discovering RecOps: A Creative, New World by Nitin Moorjani
From music dreams to mastering RecOps, Nitin’s journey to discovering RecOps blends creativity with strategic talent operations.
Discovering RecOps: Making the Jump from Recruiter to RecOps by Tessa Denney
Tessa Denney knew she wanted to be in recruiting since leaving college but took a familiar journey from Recruiter to RecOps. She captures this path perfectly in her Discovering RecOps piece.
How to Get Global Recruiting Right: Tips and Tricks by Erik McRae
Erik McRae knows his fair share about hiring globally. In this brilliant piece, he covers everything you need to know and more.
Discovering RecOps: How a Variety of Experiences Could Lead You Here by Jennifer Kurtz
Recruiting Operations (RecOps) is a location everyone gets to differently. In this article, Jennifer Kurtz shows coming up from an RC uncovered different ways of thinking about RecOps.
You Just Became a RecOps Leader. What Now? by Dan Goyeneche
Everyone starts somewhere when it comes to RecOps. So where do you start when you just became the one in charge of the RecOps team? Daniel Goyeneche shares his knowledge on what to do and why in this article.
Discovering RecOps: Crash Course in RecOps by Kevin Minchella
Recruiting Operations (RecOps) is a location everyone gets to differently. In this article, Kevin Michella shows coming up from an RC uncovered different ways of thinking about RecOps.
Discovering RecOps: Learnings from a Career Transition into RecOps by Tom Allegretti
Recruiting Operations (RecOps) is a location everyone gets to differently. In this article, Tom Allegretti shows how the experiences he had in different fields led him to RecOps.
Parallels between RecOps and Other Fields/Ideas
Recruiting Operations (aka RecOps) is a multi-disciplinary field with practitioners skilled in pulling from everywhere. This ongoing articles recounts some of those parallels.
AI and the Future of Recruiting Coordination
Queue up the AC/DC because there might some Hell's Bells ringing.
Recruiting Operations Dictionary
An ongoing glossary of terms and acronyms for the RecOps space and those interested in it.
Transparency, Honesty, Authenticity (Part 1)
The importance of understanding the differences between transparency, honesty, and authenticity in professional contexts cannot be understated. This articles explains the definitions of these terms and how they are used in job descriptions, interviews, and other situations, emphasizing the value of authenticity in building relationships and achieving success in the workplace.
The Different Generations of Recruiting Operations
A brief history of the different generations of Recruiting Operations. A reflection on where RecOps pros came from, where they are now, and where they are going.
Documentation/Knowledge Management in TA/RecOps
An often overlooked element in TA/Recruiting Ops is our commitment and dedication to documentation and knowledge management. This article is less a think piece and more a framework guide to help those in the Talent Acquisition and Recruiting Operations Space.
Framework for a TA/Recruiting Operations Manager Interview
Recruiting for a Recruiting Operations Manager is a challenging process given the range of candidates. This article digs in deep for how to go about setting up an interview plan for finding your next ROM.
How to Explain TA/RecOps to Different Crowds
When your job is to do everything it can be hard to summarize it quick enough to everyone before their eyes glaze over. Here are a few handy one-sentence explanations that appeal to different audiences.
RecOps Starts With Why
There are many question words out there but Recruiting Operations starts with Why. This article dives in deeper about why Why is so important to everything we do.
Check out others in the Space
We know we aren’t the only ones in the space putting out content and information that helps our community. We’ve organized it here and are always looking to add more.
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Yello’s Blog
Growth by Design Talent
Recruiting Brainfood - This is more heavily focused on Recruiting, but there might be some good articles that Ops people can use.
RecOps.org
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We recommend joining the following communities:
Ashby
TA Innovation Hive
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Talent Acquisition Trends & Strategy by James Mackey
Talent Ops Anonymous by Beamery
A-Players Podcast: Introduction to Recruitment Operations
Ashby’s Offer Accepted
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Ben Collins - YouTube / Website
Prolific Oaktree - YouTube / Website
Sheets Help
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RecOps: Recruiting is (Still) Broken. Here’s How to Fix It by James Colino
How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information by Alberto Cairo
Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative and Visuals by Brent Dykes
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
Here Be Dragons: How to Win Deals and Influence Ideas by Mastering the Eloquent Art of Storytelling by Richard Mulholland
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Calendly - 14 recruiting software tools to automate and streamline your hiring process
Crosschq - 2023 Recruiting Benchmarks and Metrics Report
Interviewing.io - How to Design an Interviewing Rating System
Luke Eaton - Recruitment Operations 101 - This is a data-heavy take on RecOps
Vendor Interviews:
A huge part of RecOps is the technology. So we’ve interviewed the following companies to give you a head start.
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Metaview
Metaview automatically writes your interview notes for you so you can save time and focus on high-quality interactions with candidates.
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ModernLoop
We helps recruiting teams operate efficiently & cost effectively by automating manual recruiting operations tasks
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Reimbi
Reimbi is a software platform used to ensure job candidates are reimbursed quickly for their approved out-of-pocket interview expenses
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InterviewPlanner
We're building an interview scheduling platform that's simple to set up, customizable enough to handle any special edge cases, and actually feels good to use.
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TeamOhana
TeamOhana is an innovative platform that makes headcount management easy.
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Teamable
Teamable helps you source, nurture, & engage with great talent that will supercharge your team.
