If you're going to force your candidates through your TSA-like ATS (huh... they share the same letters... weird), you better be taking advantage of it as a shared point of contact (and data) for candidates and recruiters.

Meanwhile (same report), further proof that the world of work continues to evolve as 73% of employees feel like they should have a role in shaping the company (see previous article about creating strategy buy-in). That in itself reinforces my own belief that reporting on declining employee engagement is an outcome of feeling disconnected from the decisions being made. Three out of four want to be part of the change, but according to Gallup, only 17% feel engaged? That's a problem.

here's a whole report on the state of diversity within marketing and how people feel like they see themselves in marketing.

Since it's the topic of this week's The Talent Cast, I've got diversity on the brain. Maybe that's why I jumped at this list of 25 stats to help you explain why diversity is important to your company and employer brand.

Interesting LinkedIn Stats. My fave? Pinterest is FAR MORE trusted than Facebook. I bring this up because FB is about to be a VERY problematic place to run ads, I believe.