Bas van de Haterd
Bas van de Haterd is a self-employed professional that helps companies recruit smarter by using the right technology. He is mainly known for his in-depth knowledge of pre-screening assessment technology. He also runs a research, award, and event called Digitaal-Werven that focuses on the candidate experience. Follow Bas on Twitter @bvdhaterd or connect with him on LinkedIn.
Content authored by Bas van de Haterd
Professional Sports Give Us a Look into the Future of Selection
The UEFA European Championship (soccer) is currently underway. Contenders like Spain, Germany, and Belgium have AI assistance based on performance data to help them with their starting eleven. Professional sports give… Read more
Just look into a candidate’s eyes (with AI)
Are our eyes really the gateway into our soul? Or our brain? With all the controversy on facial recognition, it seems like a topic too controversial to touch. Luckily some… Read more
The Age of the Real Employer Brand
Companies are coming out with their remote identity. Morgan Stanley says no to remote, or you will need to take a serious pay cut. Deloitte believes employees can work from where ever… Read more
Consider Your Default Settings
Do you consider the default settings on your application form? Or the search engine on your corporate careers website? You should, as most of your visitors and applicants never change… Read more
Increase conversion by at least 50% by removing ‘Register to Apply’
In my home country of the Netherlands, we see less and less ‘register to apply’ on corporate careers websites. In the most recent research of Digitaal-Werven (2019), only 11% of… Read more
The One Recruitment Tech Solution I Would Buy Right Now
The One Recruitment Tech Solution I Would Buy Right Now It’s the end of 2020 and there is good news about a vaccine. Hopefully this will be distributed from early… Read more
More Human By Technology
More Human By Technology As people who tend to read my articles on this website know, I’m a big fan of pre-selection software. I often however run into the die-hard… Read more
Potential Biases in Recruitment – A Cheat Sheet
Potential Biases in Recruitment – A Cheat Sheet To be human is to be biased. It’s impossible to be unbiased. The best you can hope for is to be aware… Read more
Why You Need Digital Assessments Now More Than Ever
Why You Need Digital Assessments Now More Than Ever The times are changing. The USA has never seen an increase in jobless claims like it’s seeing now. In Europe, the… Read more
The Proxy Problem
The Proxy Problem As recruiters, we use proxies. A lot of proxies, not real data. We use a lot of proxies and usually, we’re not even aware of it. For… Read more
European Recruitment Tech Startups to Watch: Unleash 2019
Unleash world was in Paris a week ago and it’s a great way to learn about the recruitment tech start-ups from Europe. I’ve talked to all of the start-ups that… Read more
Dare You To Try This: Interview Yourself
The Dutch Child protection board wants to innovate their recruitment process. So they started by innovating the way they recruited the new recruiter that is going to be in… Read more
Modern Assessment Tooling
I’ve been deep diving into all new forms of assessment tooling, primarily for recruiting purposes. I’ve been asked many times to share my experiences and knowledge about them, so I’ve… Read more
European Recruitment Tech Start Ups To Watch 2019
Recently Unleash visited London again and as always there were plenty of start-ups I hadn’t met before. So like last year I’ll talk about the ones I’m most enthusiastic about…. Read more
Alexa, I’m Ready To Interview
The wakeup call: Chatbots now, voice soon Remember in 2010 — about three years after the iPhone was released — you heard that mobile Internet was taking over the world?… Read more