Martin Burns
Martin Burns is a Managing Editor & Analyst for RecruitingDaily.com. Referred to as someone who’s “kind of done it all in recruiting”, Martin Burns is a talent acquisition practitioner as well as commentator. For the past three years, he has been reporting on and analyzing news that impacts the TA industry, first as founding Editor at Recruiting News Network, and now as Managing Editor of RecruitingDaily. Prior to this, his career has included leading, as well as consulting with, talent acquisition organizations for some of the world's most significant brands. He speaks at global conferences on talent acquisition, maintains an active presence in the global recruitment community, and generally has fun mucking around in the conversation the industry has in who it is, and where it’s going. His industry-leading Facebook group “Talent Product Plays” is considered a must-join by practitioners and vendors alike.
Content authored by Martin Burns
Get Ready For a Bumpier Ride – What October Job Numbers Tell Us
Well: here it is. A likely preview of the types of labor reports we’ll be seeing over the coming months. Not so much the exact same numbers, per se, but… Read more
Despite Slight Cooling, Recruiters Now in Higher Demand Than Engineering Talent
The candidate-driven market seems to be cooling off, if only very slightly. According to data released by Recruiter.com for their September 2022 Recruiter Index, a few key numbers ticked down…. Read more
Oracle Recruiting Chases Solution Vendors With Newest Offering: Oracle Recruiting Booster
Oracle – the brand you love to… well, if you’re of a certain generation that sentence usually ended with some ironic cursing. Particularly when it came to their long-running applicant… Read more
Paycor Acquires Talenya to Help Leaders Source Talent
First – they came for the Bengals. Naming rights to their stadium, anyways. And now a few months after, they scoop up Talenya. This would be a full seven years… Read more
iCIMS, SparcStart Settle Lawsuit
Like a number of major technology platforms in the recruiting industry, iCIMS has made quite a few acquisitions over time. Some of them were fantastic. TextRecruit, for example – a… Read more
HR Tech 2022: Back, and Larger Than Ever
There’s a great bit from the sitcom Seinfeld. The titular character’s friend Elaine bursts into his apartment, and yells, “People” as she slams the door behind her. Jerry then responds,… Read more