An effective referral tool that takes advantage of “memory retrieval cues” Most already realize that employee referral programs routinely produce the highest quality of hires, but few know that the “Give Me 5” program produces the highest-performing hires of any individual referral approach. The “Give Me 5 Names” tool is …
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The Future Of Predictive Analytics – The Next Generation of Talent Metrics to Consider
A comprehensive list of current and future predictive talent metrics The use of predictive analytics is a hot issue and a developing trend in talent management. But unfortunately as a longtime thought leader in the area, most of the current prediction efforts are extremely shallow. And as a result, they …
Read More »Grow a Pair — Treat Other Firms as Your ‘Farm Teams’ and as Part of Your Talent Pipeline
I get frustrated with recruiting leaders that continually say that they want to be bold and strategic but they end up actually taking only minor actions. Well, if you’re feeling bold again, I have a strategic big idea for you to consider — build an inexpensive future talent pipeline of …
Read More »Hire Like Google — Project the ‘Career Trajectory’ of Your Candidates
I frequently get asked the question “What is the one thing that recruiting functions should be systematically doing, but for some unexplained reason, it doesn’t do it?” Well, one quick answer to that question is “to project the career trajectory of potential hires.” Which simply means to assess whether a …
Read More »The Best Sources for Identifying ‘Passives’ … or How to Find “Not-Looking Top Prospects’
In a related companion article last week, I highlighted why using the term “passive candidate” or “passive job seeker” was inappropriate and I proposed a more accurate name, “not-looking top prospects.” In this article I highlight the best sourcing approaches that can be used to identify and eventually attract the …
Read More »The Value and Use of Best Practices in Recruiting
By Kimberly Do and Dr. John Sullivan What is a best practice in recruiting? A best practice is a unique leading-edge solution applied at a noted firm to an emerging recruiting problem. It is “best” because a firm known for its excellence in management is implementing it. It is “a …
Read More »Top 15 Design Principles for Talent Metrics and Analytics
Published at ATC Hub February 4, 2014 Whether you work in Australia, the USA or Europe, the hottest topic relating to how the Talent Management function operates is how to shift to a “metric based” decision-making model using advanced and predictive analytics (Note: the #2 topic is often making all …
Read More »Sourcing Revelation — Work Anniversaries Are the Best Time to Recruit Employed Prospects
Rather than being data-driven, I have found that most recruiters and sourcers contact employed prospects almost randomly on a trial-and-error basis. However, there are specific times when employees who previously said “no and stop calling me” actually change their mind and are fully receptive to a recruiting call. So in …
Read More »Sourcing Revelation — Work Anniversaries Are the Best Time to Recruit Employed Prospects
Rather than being data-driven, I have found that most recruiters and sourcers contact employed prospects almost randomly on a trial-and-error basis. However, there are specific times when employees who previously said “no and stop calling me” actually change their mind and are fully receptive to a recruiting call. So in …
Read More »Develop a “1-Day Hiring” Program to Avoid Losing In-Demand Candidates, Part 1 of 2
The average time to fill an average job in the United States is 25 days; unfortunately, in many cases top candidates are no longer available after 10 days. You may think that making quick hiring decisions would lower the quality of your hire, but the reality is that in most …
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