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How often have you heard the “I wish we could stay here” phrase while you were on a vacation trip? Well, if your company has retail locations throughout the US, offers remote jobs, or has jobs that happen to be close to popular vacation areas, you have an opportunity this …

All talent leaders try to be strategic, but most fall short. And it’s not because leaders don’t get the Xs and Os of recruiting right. Instead, my research has found that many fail to reach strategic status because most recruiting leaders are not strong business leaders. This lack of business …

Their accurate view of the future is a key sign that you have a top candidate. So when you need a forward-looking candidate for a key job, you should add a futur-view interview to capture both a candidate’s forecast of upcoming problems and how they plan to act in order …

In our competitive and fast-moving world, failure is now a certainty. And even though it may sound counterintuitive, instead of the traditional approach of automatically rejecting candidates who have experienced failure in their jobs, today, we should instead be considering “failure as the greatest teacher.” We should begin considering those …

Spirit’s massive shutdown should have activated your “layoff recruiting” process. This is a targeted recruiting strategy designed to let you cherry-pick the very best “released talent” who have recently been laid off by a major corporation. And this year, when you add Spirit’s sudden 17,000 employee release to the massive …

Long commutes cause turnover, but expensive commutes create a deluge of quitting!  Note: This article is in bullet point format in order to allow a fast scan. Realize That Commuters That Drive Now Face Three Major Burdens Baseline data reveal that the burden of long commutes has been straining commuting …

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan said a candidate wasn’t hired after they were “rude to the receptionist.” Why? Because this CEO calculated the dollar damage that a “qualified jerk” in a key job could do to his team and its customers. Unfortunately, most companies end up hiring a significant number …

Note that the often boring topic of ethics has suddenly become a key talent attraction factor! Anthropic is an AI company that has successfully made its “put the public interest first” ethics strategy a major element of its employer brand image. Of course, every company says that it is ethical …

Remember that you felt guilty when, as a highly loyal employee, circumstances forced you to quit. And then you wished there was some way to repay the company/manager that had been so good to you. Well, fortunately, there is a way for a loyal employee to make one last contribution …

Fortunately, candidates who are passionate about working at your company provide many benefits. First, a candidate who is passionate about your company will remain fully engaged for years. Second, these candidates should also be prioritized because the best managers frequently refuse to hire candidates who fail to demonstrate their deep …