Today, every manager needs to learn great recruiting… and to find it, they need only follow Amazon!

Compare their results to all others, and you too will call Amazon… A Giant Recruiting Machine.

Antiquated sick leave policies can wrongly encourage sick workers to come in or staff shortages because healthy workers stay home.

Rapid best practice learning is the only competitive advantage in today’s highly competitive recruiting world.

A major talent shortage cause is rejecting those with unavoidable employment gaps. Instead, sidestep this “work history flaw.” Historically, even fully qualified applicants with significant employment gaps were rejected. It was assumed that having employment gaps (i.e., not getting another job quickly) meant something was seriously wrong with the candidate. Similarly, “job jumpers” that changed jobs too frequently were assumed …

December is the optimum recruiting month because the talent supply is high, and the competition is low. So, “time your recruiting” to when the recruiting competition is low. If you time it correctly, “the little guy” can almost always beat the best firms during December. In part, because there is no dip in the supply of talent, some individuals will …

With a data-driven design, employee referrals can be your #1 source for diversity (Forget that old wife’s tale).

Corporate referral results are usually limited by design flaws, so supplement them with team-generated referrals.

There are 8 common recruiting practices that are becoming obsolete, just as newspaper ads and application forms did years ago. Smart recruiting leaders need to be aware that these common practices like fit, salary disclosure, drug testing, and non-competes are already being pushed aside at top companies. This gradual obsolescence isn’t new. In fact, the very best recruiting leaders assume …

A scientifically designed retention program predicts and prevents turnover, saving you millions. But unfortunately, most existing retention programs are a joke!