Employee referrals are the top hiring source, and among niche subprograms, proactive referrals from top performers are the best. So why not prioritize your top-performing employees as a primary source for referring additional exceptional candidates. All employee referrals are not equal. Because a referral from a top performer employee will produce nearly 3 times more compared to the referral from …
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Cherry-Pick Amazing Customer Service Talent From The Struggling Retail And Hospitality Industries… And Become A Corporate Hero
During this pandemic, many “hidden gems” of talent can be found among employees in the retail and hospitality industries. In fact, it’s an amazing once-in-a-lifetime recruiting opportunity.
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Credit recruiting with winning the Super Bowl because every Tampa point was scored by recently recruited players plucked from “wrong fit” situations. Yes, each of the 5 Buccaneer players involved in scoring every winning team point during Super Bowl LV. Surprisingly, each individual was recently released from their previous teams because of a lag in their performance. Fortunately, Tampa’s recruiters …
Read More »Interviewed by Los Angeles Times Reporter – Allegations against Angels’ Mickey Callaway prompt scrutiny of MLB hiring practices
By Mike Digiovanna, Allegations against Angels’ Mickey Callaway prompt scrutiny of MLB hiring practices “It makes you look negligent,” said Dr. John Sullivan, a retired San Francisco State professor of management who has advised numerous Silicon Valley companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, on how to vet candidates for past sexual harassment issues. “You should have checked. You should have …
Read More »This Common Recruiting Approach May Mean Jail Time – An Alert
If you’re one of many firms that have used no-poach recruiting agreements, realize that jail time may be in your future. Last month, many were shocked when they learned that, on top of the millions in civil penalties historically levied against firms like Google, Apple, Intel, and Pixar, three Texas healthcare providers (Surgical Care Affiliates) are now facing DOJ charges. …
Read More »Recruiting Lessons From The Super Bowl
Examining how Super Bowl teams recruit will provide corporate leaders with valuable lessons on how to improve their recruiting. The first is avoiding candidate generalizations. Yes, many of the candidate generalizations routinely made by hiring managers covering age, experience, and college backgrounds would be laughed at by NFL recruiters. For example, a corporate recruit with the age and years of …
Read More »Convincing Your Employees To Take The COVID Vaccine – An Idea Checklist
There may be no hotter topic among executives and HR staff today than how to ensure that each of your employees is quickly vaccinated for COVID-19.
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Celebrating MLK day, unfortunately, also reminds many of their company’s continually disappointing diversity results.
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Company’s facing continuous volatility may need to depend on successfully hiring resilient candidates for survival.
Read More »Is Your Recruiting Function Data-Driven? – Use This Quick Scorecard
A survey of the top 10 elite talent management firms found that their #1 investment area is to be data-driven.
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