Dr John Sullivan, Author at Dr John Sullivan

Need Exceptional Talent? Recruit Contest And Award Winners (Competition reveals exceptional talent)

Contests build your employer brand, attract top-tier talent, improve assessment, and yield solutions. The problem solvers who win these recruiting-related competitions are some of the most impactful of all hires. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Sourcing – Contests to attract/assess – How to – 7 min. read What exactly is “contest recruiting/sourcing?” …

This “Forever” Hiring Shortage… Will Forever Hurt Your Business Results (Shifting to Competitive Advantage Recruiting)

The recent Post-COVID hiring shortage wasn’t temporary, instead, it’s a permanent business condition. So why isn’t it a standard corporate practice to measure (and respond to) the current level of recruiting competition in your industry? Descriptors| Recruiting / Hiring shortages – Future of recruiting components – 5 min read In …

Discover Exceptional Candidates – Scan Resumes For These Talent Indicators

Most resume scans are shallow, so they pass over factors that reveal if a candidate is exceptional. Descriptors | Recruiting/Resume screening – Talent indicators – How-to – 5 min read Why Most Resume Scanning Approaches Fail To Identify Exceptional Candidates Most traditional resume-scanning processes come up short. They are designed …

Competitive Retaliation – When They Recruit Your Talent… Strike Back Hard! (To boost your employee retention)

Why doesn’t recruiting retaliate? Because it is a common deterrent in business and the military. Descriptors: retention / retaliation recruiting strategy – how to – 3 min. read ———————————————————– In today’s competitive recruiting environment. Whenever your competitors face no negative consequences after they recruit a key employee. Their targeted recruiting …

A Fresh Eyes Review… The Key To Getting Any Business Proposal Approved (And a Promotion)

Visualize a corporate setting where two professionals are engaged in a thoughtful discussion over a proposal document, with a focus on diversity and innovation. The scene features a sleek, modern office with a transparent glass table.

A second fresh perspective opinion is the key step in getting executive approval for any proposal. Descriptors – proposal approvals / a fresh eyes review – how to – <3 min. read Fresh Eye Reviews – Why They Work A Fresh Eyes Review (FER) is when a critical person from …

8 Ugly Numbers… That Highlight HR’s Failures

In a cartoon-style office setting, the scene blends a corporate meeting with a sinking ship. The office is gradually submerged in water, creating an aquatic environment inside. Desks, chairs, and office equipment float around, some employees swim or cling to floating objects. Papers, office supplies, and personal belongings drift in the water, creating a chaotic underwater mess. Amidst this, the central character, a leader or manager, stands on a small island of dry floor, using a flip chart or whiteboard, conducting a meeting with enthusiasm, completely oblivious to the office being underwater. The leader's expression is one of focus and enthusiasm, engrossed in their presentation, while team members are visibly distressed, coping with the sinking office. The scene is comical and surreal, emphasizing the leader's ignorance or denial of the crisis around them.

A Think Piece – Posing the question, “Is it time to take a closer look at failures in HR?” Understanding The Many Benefits Of Failure And Criticism With few exceptions, throughout my career, I found that HR professionals are positive individuals who don’t even want to talk about failure. That …

The Most Read Talent Management Articles (Dr. Sullivan highlights 6 simple recruiting tools)

An image representing a modern and vibrant recruitment process, showing a diverse group of professionals engaging in a job fair with interactive booths, cutting-edge technology, and dynamic networking activities, capturing the essence of innovative recruiting in a corporate environment.

Descriptors – recruiting/tools – how to – 3 m. read During tough times, a recruiter’s knowledge of best practices is the key to job security. As the most prolific author in the field of recruiting tools (I have written over 700 articles and a book on recruiting tools). To me, …

A Decision Filter… A Simple Tool For Making Fast Objective Program Approval Decisions

A wide-angle view of a conference room showing a long table with a diverse group of professionals actively engaged in a meeting. Above them, a prominent, simplified balance scale hangs on the wall, symbolizing the weighing of decisions. The scale is clear and elegant, complementing the professional setting. The room is filled with soft, natural light, highlighting the collaborative atmosphere. The horizontal composition allows a comprehensive view of the professionals and the symbolic balance scale, reflecting the serious yet cooperative nature of decision-making.

Leaders often have difficulty saying no. But decision filters make rejecting weak proposals easier. Descriptors… Decision-making / the decision filter tool – how-to – criteria for rejecting weak projects – 4 min. scan. Yes, in today’s business environment, many leaders are under pressure from executives, customers, and employees to “do …

New Year’s Resolutions For Progressive Recruiters (Simple but effective recruiting tools)

A modern office environment with a sleek, contemporary desk as the central focus, featuring a computer displaying a colorful graph or dashboard. In the foreground, a gender-neutral businessperson, smartly dressed in business casual attire, is seated at the desk, actively engaged in planning or analyzing data, showing a sense of purpose and forward-thinking. The background includes subtle elements such as a whiteboard or a digital screen with flowcharts or brainstorming ideas, reflecting ongoing projects and strategic thinking. The color scheme is a blend of vibrant and professional tones, symbolizing the freshness of the new year and the professionalism of the business world.

The New Year is a great opportunity for progressive recruiters to tweak their TA approach by adding small things that will make a big difference. Descriptors… recruiting/tools – how to – simple but effective – 3 min. scan Simple High-Impact New Year Resolutions For Recruiters If you are seeking small …

All Turnover Isn’t Bad… Encouraging “Good Turnover” (The positive impacts of good turnover)

A cartoon-style illustration depicting a minimal and subtly joyous farewell for a departing toxic employee, set in an office environment. The central figure is a cartoon cat in a plain, unremarkable outfit, holding a small, simple farewell card with a neutral expression. Around the cat, several anthropomorphic animals are depicted with expressions of subtle relief and understated happiness. They include a fox with a small smirk, an owl with a raised eyebrow, and a rabbit with a faint smile. The office setting is sparse, with only a few balloons, a small cake on a table, and no decorations, reflecting the minimal effort put into the celebration.

The silliest practice in retention is counting all quits equally in your turnover calculations. Descriptors… retention/good turnover – eye-opening – how to – data-rich – 4 min. scan Understanding The Different Amounts of Business Impact From Each Category Of Turnover It’s a common practice to lump all employee turnover into …