The most critical aspect of recruiting is getting and building a potential candidate’s interest in your organization. There are a variety of media that you can use to reach your recruiting targets however; most corporations only take advantage of a limited range of the available options. The US military, in …
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Building Relationships With Professors To Gain A Recruiting Edge (Part 1 of 2)
Today, if you want to identify, build your brand, and “pre-sell” the best students on employment opportunities with your organization, you need to go beyond the career center and build relationships with the faculty who know and have the ability to influence the decisions of college students. The most …
Read More »The Mobile Phone: The Most Effective Recruiting Communications Platform
The basic foundation for all recruiting is the ability to communicate and share information with potential candidates directly. In our modern, high-tech world, corporate recruiters have numerous channels they can use to communicate directly with candidates ranging from face-to-face visits to video chat. However, there is only one tool that …
Read More »Develop A “Bad Manager Identification Process” … and Stop the Pain of “Corporate Depression”
Smelling Bad Managers Let me state upfront that I literally “hate” bad managers. I know that hate is a strong word but I do detest their egos, arrogance and the “silos” they create, but most of all, I detest the damage they do to hard working employees that deserve better. …
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Read More »Recruiting Videos Allow Potential Candidates to Feel the Passion
Everyone in recruiting and employment branding strives to demonstrate to potential candidates the excitement that can be found within their organization. Most rely almost exclusively on “words” in paid advertising, brochures, and websites, but words are “so last year.” Each month, fewer and fewer people read newspapers and books, and …
Read More »13 Trends In Corporate Recruiting for 2009
The Latest Trends in Corporate Recruiting Based on conversations with recruiting leaders, questions asked during seminars, advisory requests, and best-practice research, expect to see an increased emphasis in: Upgrading employment branding. Nothing is hotter around the globe in recruiting than employment branding. Firms throughout Asia, in particular, are increasingly adopting …
Read More »Succession Plans – A Checklist For Measuring Their Effectiveness
Part A Measures Group 1 – Basic plan usage factors: The target audiences for a succession plan are those managers that are responsible for making promotion and lateral transfer decisions for leadership jobs that are covered by the plan. A succession plan can’t be successful if it’s not distributed, read …
Read More »“Best of Breed” vs. Single Vendor
Having visited numerous organizations as an advisor I have seen the phenomenal advantage talent managed well can be. From that perspective, it is clear to me that organizations looking to grow and dynamically adapt to rapidly evolving markets need to pursue solutions that are extremely flexible and in no way …
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