Staffing Department: Service Level Agreement Customer Commitment: Utilize the Manager Self Service (“MSS”) portal for all staffing resume reviews, request and applicant processing. Work with the recruiter to develop an effective online pre-screen questionnaire, screening processes, and interview strategy. Staffing Commitment: Post job within 48 hours of receiving approved job …
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A Profile of the World’s Most Aggressive Recruiter, Part 2
Questions and answers with Michael Lackaye (and some outrageous quotes!) I asked Michael to highlight some of the approaches he used at Quicken Loans and at other previous employers. What follows are his responses. I think you will agree that they are aggressive?and on the edge. What is your most/ …
Read More »A Profile of the World’s Most Aggressive Recruiter, Part 1
Fast Company magazine once called me the Michael Jordan of recruiting, but I often call myself “the most aggressive recruiter on the planet.” Through my role as an advisor and speaker I meet thousands of recruiters, a few of which have made me feel like an amateur in the aggressiveness department. …
Read More »12 Best Recruiting Practices to Copy
12 Best Practices I Would Emulate Valero's business-case model. Using basic statistical regression models, the recruiting function identified the gaps between what the business would need to continue operations and what talent they could bring in via their current model. They then converted that gap into a dollar impact and …
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Dr John Sullivan is an internationally known HR thought-leader from the Silicon Valley who specializes in providing bold and high business impact; strategic Talent Management solutions to large corporations. He’s a prolific author with over 900 articles and 10 books covering all areas of Talent Management. He has written over …
Read More »Recruiting Questions From Hell: I Bet You Can’t Answer These!
What CEOs Want To Know About Recruiting When economic conditions get a little tough, it's not uncommon for CEOs and CFOs to dramatically cut the recruiting budget. But instead of just wondering why they always seem to pick on recruiting, you might instead take a step back and try looking …
Read More »Recruiting Questions From Hell: Sourcing and Other Areas of Employment
Section 3. Sourcing: Do you spend the majority of your money and time on the most effective sources? 1. Which recruiting source produces the very best on-the-job performers? Which source produces the worst quality hires? Does the budget percentage spent on specific sources match the effectiveness of the source? Discussion: …
Read More »Can’t Find People? Try Name-Generation Firms To Solve Your Sourcing Problems
The solution goes by a variety of names including: Names research Name identification Unbundled search Whatever you call it, name identification research is simply the most underutilized sourcing tool in corporate recruiting. The reason that name research is so valuable is that most corporate recruiters are weak at sourcing or …
Read More »What Are the Best HR Metrics for a Large Organization?
These two common errors are: Developing and implementing HR metrics in a vacuum Developing more metrics than it is feasible to maintain and utilize The most common error that I find is that of HR managers trying to create and implement metrics in a vacuum. Instead, I recommend a collaborative …
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