Job fairs stink as a hiring source. They don’t even make it on Jobvite’s top 13 list of most effective recruiting sources, and typically they produce less than 2% of all experienced hires. HR executives rated job fairs as the least effective job-search method, with a survey rating of only 1.6 out of a …
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The Many Problems Caused by HR Relationship Building
Note: This is one of a series of “think pieces” that are designed to stimulate your thinking about the future of HR. I have found that “building relationships” can be the #1 factor damaging HR’s internal brand. If HR leaders want to succeed in a data-driven business world, they will …
Read More »Possible Recruiting Impacts From the Coronavirus Scare
The growing fear of the coronavirus requires recruiting leaders to prepare for an increase in discrimination against Asian candidates and to become aware of how far this fear could severely hurt global recruiting and local diversity efforts. Also, expect real travel restrictions and an increased fear of flying to increase …
Read More »Rejecting Resumes With Spelling Errors: A Silly and Costly Hiring Mistake
When you analyze the data, it becomes instantly clear that screening out resumes because of spelling and grammar issues is a costly and antiquated practice. For example, many people simply assume that any job that requires writing can’t be successfully filled by someone who is a weak speller. That doesn’t …
Read More »Elite Firms Are Investing in These Big-Bet Recruiting Areas
This article is co-written by Michael Cox, a project manager at Dr. John Sullivan & Associates. The Big-Bet Recruiting Trends at the Top 10 Companies It’s a dream of every recruiting executive to accurately predict the future direction of talent acquisition. Unfortunately, current recruiting-trends surveys (like LinkedIn’s annual Global Talent Trends report) …
Read More »What Differentiates Good From Great HR Departments – Hypothesis Testing
Adapting the title from the famous book, I pose this question to HR leaders: “What differentiates Good from Great HR departments?” In my view, understanding the key factors that contribute to greatness is something that every HR leader that wants to excel should be doing continually. However, it turns out …
Read More »The 5 Ps of Recruitment Marketing and How They Drive Great Hiring
Within the recruiting function, marketing should be king, because when assessing recruiting processes, I almost always find that the foundation components that are most responsible for recruiting success all have a marketing focus. Rather than focusing on cutting costs or process-administration efficiency, recruitment leaders need to become data-driven marketing experts …
Read More »[Webinar] When You Must Land An Exceptional Candidate: White Glove Treatment Is Required
Learn how to implement a white-glove treatment for those candidates who are exceptional and retain their longing for employment. In today’s extremely competitive recruiting marketplace, top candidates are much more likely to drop out or reject your offer if they don’t experience an exceptional candidate experience. Although the white glove …
Read More »[Webinar] Time Sensitive Recruiting and the Candidate Experience
Learn more on how to improve your recruiting outcome and eliminate hiring delays that may occur. Organizations of all types and sizes continue to struggle to attract and hire top talent. It is becoming increasingly clear that unless you learn how to hire faster, you will continue to lose your …
Read More »[Webinar] HR Metrics for Measuring the Impact of Turnover: Tips on How Managers Can Encourage Retention
WEBINAR SNAPSHOT: You’ll learn the negative business impacts that occur as a result of employee turnover and how to get managers to take action identifying the factors that show that an individual team member is likely to leave—and how to use simple and intuitive tools to easily reduce their turnover rates …
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