A Case Study Compilation of the Amazing HR Practices That Make Google the Benchmark to Learn From Using any set of assessment criteria, Laszlo Bock of Google has been in the vanguard in creating revolutionary change in the profession of HR to the point where he has earned the title of “HR …
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The World’s Most Effective Referral Approach – Give Me 5!
An effective referral tool that takes advantage of “memory retrieval cues” Most already realize that employee referral programs routinely produce the highest quality of hires, but few know that the “Give Me 5” program produces the highest-performing hires of any individual referral approach. The “Give Me 5 Names” tool is …
Read More »The Future Of Predictive Analytics – The Next Generation of Talent Metrics to Consider
A comprehensive list of current and future predictive talent metrics The use of predictive analytics is a hot issue and a developing trend in talent management. But unfortunately as a longtime thought leader in the area, most of the current prediction efforts are extremely shallow. And as a result, they …
Read More »Grow a Pair — Treat Other Firms as Your ‘Farm Teams’ and as Part of Your Talent Pipeline
I get frustrated with recruiting leaders that continually say that they want to be bold and strategic but they end up actually taking only minor actions. Well, if you’re feeling bold again, I have a strategic big idea for you to consider — build an inexpensive future talent pipeline of …
Read More »Hire Like Google — Project the ‘Career Trajectory’ of Your Candidates
I frequently get asked the question “What is the one thing that recruiting functions should be systematically doing, but for some unexplained reason, it doesn’t do it?” Well, one quick answer to that question is “to project the career trajectory of potential hires.” Which simply means to assess whether a …
Read More »The Best Sources for Identifying ‘Passives’ … or How to Find “Not-Looking Top Prospects’
In a related companion article last week, I highlighted why using the term “passive candidate” or “passive job seeker” was inappropriate and I proposed a more accurate name, “not-looking top prospects.” In this article I highlight the best sourcing approaches that can be used to identify and eventually attract the …
Read More »Passive Candidates — Valuable, Yes, but They’re Not Passive Nor Are They Candidates
Why calling them “passive candidates” or “passive job seekers” is misleading Using the term “passive candidate” is just wrong for so many reasons. First, these recruiting targets haven’t applied for anything, so they can’t be classified as candidates (the correct name for those who have not applied is prospects). Calling …
Read More »The Value and Use of Best Practices in Recruiting
By Kimberly Do and Dr. John Sullivan What is a best practice in recruiting? A best practice is a unique leading-edge solution applied at a noted firm to an emerging recruiting problem. It is “best” because a firm known for its excellence in management is implementing it. It is “a …
Read More »Top 15 Design Principles for Talent Metrics and Analytics
Published at ATC Hub February 4, 2014 Whether you work in Australia, the USA or Europe, the hottest topic relating to how the Talent Management function operates is how to shift to a “metric based” decision-making model using advanced and predictive analytics (Note: the #2 topic is often making all …
Read More »04/21 – 27/2015 Talent Management Asia 2015
Talent Management Asia is the biggest and most respected conference in Asia Pacific dedicated to best practice human capital management. Now in its 3rd year, the 2-day annual event is held in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong in April. With cutting edge topics explored and discussed by some of …
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