Surprisingly, August had the most jobseekers, while July and June ranked #3 and #4. Yes, it’s true. Over the last 12 months, if you wanted to recruit during the time period that had the largest pool of unemployed US jobseekers, you would have recruited during the summer months (BLS). Timing …
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Thank You’s… Don’t Underestimate Their Impact On Recruits (They can boost engagement and the candidate experience)
Remember, not saying thanks is bad, but an insincere thank-you will be a complete candidate turnoff. Frequently Thank Your Candidates Because They Are Investors In Your Company Yes, hiring managers should periodically offer personalized thank-you’s to every candidate. As recruiting icon Kevin Wheeler noted, as far back as 2002, each …
Read More »Fire Fast… The Best Remedy For A Failed Hire (Including my recommended actions)
46% of new hires fail, yet hiring managers are painfully slow in firing their hiring failures. It has happened to almost everyone involved in hiring. Immediately after a new hire in a key position starts, everyone notices they are struggling and acting quite differently than they did throughout your hiring …
Read More »Missteps Cause In-Demand Tech Leaders To Instantly Drop Out Of Your Hiring Process (Avoid these deal-breaker missteps)
AI and Quantum Computing tech leaders are worth their weight in gold, but they can be easy to offend. Many of your recruiting targets will not be active job seekers, which requires a different approach. Be aware that you may literally anger these leaders simply by calling them “a candidate.” …
Read More »A Snapshot Look At The Ugly Side Of HR (Most Are Surprised When They Learn These Things)
All great corporate functions treat criticism as an opportunity for improvement, but not HR. After decades in HR, I have learned that our typical response to any form of criticism is not to welcome it. But instead, to instantly create a never-ending array of denials and excuses. And therefore, the …
Read More »Which Employees Add The Most Value?
They call them high-impact employees because they have the largest impact on business results. The impacts they produce may double when these high-value employees (HIE) work in a high-impact position (HIP). This makes the tandem of high-impact employees working in high-impact positions the strategic goal that every smart talent leader …
Read More »An Interview Scoresheet – And Its Amazing Impact On Hiring Results (Sample scoresheets are included)
I estimate that an interview scoresheet can boost your hiring results by 40%. This amazing level of improvement is possible because interviewing is by far the most heavily weighted and impactful of all candidate assessment steps. This means that any major mistake during the interview process will severely reduce the …
Read More »Skill-Based Hiring Can Have Ugly Consequences – A List of What Can Go Wrong
Expect little impact because out of 100 jobs that drop the BA, only 4 will be filled by the non-degree.In addition to expecting few recruiting and business impacts, I realize the painful truth that individual hiring managers have often replaced this BA requirement with what I call voodoo candidate assessment …
Read More »Recruit Those That Can Start Work Immediately – With “Start Next Week Hiring”
I’ve been called the father of speed hiring, perhaps because my first article on it appeared nearly 25 years ago. And today, I’m outlining a version of speed hiring that I call “Start Next Week Hiring” (or SNWH). This program’s primary goal is to first make a hiring decision within …
Read More »The Announced Tariffs Will Disrupt Recruiting – And Where Are The Jobs Moving To?
Most of the talk around the tariffs should have been about “where is your job moving to?” Yes, I urged smart recruiting leaders not long ago to prepare for the upcoming tariffs. Well, now that these tariffs have been announced. Here are my updated predictions on how they will completely …
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