3 things to know This approach doesn’t hire better performers who stay longer. It blatantly ignores gender differences. The intra-generational differences are created based on how and where a candidate was brought up. So any assumption that all generation members share the same attributes is flawed. Treating candidates differently “based …
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Employed candidates are the most valuable because their skills and experience are up-to-date. But because they are busy working, employed candidates usually have the highest “didn’t complete” rate among all interviewees. This checklist is intended to be used as a tool for dramatically improving your interview completion rate, especially among …
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Recruiters are your best friend during hiring, but most disappear after you accept. But “extended recruiting” changes that. Ending The Recruiting Process Early Is A Costly Mistake Before the recruiting process even begins, everyone involved needs to realize that this process shouldn’t end when the new hire starts their new job. …
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Alert: It’s now a business imperative to fill your strategic impact jobs with top talent. So if you’re struggling to successfully recruit for your strategic impact jobs in hot areas like AI and robotics, this article will provide you with some answers and action tips on how you can improve …
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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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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 …
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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.” …
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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 …
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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 …
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