November 1, 2015 | ERE Almost everyone in recruiting agrees that employee referrals produce the highest quality of hire (i.e. superior on-the-job performance). But few are aware that the references provided by new hires, with little work, can also provide outstanding referrals. I call them “reference referrals” and both the concept …
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[Slides] RECRUITING IDEAS FROM THE SILICON VALLEY – Are Conservative Recruiting Practices Hurting Your Firm?
Recruiter Show London Recruiter Show, London – Nov. 18, 2015
Read More »[Slides] THE TOP RECRUITING TRENDS TO TRACK
The next generation of employee referral programs will focus on improving quality of hire.
Read More »WOW, Google’s Simple Just-In-Time Checklist Improves Onboarding Results By 25%
October 26, 2015 | ERE Although the initial part of this article is about how Google improved its onboarding results by 25 percent, the unique approach that it used reveals many other valuable lessons that HR executives should note. Those lessons include the importance of experimenting with different HR solutions, the need …
Read More »How To Recruit Walk-Ins And Why ‘We’re Hiring’ Banners Don’t Work
June 22, 2015 | ERE “We’re hiring.” You can’t miss seeing a banner with this type of message on it, because with a growing economy, they’re simply everywhere. But unfortunately, most of these banners fail to successfully recruit their target “walk-in” applicants, because of the ineffective recruiting messages that they usually …
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Oct 27, 2015 How to Reduce Hiring Bias Against Women Unfortunately, there are many barriers that limit the job opportunities for professional women. Firms should use surveys of past women candidates or hires and quality of hire data to determine which factors unnecessarily restrict the hiring of women at …
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As seen on The Wall Street Journal. JOHN SULLIVAN: Unfortunately, there are many barriers that limit the job opportunities for professional women. Firms should use surveys of past women candidates or hires and quality of hire data to determine which factors unnecessarily restrict the hiring of women at their firms. The …
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When the Competition Is Trying to Poach Your Top Employee September 29, 2015
Read More »The Benefits of a ‘Someday I Might Want to Work There’ Talent Community
Engaging those who someday might want to work at your firm We’ve all done it. At one time or another after hearing about the best practices or using the products of a firm that we admire, we have thought to ourselves “someday I might like to work there. It makes sense …
Read More »Slides – Directly Improving Business Results through Bold HR Leadership And Innovative Actions
This presentation – – Will show you how bold HR practices directly impact the bottom line – Expose you to some innovative leading edge practices in HR, and – Show you simple HR actions that could increase your firm’s rev. by $1 million
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