Recruiting Strategy

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.”  …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Offer non-jobseekers who already admire your company a way to gradually learn more about it. A Talent Pipeline Group Allows You To Build The Interest Of Those Who Already Admire Your Company Yes, it’s common for top-performing employees, after they read or hear about other highly desirable corporations, to mentally …

It’s better to be prepared than to be surprised.So, begin thinking about how tariffs will disrupt recruiting during 2025. Unfortunately, few in the corporate world of talent management have enough free time. To contemplate the drastic corporate cost-cutting and the hiring volatility that will be created by the new administration’s …

Agency is a psychology term referring to the degree that one can control their environment. So, it’s not surprising that notable leaders like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Bill Belichick have all been labeled as high-agency leaders. Their ability to influence/control the world around them has been one of the …

Quantum Computing (QC) is revolutionary because it can solve “unsolvable problems” and accurately forecast the future. Few corporate recruiting leaders realize that the demand for Quantum Computing (QC) talent already far exceeds the available supply. As a result, Quantum Computing will eventually become corporate recruiting’s #1 priority. I previously alerted …